Senior Manager, Global Compensation

Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our talented people are central to the future of Edwards Lifesciences, which is why our Human Resources teams help design, guide, and deliver inspiring experiences for our people. With a fundamental understanding of how to build a supportive community and organizational capability, you’ll deliver solutions to attract and retain talent. Your work will enable our teams to thrive as they help patients live healthier and more productive lives.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Collaborate with leaders and business partners to analyze jobs, develop career continuums, and create job descriptions.
• Utilize expertise in job design and the Edwards Global Career Framework to evaluate business-required jobs, establish market pricing benchmarks, assign salary structures, and recommend incentive targets.
• Develop solutions aligned with pay strategies to maintain market competitiveness of compensation programs (e.g., merit and adjustment salary budget proposals, salary structures, setting appropriate starting pay, incentive compensation targets).
• Provide expert level advice and guidance to the business, senior management, and Human Resources to apply compensation expertise to solve complex challenges that meet business needs on a local and global scale.
• Interpret company compensation policies and practices as well as local, state, and federal laws regulating salary practices. Provide analysis, advice, education, and solutions to compensation-related issues for managers and HR Business Partners.
• Develop and implement compensation pay strategies (base and bonus) using market competitive and cost impact analysis for assigned business units/regions.
• Oversee the annual merit and bonus review for assigned business units/regions, including manager training, guidance for managers and HR, allocation of adjustment budgets, and cost/incumbent analysis.
• Coordinate the work of team members, providing guidance, training, and direction to execute tactical compensation projects. Ensure timely coaching and feedback, accuracy of work, and achievement of desired objectives.
• Identify and assess opportunities for compensation process improvement and/or course correction/alignment.

This role will sit onsite at our headquarters in Irvine, CA.

What you’ll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Math or other related field with 10 years of compensation experience

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Experience working with global companies and providing compensation support in various regions
• Able to navigate a matrixed environment partnering with various groups throughout HR and various stakeholders
• Proven independent decision maker able to drive progress with little guidance
• Experience working with manufacturing compensation
• Ability to work in a fact paced environment and balance a dynamic workload with constantly changing priorities, deadlines, and project scopes
• Proven expertise in usage of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint, and related compensation data management tools
• Working knowledge of HRIS preferably Workday
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills including consultative and relationship management skills with ability to drive the achievement of objectives
• Substantial problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Recognized as an expert in own area within the organization
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence change in complex situations and interact with all organizational levels.
• Ability to assess risks, analyze complex situations and determine the next course of action.
• Ability to manage internal and external confidential information with utmost discretion.
• Ability to exercise judgment in determining approach to meetings and how best to modify approach and direction to get alignment and buy-in before reaching a solution
• Strict attention to detail, accuracy, and demonstrated ability to perform statistical analysis, critical thinking, and utilize database management tools to provide analysis and solutions to problems.
• Ability to represent leadership on projects within a specific area interfacing with project managers and team

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $136,000 to $192,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.   

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.