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Ritchie Bros.

Asset management and heavy equipment auctions

Compensation Manager

Compensation & BenefitsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeWestchester, IL, USA$111.9k - $139.9k

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 7 years of progressive compensation experience, including at least 2 years leading or mentoring others.
  • Hands-on experience running annual merit and incentive cycles for a workforce in both the United States and Canada.
  • Strong market research, analysis, and pricing skills with major survey providers such as WTW, Mercer, and Radford.
  • Demonstrated experience designing incentive programs, including annual bonus and equity or long-term incentive plans.
  • Working knowledge of United States and Canadian compensation regulation, including the Fair Labor Standards Act and provincial exemption rules, pay transparency, and pay equity laws.
  • Advanced Excel and data analysis skills, and experience with an HRIS compensation module such as Workday.
  • Strong communication, influencing, interpersonal, management, and conflict resolution skills, with credibility at the executive level.
  • Strong project management, change management, and organizational skills, with the ability to implement best-practice People policies and processes at scale.
  • Flexibility and ability to adapt to a fast-paced culture, changes in the environment, and shifts in priorities.
  • Ability to travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, implement, and manage RB Global's compensation strategy and programs to attract, retain, and motivate employees at all levels.
  • Own the annual merit, equity grant, promotion, and incentive bonus programs for the United States and Canada, from budget modeling through manager guidance, calibration support, and payroll handoff.
  • Administer the Annual Incentive Plan, including eligibility, target setting, payout calculations, accruals with Finance, and employee communications.
  • Design and maintain salary structures and ranges by country, refreshing them against market movement each year.
  • Design and evaluate short-term incentive programs that reward performance and support business goals.
  • Own salary survey participation and market pricing for both countries, including survey submissions, job matching, and data cuts.
  • Deliver offer, promotion, and equity-adjustment recommendations for People Business Partners and recruiters.
  • Run pay equity analysis and build compensation reporting and dashboards for leaders.
  • Help build and maintain the job architecture, including job families, levels, leveling guides, and title conventions.
  • Manage job mapping and benchmarking processes.
  • Maintain compensation decision rights and the approval matrix for pay actions, including off-cycle and supplemental payments.
  • Ensure compliance with United States and Canadian requirements, including Fair Labor Standards Act and provincial employment standards classification, pay transparency posting laws, and pay equity legislation such as Ontario and Quebec requirements.
  • Partner with Internal Audit and Payroll on controls, and support audit requests and remediation.
  • Collaborate with People Team workgroups and business leaders to align compensation practices with organizational goals.
  • Advise People Business Partners and leaders on pay decisions, retention cases, and organizational changes.
  • Support severance, mergers and acquisitions, and integration work with compensation analysis and benchmarking.
  • Create clear manager and employee materials that explain how pay works.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of three compensation professionals, setting priorities and reviewing their work for accuracy.
  • Build team capability in market pricing, analytics, and program administration so the team can scale beyond the United States and Canada.
  • Standardize processes, templates, and documentation so programs run consistently across both countries.
  • Act as the escalation point for complex compensation questions and cases.

Desired Qualifications

  • Global or multi-country compensation experience is a strong plus as the company continues to scale.
  • Experience supporting compensation outside North America, including the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Asia-Pacific, with multi-country salary structures and market pricing.
  • Experience building or rolling out a job architecture or leveling framework.
  • Exposure to sales incentive plans or mergers and acquisitions integration.
  • Experience in a publicly traded company, including support for proxy or Compensation Committee materials.

About the Company

Ritchie Bros.

Asset management and heavy equipment auctions

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers connects buyers and sellers of heavy machinery, trucks, and other assets through auctions and asset-management services. Its core products are live and online auctions plus disposition and asset-management solutions that help sellers convert surplus equipment into cash and help buyers find and bid on used equipment. The auction process works by listing assets for sale in catalogs and conducting bidding—historically unreserved auctions and now increasingly online platforms—so buyers can bid from anywhere and sellers can reach a global audience. The company differentiates itself with a long history of transparency and integrity, a global footprint across more than 20 countries, and a shift toward online auctions that expands access and efficiency for both sides of the market. The goal is to provide a trusted, scalable marketplace that maximizes recovery for asset owners while delivering broad, convenient access to buyers worldwide.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Westchester, IL
Founded
1958

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