Manager - Total Rewards

Rewards Partner (Total Rewards & Compensation)

Build the Future of Tech-Enabled Rewards at Lenskart

About Lenskart

At Lenskart, we’re building the world’s most admired and design-led eyewear brand — redefining the category through technology, innovation, and scale. As we expand across India, SEA, the Middle East, and new global markets, we’re looking for a strategic, analytical, and tech-oriented Rewards Partner to drive our compensation and total rewards philosophy forward.

This role is ideal for someone who brings deep compensation expertise, advanced numerical and analytical strength, and a technology-first mindset to build scalable, equitable, and automated rewards programs that attract, retain, and inspire talent.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership

• Design, implement, and manage holistic, tech-enabled rewards programs that strengthen performance, engagement, and long-term retention across global teams.

• Ensure programs are structured to scale alongside Lenskart’s rapid global expansion.

Strategic Business Partnership

• Partner closely with HR Leaders, Business Heads, Founders, and Finance to align compensation decisions with business goals and org design.

• Use data modelling and scenario analysis to provide clear, quant-backed advisory to leaders.

Market Competitiveness

• Use Aon, Mercer, Radford and other leading surveys to continuously evolve market-driven pay structures, benefits, and retention tools.

• Maintain competitiveness while ensuring internal fairness and cost governance.

Analytics, Modeling & Tech Enablement

• Build and run advanced compensation models, forecasting simulations, and pay analytics to inform decision-making.

• Develop automated compensation dashboards, workflows, and reporting through PowerBI, HR tech platforms, or self-built tools.

• Continuously identify opportunities to automate C&B operations and build digital-first, scalable systems.

Change Management & Communication

• Lead the rollout of new rewards programs across businesses and geographies with strong communication, clarity, adoption, and employee engagement.

• Partner with HRBPs to translate insights into action at a ground level.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure all compensation and benefits practices meet local and international compliance standards, tax requirements, and regulatory guidelines.

• Maintain audit-ready documentation and governance frameworks.

Financial Partnership

• Partner with Finance on variable pay budgeting, increment forecasting, and headcount planning using data-backed models

• Balance market competitiveness, internal equity, and budget discipline using deep numerical insight.

People Enablement

• Act as a subject matter expert to HRBPs, Talent teams, and managers on job leveling, compensation structures, and rewards philosophy.

Requirements & Qualifications

Technical & Analytical Must-Haves

• Strong numerical and analytical skills — ability to work with complex data sets, build models, and run simulations.

• Expert proficiency in Excel, including modeling, scenario analysis, and advanced functions.

• Experience with PowerBI or other BI tools, with ability to build automated dashboards and analytics.

• Comfortable leveraging HR tech, compensation systems, and data automation tools — a tech-oriented mindset is mandatory.

Experience

• Hands-on experience in Compensation & Benefits, Total Rewards, or People Analytics.

• Experience designing pay structures, variable pay, incentives, and job leveling frameworks.

• Track record supporting high-growth, multi-location, or global teams.

Behavioural Strengths

• Tech-driven, data-led, and curious about emerging tools and digital transformation

• Strong business acumen with ability to balance competitiveness, fairness, and cost.

• Excellent communication, influencing capability, and stakeholder partnership.

• High ownership, agility, and comfort working in a fast-scaling, dynamic environment.

Why Join Us

• Shape the future of tech-enabled rewards at one of India’s most iconic consumer-tech brands.

• Work with exceptional leaders and founders in a high-performance, high-speed environment.

• Influence compensation strategy across India, SEA, and the Middle East as Lenskart continues its global expansion.