Sr. Compensation Manager

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world's leading provider of online travel and related services, provided to consumers and local partners in more than 220 countries and territories through five primary consumer-facing brands: Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK and OpenTable. The mission of Booking Holdings is to make it easier for everyone to experience the world. For more information, visit BookingHoldings.com and follow us on X (formerly known as Twitter) @BookingHoldings.

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Two days in-office.

The Senior Manager, Compensation at Booking Holdings (BHI) will serve as a strategic partner within the Compensation team, leading the evolution of best-in-class global policies and processes. This role is responsible for the strategic design and oversight of compensation programs, managing a team to provide expert-level advisory to senior business leaders. You will lead the long-term roadmap for compensation architecture, ensuring absolute alignment between total rewards, business goals, and the mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

In this role you will get to:

• Strategic Leadership: Lead and mentor a team to deliver sophisticated compensation strategies for diverse client groups across the US and international markets.

• Architecture & Evaluation: Oversee the global career level hierarchy and job evaluation framework, utilizing Mercer’s IPE tool to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness.

• Senior Advisory: Act as a high-level consultant to HR Business Partners and Senior Leadership on complex compensation issues and executive-level offers.

• Process Transformation: Drive the continuous improvement of the annual compensation planning cycle in Workday, shifting from execution to strategic optimization.

• Financial Stewardship: Direct the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for base pay, bonus, and equity, providing high-level insights to Finance and Brand leadership.

• Market Intelligence: Lead the market pricing strategy to establish robust global salary structures and provide data-driven recommendations for large-scale merit and promotional budgets.

• Global Project Management: Initiate and lead high-impact, cross-brand projects and global compliance initiatives, partnering with Centers of Excellence (COE) in Romania and India to ensure seamless execution.

What you have:

• At least 8 years of progressive Compensation experience, with a proven track record in a global, public company environment

• Ability to manage multiple projects/tasks with competing deadlines

• Knowledge of Executive Compensation and equity-based long-term incentives

• Demonstrated experience managing and developing high-performing teams

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and solve complex, ambiguous problems with discretion and analytical rigor

• Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail

• Superior verbal and written communication skills 

• Ability to problem solve in ambiguous situations

• Knowledge of legislation impacting compensation (e.g. FLSA, pay transparency)

• Experience of Mercer IPE, Workday, and Google Suite preferred, but not required

• CCP certification preferred 

Our Commitment to Inclusion 

Through the Booking Holdings brands, we help our customers reach all corners of the earth. Our ability to provide great service rests on how well we understand our diverse customer base, which is why having a diverse team is so important to us. We bring together employees from all walks of life and we are proud to provide the kind of inclusive environment that stimulates innovation, creativity and collaboration.

There are a variety of job related factors that go into determining a salary range, including but not limited to external market benchmark data, geographic location, and years of experience sought/required. In addition to a competitive base salary, roles are eligible to be considered for an annual bonus and equity grant.

The base salary range for Connecticut and the NYC-metro area is $171,900 - $210,100.

We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program designed to keep you and your family healthy, plan for the future and make the most out of life. For a glimpse of our benefits offerings, please see here. In addition to competitive health and wellness benefits, we currently offer other perks to eligible employees, such as: tuition reimbursement, fitness reimbursement, discounts, and more! 

If this role resonates with you, we encourage you to click the "apply" button!

EEO Statement:

Booking Holdings is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. We ensure equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without discrimination or harassment based on race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Booking Holdings also extends this policy to every phase of the employment process including, but not limited to, recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, training and development, position elimination, restructure, promotion, compensation, benefits, layoffs, termination, and all other conditions or privileges of employment. Booking Holdings and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please email [email protected] with your request. M/F/V/D/S

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