The Sr. Director, Compensation is responsible for leading the design, delivery, and governance of key compensation programs that support Envista’s talent and business strategy. This role provides strategic leadership across broad-based and executive compensation, and equity/retirement programs. The Sr. Director operates as an enterprise‑level compensation leader, partnering with HR, Finance, and senior business leaders to evolve Envista’s compensation practices.
- Serve as the strategic partner on compensation and equity programs, supporting annual cycles, program design, benchmarking, regulatory considerations, and materials for senior leadership and the Compensation Committee, as appropriate.
- Manage and develop one direct report responsible for equity and retirement programs, ensuring effective program design, administration, compliance, and communication.
- Partner with HR and business leaders to shape, implement, and continuously improve global compensation strategies, programs, and governance.
- Act as a key consultant to HR Business Partners and business leaders on compensation‑related topics, offering data‑driven recommendations and solutions.
- Support and influence global compensation initiatives, partnering cross‑functionally and regionally to ensure scalability, consistency, and local alignment.
- Provide consultative input on sales compensation programs, partnering with sales, finance, and HR stakeholders.
- Analyze internal and external market data to inform pay decisions, assess competitiveness, and proactively identify risks and opportunities.
- Ensure compensation programs comply with applicable regulations, internal controls, and governance standards while supporting transparency and fairness.
Contribute to process improvements, analytics, and enablement tools that enhance program effectiveness, leader understanding, and employee experience.
Critical Experience, Knowledge and Qualifications: (what the role holder must know; including any required general or professional qualifications/education)
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field
- At least 10 years’ experience managing compensation programs, preferably within an international environment
- Proven experience managing regional and multi-country compensation within complex, matrix organizations
- Strong client focus, with a proven track record of optimizing compensation services and processes.
- Proven experience in designing and executing end-to-end compensation strategies aligned with business growth objectives and workforce planning priorities
- Strong capability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing compensation teams, fostering accountability, capability building, and succession planning
- Solid understanding of executive, broad-based, and sales compensation, with the ability to translate data into executive-level insights and forecasts
- Strong data/analytics and process orientiation with a customer centric approach
- Strategic, analytical, and results-oriented leadership mindset, combined with strong execution capability.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership
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