[Hiring] Vice President, Compensation Strategy, Design, and Architecture @Circana

Role Description

The VP, Compensation Strategy, Design, and Architecture is responsible for establishing, governing, and evolving Circana's enterprise-wide job architecture and broad-based compensation framework. This role owns the foundational structures that define how work is organized, evaluated, leveled, and compensated globally, ensuring consistency, scalability, and alignment with business and talent strategies.

The VP leads the design and ongoing stewardship of Circana's job architecture, including:

• Job families
• Career streams
• Level definitions
• Job evaluation methodologies
• Leveling criteria
• Related governance processes

The role also owns the design of market-aligned compensation structures and frameworks that support equitable, competitive, and consistent pay practices across the organization.

Working closely with Compensation Administration, Total Rewards, Talent Management, HR Business Partners, and business leaders, this role will lead the transformation of Circana's current-state framework into a modern global architecture that supports:

• Organizational growth
• Workforce planning
• Career development
• Compensation decision-making

In partnership with external subject matter experts, the VP will establish sustainable governance practices for maintaining and evolving the architecture over time, including processes for creating, modifying, evaluating, and retiring jobs as business needs evolve.

In addition to designing the future-state framework, this role will play a critical leadership role in driving organizational adoption, stakeholder alignment, and change management to ensure successful implementation of large-scale compensation and workforce architecture transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive compensation experience, including significant responsibility for job architecture, job evaluation, leveling frameworks, compensation design, and workforce architecture strategy within complex global organizations.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and governing enterprise-wide job architecture frameworks across multiple functions, business units, countries, and regions.
• Deep expertise in job evaluation methodologies and market-leading grading frameworks, including direct experience with Willis Towers Watson, Korn Ferry, Mercer, Aon, or comparable methodologies.
• Strong compensation design expertise, including salary structure development, market pricing methodologies, geographic pay strategies, compensation governance, and broad-based compensation program design.
• Proven experience leading large-scale job architecture, workforce design, job leveling, or compensation transformation initiatives from strategy and design through implementation, organizational adoption, and long-term governance.
• Exceptional judgment, influence, consultative leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Requirements

• Experience in compensation consulting, workforce architecture consulting, or similar advisory environments is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of global regulatory considerations and pay transparency requirements.
• Ability to operate as a hands-on individual contributor while leading complex enterprise initiatives.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Annual bonus eligibility.

Company Description

Circana is a leading provider of technology, AI, and data solutions for consumer packaged goods companies, manufacturers, and retailers. Our predictive analytics and Liquid Data® platform help clients measure market share, uncover consumer behavior, and drive growth—powered by six decades of expertise and an expansive, high-quality data set.

At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We’re a global company dedicated to fostering inclusivity and belonging.

Circana is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®.