Brief Position Description:
Novotech is recruiting for a Compensation & Benefits Business Partner for Europe and North America.
This role provides an opportunity to shape and deliver the organization’s compensation and benefits strategy across Europe and North America, ensuring programs are competitive, equitable, and compliant. The Compensation & Benefits Business Partner acts as a strategic advisor to HR and business leaders, leveraging data and market insights to inform decision-making and support talent attraction, retention, and performance. Working closely with the Compensation & Benefits Centre of Excellence (CoE), this role is accountable for translating global reward strategy into effective regional execution, balancing consistency with local market and regulatory requirements.
The company can accommodate the role to be flexibly located in Germany, Poland, Spain or the United Kingdom.
Qualifications & Experience:
1. Experience:
- 5–8+ years of experience in Compensation & Benefits, ideally within a multinational environment
- Experience supporting multiple countries across Europe and North America
- Background in life sciences, CRO, healthcare, or consulting environments preferred
- Experience in annual compensation cycles and market benchmarking
2. Skills & Competencies:
- Analytical Capability: Advanced Excel and strong data interpretation skills; ability to translate data into insights
- Business Partnering: Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Regulatory Awareness: Understanding of compensation and benefits regulations across Europe and North America
- Collaboration: Ability to operate effectively in a global, matrixed environment
- Attention to Detail: Strong governance and accuracy mindset
Responsibilities:
Business Partnering & Advisory
- Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders across Europe and North America to provide expert guidance on compensation and benefits matters
- Support workforce planning, hiring, promotions, and retention strategies through effective reward solutions
- Advise on complex or sensitive compensation cases (e.g. senior hires, off-cycle adjustments, retention actions)
- Support and deliver annual compensation processes including salary reviews, bonus cycles, and incentive planning
- Contribute to the design and evolution of salary structures, job architecture, and incentive frameworks
- Ensure consistent application of global compensation philosophy, adapted appropriately for local markets
- Partner with Finance to support budgeting, forecasting, and workforce cost management
Compensation Strategy & Delivery
- Support and deliver annual compensation processes including salary reviews, bonus cycles, and incentive planning
- Contribute to the design and evolution of salary structures, job architecture, and incentive frameworks
- Ensure consistent application of global compensation philosophy, adapted appropriately for local markets
- Partner with Finance to support budgeting, forecasting, and workforce cost management
Benefits Management
- Support the design, review, and ongoing management of benefits programs across Europe and North America
- Partner with brokers and vendors to ensure programs are competitive and cost-effective
- Ensure alignment with both corporate strategy and local statutory requirements
Market Benchmarking & Insights
- Lead participation in compensation benchmarking surveys and analyze market data to inform pay decisions
- Provide insights on market competitiveness, internal equity, and pay positioning
- Develop analytics and reporting to support evidence-based decision-making, including pay equity analysis
Governance, Compliance & Risk
- Ensure all compensation and benefits programs comply with local legislation and regulatory requirements across Europe and North America
- Support governance related to pay transparency, pay equity, and emerging regulatory developments
- Maintain robust processes, documentation, and audit trails
- Oversee execution of compensation activities including salary changes, bonus payments, and promotions within HR systems
- Partner with HR teams to ensure accurate and timely data management
- Act as escalation point for day-to-day compensation and benefits queries within the region
Regional Delivery & Operations
- Oversee execution of compensation activities including salary changes, bonus payments, and promotions within HR systems
- Partner with HR teams to ensure accurate and timely data management
- Act as escalation point for day-to-day compensation and benefits queries within the region
Projects & Continuous Improvement
- Contribute to regional and global reward initiatives (e.g. harmonization, system improvements, policy development)
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, efficiency, and consistency across regions
Novotech is proud to offer a great workplace. We are committed to being an employer of choice for gender equality and providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated fairly and with respect. Our team members are passionate about what we do, but we understand work is only of the things that is important to them. We support our team members with flexible working options, paid parental leave for both parents, flexible leave entitlements, wellness programs and ongoing development programs.
We are looking for people who are passionate about working clinical research and biotech, including people who identify as LGBTIQ+, have a disability or have caring responsibilities.
We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every application. We look forward to contacting you regarding your application.
About Us
Novotech is a global full-service clinical Contract Research Organization (CRO).
At Novotech, ambition meets opportunity. As a globally recognized leader in clinical research and scientific advisory services, we are proud to combine our position at the forefront of the industry with an award-winning workplace culture that values ambition, innovation, and growth. Named Employer of Choice, Great Place to Work and Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE), we are committed to fostering an environment that reflects the life-changing work we do.
Since 1997, we have expanded our global footprint, now with 30+ offices across Asia-Pacific, the United States, and Europe. This growing network unites professionals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to advance therapies that improve patient outcomes worldwide.
At Novotech, our employees are at the heart of our success. By offering trust, flexibility, and autonomy through programs like NovoLife, our flexible benefits framework, we empower team members to create an effective work-life balance that delivers professional satisfaction and maximum results for clients.
With access to mentorship opportunities, professional development programs, and a dynamic community, Novotech offers a platform for driven individuals to achieve personal growth while shaping the future of healthcare. Join us to be a part of a team that values your contributions and supports your ambition to make a global impact.
At Novotech we have advanced therapeutic and regulatory expertise, the ability to execute across markets and a client-centric service model, so that our clients get a trusted, long-term partner and an accelerated path to bring their life-changing advances to market. This gives our employees the opportunity to develop their careers by joining a diverse and supportive global organization with a collaborative culture, whilst working with clients on the cutting-edge of life sciences.
At Novotech you will work alongside empowered teams with a shared commitment to success.
- Strategic vs transactional mindset.
- Ability to gain insights and make proactive decisions quickly.
- Culture that fosters partnership and collaboration, where every voice is heard and valued.
- Ongoing support from senior stakeholders and leadership team.
Skills Required
- 5-8 years of experience in Compensation & Benefits
- Experience supporting multiple countries across Europe and/or North America
- Background in life sciences, CRO, healthcare, or consulting environments
- Experience in annual compensation cycles and market benchmarking
- Analytical Capability: Advanced Excel skills
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Understanding of compensation and benefits regulations across Europe
- Collaboration ability in a global, matrixed environment
- Attention to Detail: Strong governance and accuracy mindset
What We Do
Novotech is a leading Asia-Pacific biotech specialist CRO and consists of two operating brands, "Novotech" and "PPC". Novotech is a full-service clinical CRO with labs, phase I facilities, and drug development consulting services.
