Senior Expert Compensation Manager

<h2><strong>The role</strong></h2> <p>HelloFresh is seeking a strategic and forward-thinking Senior Expert Compensation Manager to take the lead in developing, implementing, and successfully integrating our global compensation programs. We need a standout professional who can think outside conventional frameworks - utilizing deep insights, unlock pay transparency, and establishing strong business partnerships to drive exceptional results. This position plays a vital role in ensuring our rewards structures effectively incentivize and motivate our global workforce.</p> <p>Reporting directly to the Global Director of Compensation Strategy, this high-impact, visible position is central to aligning our rewards initiatives with HelloFresh’s core pay philosophy, fostering our growth objectives, maintaining market competitiveness, and guaranteeing absolute pay compliance. You will play a foundational role in defining our global rewards strategy and structuring defensible compensation frameworks.</p> <h2><strong>What you’ll do</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Strategic Business Partnership:</strong> Partner closely with HR teams and business executives across Tech and various global divisions, offering a macro perspective on compensation alongside specialist counsel on localized strategies and pay practices.</li> <li><strong>Compensation Program Leadership:</strong> Spearhead ongoing and upcoming strategic rewards initiatives while contributing to the design and rollout of global programs, including pay equity assessments, annual cycles, job architecture, and key talent retention initiatives.</li> <li><strong>Analytics and Insights:</strong> Deliver advanced data-driven modeling and analytics to guide compensation frameworks, ensuring alignment with external market trends and internal equity, particularly when structuring competitive candidate offers.</li> <li><strong>Process and Tool Innovation:</strong> Design and optimize analytical tools, workflows, and dashboard metrics in alignment with global People teams to serve specific business line demands and ensure visibility for leadership and management.</li> <li><strong>Market Intelligence:</strong> Formulate and conduct detailed benchmarking studies to monitor market movements, bridge data deficits, and offer validated recommendations to the business.</li> <li><strong>Advisory & Enablement:</strong> Act as the primary subject matter authority for global rewards frameworks. Create and deliver clear communication materials to educate, enable, and support HR colleagues, line managers, and general employees.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>What you’ll bring</strong></h2> <ul> <li><strong>Professional Experience:</strong> 8+ years of dedicated compensation experience, preferably supporting global technology sectors or corporate functions within a fast-moving international ecosystem.</li> <li><strong>Influence & Strategy:</strong> A clear passion for the compensation space coupled with a strategic viewpoint and a demonstrated history of influencing, guiding, and counseling HRBPs and senior corporate executives.</li> <li><strong>Analytical Capabilities:</strong> Superior analytical capacity with specialized experience handling complex datasets and building robust financial models (advanced mastery of Google Sheets or Excel is required).</li> <li><strong>Program Development:</strong> Proven experience conceptualizing and introducing broad compensation programs within rapidly shifting business models, balancing attractive employee rewards with corporate fiscal boundaries.</li> <li><strong>Adaptability:</strong> Highly capable of steering through ambiguity and complex organizational frameworks, with a natural agility to adapt to shifting business demands.</li> <li><strong>Communication Skills:</strong> Outstanding written and verbal communication alongside top-tier stakeholder management capabilities.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>What we offer</strong></h2> <p>Elevate your lifestyle! Join one of Europe's fastest-growing tech powerhouses in a dynamic phase of expansion.</p> <ul> <li>Immerse yourself in a diverse global community of 90+ nationalities.</li> <li>Enjoy a competitive compensation package that goes beyond the norm, with perks like a HelloFresh- subsidized Pension Scheme, Berlin relocation support, and a Hybrid working model.</li> <li>Elevate your lifestyle with exclusive discounts on your weekly HelloFresh box and office meals.</li> <li>Invest in your growth with an annual learning & development budget, German language learning budget, and access to the HelloFresh Academy.</li> <li>Plus, we've got your well-being covered with mental health support, transportation perks, and working-parent-friendly benefits. From our 24/7 gym access,wellbeing platforms like Headspace and Spill, to sabbatical leave options, HelloFresh is not just a workplace; it's a lifestyle of perks and possibilities!</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Are you up for the challenge?</strong></h2> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please submit your complete application below including your salary expectations and earliest starting date. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">After submitting an application our team will review this and get back to you within 5 business days. </span></p>