Associate Compensation & Benefits Director

We’re expanding our capabilities across Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru, and we’re hiring an Associate Compensation & Benefits Director to be responsible for the execution and administration of PMG’s international compensation and benefit plans and programs.

In this role you will be responsible for conducting analysis and interpretation related to the organization’s compensation and benefits programs for region. Supporting international salary survey participation including job matching and competitive benchmarking as well as benefit plan benchmarking. Partnering closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Legal, and Business Leaders to ensure market competitiveness, internal equity, and compliance across all geographies.

You will also support annual compensation (merit/promotion and bonus) planning process and all international benefit plan management and administration, including benefit plan design benchmarking and broker management.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Member of the global Total Reward team while managing regional compensation and benefits matters in support of the business and local/regional HR Business Partners

Compensation Management

• Participates in annual salary administration programs, including salary grade and structure maintenance & creation
• Provides data analytics for the maintenance and development of incentive or salary increase budgets
• Participates in administration of annual incentive, and/or salary increase programs
• Conducts market benchmarking analysis to determine competitive positioning of the organizations jobs and pay programs
• Evaluates the organizations job descriptions, providing feedback and consulting to the business as needed
• Participates and manages salary surveys by matching PMG jobs to available salary surveys reference jobs and provides organizational data to these survey providers
• Lead the gender pay gap reporting process (as they become applicable… i.e. UK, France)
• Ensures HR systems are configured/maintained in a way that support overall compensation priorities and policy

Benefits Management

• Supports the development of international benefits strategy and oversee the implementation of such, ensuring the benefits offering is strategically aligned with the business, competitively attractive to employees and is cost effective
• Maintain inventory of all benefit plans and policy documents per country/business unit, including renewal dates, and tracking of costs
• Manage annual carrier/policy renewal process, working with brokers and vendors on contract negotiations and initiating periodic market reviews to ensure benefits are secured on the most competitive terms
• Partner with HR and the applicable business to assess, recommend and establish appropriate market level of benefits when PMG establishes operations in new countries and/or upon acquisition of new companies
• Lead the administration of pension schemes
• Point of contact for incoming benefits related invoices (liaison with Finance for invoice processing)
• Build external relationships and participate in international benefit surveys to ensure PMG remains aware of what other companies are doing in the competitive market
• Partner with field HR to handle employee questions and assist with processes such as leave of absence, sickness, and accidents
• Coordinate with legal team, HR team and outside counsel on immigration matters

General Responsibilities

• Partners with HRIS for ongoing data integrity checks
• Produces HR Metrics related to compensation and offer insights to the Business and HR Teams
• Provides guidance, coaching, mentoring and training to HR Business Partners on compensation-related issues
• Provides input on compensation policy and procedure creation
• Generate compensation metrics and provide analysis and recommendations based on them
• Lead and/or participates in HR and Total Reward projects
• Supports US and Global compensation matters as needed

Minimum Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in a related major and 12 or more years of compensation and benefits experience within mature international organizations. Experience working across different countries and general understanding of process, payroll and labor law differences.

Expertise in messaging to support compensation and benefit programs that are aimed at leadership and employees.

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Experience in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical or other industry directly related to one of PMG’s service lines.
• Experience with PayFactors and SAP/SuccessFactors HRMS a plus.
• Experience matching jobs, as well as designing and developing a salary grade structures.
• Has worked with short term incentive plans and/or sales plans.

Or equivalent combination of education, professional training and experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies:

• Bias for Action & Ownership: Is a “self-starter”. Proactively identifies issues; takes end-to-end accountability for outcomes
• Advanced proficiency with market pricing, survey methodology, salary structures, regression analysis, and data modeling
• Solid understanding of global regulatory environments and pay transparency legislation
• Good understanding of different cultures (both business as well as country) and demonstrates an appreciation of cultural diversity, with sensitivity to differences in attitudes and norms
• Data Analytics & Storytelling: Translates data into insights and executive-ready narratives
• Influence Without Authority: Shapes outcomes across HR, Finance, Legal, and business leaders through credibility and relationships
• Strategic Thinking & Execution: Operates at both 30,000 ft and ground level; delivers polished programs on time
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Tailors messages to diverse audiences; simplifies complexity
• Change Leadership & Enablement: Drives adoption of new frameworks and practices through training, playbooks, and clear guidance
• Project Management Excellence: Demonstrates ability to plan, organize, and execute complex global compensation projects. Effectively manages timelines, resources, and stakeholders; communicates progress clearly; and ensures successful delivery of initiatives within scope, budget, and quality standards