Senior Director, Global Compensation

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Your Role:

This position is responsible for providing leadership and direction for the functional design and administration of Elanco’s global compensation programs.

This leader ensures compensation programs align with the business objectives and are effective in attracting, motivating, and retaining key talent, while remaining fully compliant with all regulatory requirements.

This is a highly strategic and collaborative role that works cross-functionally with leaders across the organization and partners closely with leaders in HR, Finance and Legal to understand talent and business needs and collectively develop and implement effective solutions.

The role will need to be able to articulate the compensation strategy and philosophy to senior leadership.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Global Total Rewards the Sr Director leads a team of 7 compensation professionals in various locations globally.

Your Responsibilities:


* Monitor industry and general market practices, trends and legal requirements and lead the development and implementation of new initiatives to ensure compensation programs remain market-competitive, financially sound, and legally compliant.


* Provide leadership and direct supervision of the Compensation team, driving accountability and desired results through effective coaching and performance management.


* Partner with HR leadership to design and implement the future Compensation operating model, leveraging the Elanco Business Services team to drive administrative efficiencies.


* Strategically assess the effectiveness of current compensation programs in achieving organizational objectives and give recommendations for modifications, evolving and improving the current global job architecture.


* Lead annual compensation planning cycle in partnership with HRIS and HR Operations teams to include salary survey submissions and compensation budget planning.


* Develop and coordinate communication strategies and activities designed to educate and inform employees about compensation.


* Establish and identify opportunities for improvement of Compensation govern...