Director, Total Rewards (Asia Pacific)

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The Director, Total Rewards is a leadership role responsible for executing the organization's total rewards strategy.
This role entails overseeing the design, implementation, and management of comprehensive compensation, benefits, and recognition programs.
By leveraging their significant expertise in total rewards practices, this role ensures alignment with business goals, regulatory compliance, and industry standards whilst fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture focused on operational excellence.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops regional / business area total reward strategy including development, design, implementation, communication, administration and governance of all compensation and benefit programs.
• Establishes regional / business area best practices for salary structures and salary ranges linked to job grading, benefit plans and retirement programs.
• Drives competitive and attractive total rewards strategies that are cost-effective and consistent with market trends and aligned to Company’s business priorities, including linkage to employee engagement and diversity, inclusion and belonging initiatives
• Drives development and enhancement of performance management processes, fostering a culture of continuous feedback, growth, and development. Ensuring performance management practices align with organisational goals and drive employee engagement.
• Oversees governance frameworks related to total rewards and performance management, ensuring compliance with regulations, policies, and best practices.
• Establishes proactive planning for all compensation and benefit programs such as short-term and long-term compensation and benefit programs.
• Drives efficiencies and effective end-user experience through innovation, technology, systems, and processes for all applicable programs such as recurring compensation cycles, sales incentives programs,
• Works with Senior Leadership to benchmark pay packages for new hires coming into the business.
• Gives input into successful annual salary increment and bonus payments cycles.
• Oversees advanced data analysis techniques to extract insights from compensation, benefits, and performance data, guiding strategic decision-making. Monitoring key performance metrics to assess the effectiveness of total rewards and performance programs.
• Manages transformational changes related to total rewards and performance initiatives, guiding the organization through transitions effectively.
• Leads and develops a high-performing team responsible for total rewards, performance, and governance initiatives, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Supports development of effective policies for total rewards using a strategic approach that aligns with the organization's goals, values, and competitive landscape.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Significantly understanding of compensation, benefits, and performance management principles, with the ability to design and lead comprehensive total rewards strategies.
• Significant knowledge of compensation analysis, including market benchmarking, pay structure design, and incentive plan development.
• Significant knowledge of benefits program design, administration, compliance, and strategic cost management.
• Significant understanding of performance management practices, including goal setting, continuous feedback, and talent development.
• Significant expertise in complex labor laws, regulations, and compliance requirements that shape compensation, benefits, and performance management.
• Significant ability to develop and execute strategic total rewards programs aligned with organizational goals and industry best practices.
• Excellent ability to leverage HRIS and payroll systems for data analysis, reporting, and strategic decision-making.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with senior leadership, HR teams, and external stakeholders.
• Ability to lead complex total rewards and performance projects from inception to successful execution.
• Significant skills in engaging with executive leadership, HR partners, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and develop a team of professionals responsible for total rewards and performance management.
• Willingness to drive innovation in total rewards and performance practices, leveraging technology and emerging trends.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in the field of Human Resources, Business Administration or Finance preferred.
• CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) or a similar compensation certification advantageous.

Required Experience:

• Significant experience in developing and leading comprehensive total rewards programs encompassing compensation, benefits, and performance management.
• Significant experience in designing and implementing compensation strategies that align with the organization's strategic goals and industry benchmarks.
• Significant expertise overseeing the strategy, design, and administration of employee benefits programs, ensuring competitiveness and compliance.
• Significant experience in performance management processes, including goal setting, continuous feedback, performance reviews, and talent development.
• Significant track record of creating holistic total rewards strategies that attract, motivate, and retain a high-performing workforce.
• Significant experience in providing strategic vision and leadership for total rewards and performance management initiatives.
• Significant experience engaging with senior executives, board members, HR teams, and cross-functional leaders.
• Significant experience partnering with external vendors, benefits providers, compensation consultants, and performance management platforms.
• Significant experience in leading large-scale change initiatives related to total rewards and performance programs.
• Significant experience in leading and managing a total rewards function.
• Significant experience with a distributed workforce and exposure to high-impact HR functions and total rewards from other organization(s) of similar size and stage of transformation

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