Full-Time

Senior Sales Incentive Compensation Design Analyst

Global

Updated on 8/23/2026

Deadline 8/27/26
Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies

10,001+ employees

Provides eProcurement automation and hosted catalogs

Compensation Overview

$143.8k - $224.6k/yr

+ Bonus + Stock

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

Minnesota, USA + 4 more

More locations: Wilmington, DE, USA | Ohio, USA | Indiana, USA | Michigan, USA

Hybrid

Candidates near the Little Falls, Delaware office are strongly preferred. Occasional travel is required.

Bachelor's, Master's

Category
Accounting (1)
Required Skills
Power BI
Data Visualization
Workday HRIS
Tableau
Data Modeling
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Financial Modeling

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Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in human resources, finance, business, economics, data analytics, mathematics, statistics, industrial/organizational psychology, or a related field is required.
  • At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in incentive compensation, sales compensation, commercial compensation analytics, total rewards, sales operations, finance, revenue operations, or a closely related analytical function is required.
  • Proven experience consulting with senior management across organizations on complex sales compensation design issues based on data analysis.
  • Experience directing project or program resources for sales incentive programs.
  • Hands-on experience designing, modeling, analyzing, or governing sales incentive compensation plans in complex, global, matrixed, or multi-region commercial environments.
  • Diverse industry experience across multiple commercial models or business contexts, including growth strategy transformation, sales transformation, channel redesign, go-to-market model changes, M&A integration, or incentive plan modernization.
  • Strong expertise translating business needs into effective compensation design options.
  • Advanced knowledge of incentive compensation design principles, including pay mix, quota/target relationships, eligibility, measures, payout curves, thresholds, accelerators, caps, modifiers, clawback/true-up concepts, payout timing, and plan governance.
  • Strong data modeling and compensation analysis expertise, including cost modeling, payout simulation, trend analysis, scenario planning, sensitivity analysis, variance analysis, plan effectiveness analysis, and executive-level data storytelling.
  • Advanced Excel capability, including structured models, lookup and dynamic array logic, Power Query or equivalent data preparation, pivot analysis, formulas, data validation, reconciliation, controls, and model documentation.
  • Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent; ability to create dashboards, analyze population-level results, summarize complex trends, and translate findings into business recommendations.
Responsibilities
  • Design, model, and recommend global sales incentive compensation structures aligned with enterprise strategy, sales coverage models, role design, pay mix, performance measures, thresholds, accelerators, modifiers, caps, and payout mechanics.
  • Translate business growth strategies, channel and business model transformations, strategic priorities, and regional commercial needs into incentive designs that drive intended sales behaviors and are feasible to administer globally.
  • Build advanced scenario models, simulations, cost forecasts, payout sensitivity analyses, and risk assessments to evaluate design options, incentive spend, budget implications, behavioral impacts, equity considerations, policy alignment, and operational feasibility.
  • Lead mid-period and end-of-period incentive plan reviews, including analyses of performance trends, payout distributions, quota attainment relationships, target incentive payout outcomes, and executive summaries with recommended focus areas and future design options.
  • Partner with Commercial Business Leaders, Sales Strategy, HR Business Partners, Finance, IT, Sales Performance Reporting, Quota Credit, and Global Incentive Pay Operations to translate business requirements into compensation design options, implementation plans, and governance decisions.
  • Support governance of the Global Incentive Pay Program and related policy processes, including exception management, design standards, approval documentation, audit support, Workers Council requests as applicable, and traceability of design decisions.
  • Evaluate plan effectiveness using attainment distributions, payout curves, performance-to-pay alignment, cost of plan, participant experience, role and channel complexity, and achievement of commercial strategic objectives.
  • Conduct market and competitive benchmark analyses for roles across multiple countries, including salaries, pay mix, target bonus opportunities, plan elements, and design practices; interpret survey findings and translate them into recommendations for global leadership review.
  • Support business transformation and M&A initiatives by assessing incentive eligibility, role and job family mapping, target pay setup, transition risks, modeling requirements, employee impact, and implementation readiness.
  • Partner on Incentive Compensation Management and related system capability improvements by translating business requirements into design logic, calculated fields, testing scenarios, reporting outputs, user acceptance testing requirements, and process controls.
  • Create executive-ready presentations and decision documents explaining business context, design alternatives, assumptions, risks, financial impacts, implementation dependencies, and recommended actions.
  • Develop reusable templates, data validation checks, process documentation, and analytics routines that reduce manual effort, improve repeatability, strengthen controls, and increase stakeholder transparency.
  • Maintain confidentiality and compliance with data privacy, role-based access controls, domain security, pay transparency requirements, regulatory standards, and internal policies when handling sensitive HR, compensation, and employee data.
Desired Qualifications
  • A master's degree is preferred.
  • Experience designing and managing variable pay programs across sales, commercial, services, operations, technical, and corporate functions, with strong knowledge of pay-for-performance principles and incentive plan governance.
  • Experience consulting with senior leaders on incentive design tradeoffs, performance measures, behavior drivers, payout mechanics, financial modeling, and organizational impacts.
  • Experience with global incentive and sales incentive plans in life sciences, diagnostics, applied markets, technology, software, services, medical devices, manufacturing, industry, or other complex business-to-business commercial organizations.
  • Working knowledge of compensation and sales compensation benchmarking resources such as Radford, Mercer, Comptryx, WTW, Aon, or similar survey providers.
  • Experience supporting Workers Council, audit, internal control, legal, regulatory, or pay transparency requests related to compensation programs.
  • Knowledge of process improvement, automation, artificial intelligence-enabled analytics, and modern tools that enhance compensation process efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Familiarity with Workday, Varicent Incentive Compensation Management, Pay Factors, or equivalent plan setup concepts, including calculated fields, testing, user acceptance testing, logic mapping, and defect triage.
  • Ability to convert growth strategy, channel changes, role changes, and M&A requirements into incentive design options.
  • Certification or advanced development in compensation, analytics, finance, project management, human resources, sales operations, or data visualization.

Agilent Technologies provides eProcurement services that help businesses buy supplies more efficiently. It offers a suite of electronic procurement tools that let clients load their pricing into existing purchasing platforms, access a hosted catalog, and complete transactions digitally without paper. The service connects pricing data to clients’ procurement systems, delivers an online catalog, and supports automated, paperless purchasing workflows. This makes purchasing faster and reduces manual steps. Compared with competitors, Agilent emphasizes automation, quick connectivity between pricing, catalogs, and purchasing platforms, and a reliable, scalable experience backed by its broad product range. The company aims to improve client productivity and lower procurement costs, helping customers buy what they need more easily while keeping prices clear and consistent.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

1999

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What believers are saying

  • Agilent raised fiscal 2026 revenue to $7.39-$7.49 billion and EPS to $6.00-$6.10.
  • Q2 2026 core revenue grew 6.3% while non-GAAP operating margin reached 26.4%.
  • FDA expanded PD-L1 22C3 use on Dako Omnis across four additional cancers.

What critics are saying

  • Agilent’s 2024-2026 layoffs signal slower equipment demand and ongoing margin pressure.
  • China revenue remains exposed; management expects stimulus orders to slip into fiscal 2027.
  • Patent fights and settlements with Axion and Synthego show expensive IP vulnerability ahead.

What makes Agilent Technologies unique

  • Agilent owns sticky workflows: OpenLab Sync, Dako Omnis, and CrossLab integrate regulated labs.
  • Biocare acquisition adds clinical pathology antibodies, expanding recurring diagnostics revenue beyond instruments.
  • Altura columns and xCELLigence AI deepen consumables lock-in across biopharma analysis workflows.

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