About the Role The Senior Manager, Compensation & Benefits (Americas) owns compensation and benefits strategy, design, and governance across the region. This role sets pay structures, manages benefits programs, and ensures market competitiveness — aligned to both business objectives and the Group's global compensation architecture. This role partners closely with Payroll on execution but does not own payroll operations.

Key Responsibilities

Compensation Strategy & Governance

- Develop and own the Americas compensation strategy, aligned to the Group's global compensation philosophy
- Establish and maintain salary structures, job evaluation methodology, and grading frameworks, applying the Global Compensation COE's job architecture to ensure Americas roles map consistently to the global grade structure
- Lead annual compensation cycles — merit, bonus/variable pay planning, market adjustments, executive compensation analysis
- Conduct market benchmarking; recommend action on competitiveness and internal equity
- Own and evolve the region's pay practices and compensation philosophy

Benefits Administrator

- Design, administer, and continuously improve benefit programs (health, retirement/pension, wellness)
- Manage vendor relationships — insurance carriers, pension providers, consultants
- Lead annual perks renewals and contract negotiations
- Ensure timely, effective employee communication on benefits and retirement programs
- Monitor benefit costs; recommend programs supporting wellbeing and retention

Governance & Compliance

- Ensure compensation and benefits programs comply with applicable US and Canada employment, pay equity, and benefits regulation
- Partner with Legal/Compliance on pay equity audits and regulatory filings

Systems, Data & Analytics





- Partner with HRIS to optimize systems supporting compensation and benefits administration
- Support relevant system implementations, upgrades, and integrations
- Develop dashboards and reporting on compensation, benefits cost, and workforce trends; deliver insights for workforce planning
- Maintain data integrity and governance across C&B; systems

Cross-Functional Partnership

- Partner with Payroll leadership to ensure comp decisions translate cleanly into pay execution — shared calendar, clean handoffs, no gaps at the design/execution boundary
- Partner with Finance on budgeting and forecasting compensation and benefits costs

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field
- CCP, CEBS, or equivalent professional designation strongly preferred
- 8+ years of progressive compensation and benefits experience, including people leadership
- Demonstrated ownership of compensation frameworks and benefits programs across US and Canada (or broader Americas)
- Experience partnering with Payroll and Finance
- Experience with HRIS/comp systems in a complex, multi-entity organization. Familiarity with SAP Success Factor is a strong asset.
- Experience operating within a global compensation framework or COE model is a strong asset

What We Offer:

- Comprehensive training and mentorship program
- Exposure to cutting-edge embedded systems technologies
- Opportunity to work on diverse projects with key customers.
- Clear path for career progression within the organization
- Collaborative and innovative work environment
- Wellness program.
- Onsite gym and fitness studio with scheduled group classes - think yoga, aerobics.
- Employee lounge for you to rest and recharge.
- Subsidized employee cafeteria with delicious meals and snacks.
- Shuttle bus from Montreal Downtown to our facility in Kirkland.

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