[Hiring] Senior Manager, Executive Compensation and M&A @Veralto

Role Description

Step into a highly visible role where executive rewards strategy meets business transformation! As Senior Manager, Executive Compensation and M&A, you’ll lead complex, high-impact work across executive compensation and the full transaction lifecycle—from due diligence and deal modeling to retention strategy, transition planning, and integration.

• Collaborate with Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, HR, Corporate Development, and business leaders to tackle ambiguous challenges.
• Shape enterprise compensation strategy and turn rigorous analysis into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Work closely with senior leaders and support the HR Leadership Team.
• Expand your impact by taking on broader company-wide compensation priorities over time.

This position is part of the Total Rewards team and will be remote in the United States.

Executive Compensation

• Lead high-impact executive compensation work, including pay benchmarking, annual and long-term incentive design, and analysis of evolving market, regulatory, and governance trends.
• Shape competitive, internally aligned compensation packages for executive hires and promotions.
• Turn complex analysis into clear, decision-ready materials for the Compensation Committee and executive leaders.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Drive total rewards strategy across mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other transactions.
• Lead compensation and benefits due diligence, uncover financial and talent risks, model costs, and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Design retention and compensation transition strategies and lead the integration of pay programs.

Expanded Enterprise Leadership Scope

• Broaden your enterprise impact over time by taking ownership of priorities such as job architecture and leveling, salary structures, incentive design, and compensation governance.
• Develop forward-looking perspectives on emerging compensation issues.
• Lead cross-enterprise compensation initiatives from strategy through execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business, or a related field; an advanced degree or relevant certification is preferred.
• 10–15 years of progressive experience in executive compensation, total rewards, human capital, transaction advisory consulting, or a public company.
• Deep expertise in executive compensation, including benchmarking, incentive design, equity programs, proxy disclosures, and governance.
• Experience in M&A, compensation and benefits due diligence, transaction modeling, retention planning, or post-close integration is preferred.
• Advanced financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills, including Excel proficiency.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage concurrent priorities, and influence stakeholders.

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with advanced Microsoft PowerPoint proficiency.
• Proven ability to handle highly confidential executive, transaction, and compensation information.

Benefits

• A flexible, remote-friendly work environment.
• Paid holidays and a permissive paid time off policy emphasizing flexibility and trust.
• Ongoing investment in your career through dedicated training, on-the-job development, and coaching.
• Total rewards that support your success at work and beyond, including comprehensive health benefits, a 401(k) savings plan with employer match, and associate wellbeing programming with rewards.

Company Description

With annual sales of $5.5 billion, Veralto is a global leader in essential technology solutions with a proven track record of solving some of the most complex challenges we face as a society.

• Veralto’s Water Quality companies manage, treat, purify, and protect the global water supply.
• Our Product Quality & Innovation companies protect the world’s food, medicine, and essentials.
• Veralto is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with 300+ locations worldwide.