Lead - Total Rewards

Role Purpose:

Lead – Total Rewards

Key Responsibilities:

1. Rewards Strategy & Design

• Define and drive a forward-looking Total Rewards strategy aligned with the company’s business vision, talent agenda, and growth priorities.
• Translate business strategy into actionable compensation and benefits frameworks that fuel a high-performance culture.
• Design agile, future-ready reward models to support evolving business models and workforce needs.

2. Market Intelligence & Competitive Benchmarking

• Lead strategic benchmarking across the FMCG and consumer sectors to ensure competitive positioning in key talent markets.
• Partner with external consultants and internal COEs to translate insights into proactive reward interventions.

3. Executive & Leadership Compensation

• Drive the design and governance of leadership compensation architecture including long-term incentives, retention instruments, and succession-linked rewards.

4. Pay-for-Performance Culture

• Build and institutionalize a strong pay-for-performance framework linking individual and business outcomes.
• Ensure equity, transparency, and effectiveness in reward differentiation through data-backed analytics.

5. Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure robust internal governance and regulatory compliance in all compensation and benefits processes.
• Establish internal controls and audit mechanisms to manage risks across geographies and business units.

6. Digitalisation & Analytics

• Build capabilities in reward analytics, predictive modeling, and digitization of Total Rewards platforms.
• Provide strategic insights to CXOs using dashboards and compensation intelligence tools.

Candidate Profile:

• MBA/PGDM

  in HR or related field from

  Tier-1 institute

  (IIM/XLRI/TISS/MDI or equivalent).

• 12–18 years

  of experience in strategic HR roles, with

  deep specialization in Total Rewards

  .
• Proven track record in leading large-scale reward transformation projects in FMCG or similar high-performance, talent-intensive industries.
• Strong understanding of

  global compensation trends

  ,

  executive compensation

  , and

  performance-linked reward systems

  .
• Analytical mindset with the ability to influence at CXO level.
• Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional collaboration and people strategy.