Director Executive Rewards

As a Senior Executive Rewards Manager at Sandoz, you will play a crucial role in managing the end-to-end process of rewards and contractual aspects for senior leaders. Your responsibilities will also include leading and participating in global rewards projects, ensuring compliance, and providing support to P&O Partners. Here is a breakdown of what you can expect in this role: - Produce compensation packages for senior leaders, obtain top management approvals, and support the communication and implementation of these packages. This includes handling new hire compensation proposals, terminations, special retention actions, and other off-cycle requests. - Coordinate with Legal, Tax, and Global Mobility to ensure appropriate governance and compliance requirements are met. - Manage the year-end compensation process for senior leaders, including data validation, benchmark reviews, and accurate implementation in line with compliance and governance requirements. - Advise P&O Partners on compensation packages for senior management roles and develop communication materials to help senior management understand the compensation and benefits provided. - Analyze and report on senior management compensation, including retention values, compensation projections, tax analysis, and cash-flow analysis. - Lead or participate in rewards-related projects and M&A activities, contributing to rewards policy design, program design, and compensation systems. In this role, you will need to bring the following qualifications and skills: - MBA or post-graduate HR qualification with relevant P&O/Rewards experience - Strong business acumen and understanding of benefits practices, tax aspects on equity plans, Global Mobility benefits, and rewards M&A activities - Demonstrated P&O business partner mindset, customer sensitivity, analytical skills, and decision-making abilities - Ability to communicate complex data in a simple manner and manage conflicting priorities with senior stakeholders - Negotiation skills and the ability to challenge decisions when necessary,