Senior Vice President, Total Rewards

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com

Job Description

We are seeking an accomplished, visionary Total Rewards executive to lead the strategic design, execution, and continuous evolution of Experian’s reward proposition for our North America region. The ideal candidate will combine strategic foresight with operational excellence, driving global and regional programs that align with business objectives, ensure market competitiveness and foster employee engagement. This leader will also maintain strong governance standards, ensuring compliant, data‑driven, and technology‑enabled decision making across all elements of Total Rewards.

Reporting to both the North America Chief People Officer and the Global Reward Director, this role will serve as a key advisor to North America and Global senior leadership, guiding decisions on pay equity, transparency, and performance-based rewards. They will lead a team of talented total rewards professionals and oversee a broad portfolio including base pay, incentive compensation, long-term incentive plans, health and wellness benefits, retirement programs, recognition and M&A activities.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record of leading global initiatives and teams, implementing scalable solutions and systems, and championing a culture of high-performance, fairness and transparency. The chosen candidate will use AI‑enabled, digital tools, and modern communication approaches to elevate transparency, personalization, and manager capability.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategy, design and execution of base pay, short term incentives, long term incentives, and recognition programs across North America and globally matrixed business groups. Ensure alignment with business and talent strategies as well as high-performance, equity, internal practice and compliance standards.
• Oversee all regional health & insurance, wellness, leaves, and retirement programs through an internal team and several external partners. Develop multi‑year benefits strategies focused on value, innovation, and inclusive design. Use data analytics to monitor, forecast, and improve benefits utilization and drive innovation and employee-centric solutions that support well-being, engagement and retention. Serve as the Chairperson of Experian’s U.S. Retirement Plan Committee (ensuring strong governance, member outcomes, and fiduciary stewardship).
• Be a key member of Experian’s Global Reward Council, shaping global reward philosophy and harmonizing programs and practices across the globe. Maintain strong reward governance and controls, ensuring consistency of decisions, documentation, and alignment with global standards.
• Advise senior leaders on complex executive compensation offers and market practices.
• Oversee Human Resources due diligence and integration for all North America acquisitions. Create and maintain a standardized Total Rewards M&A playbook to accelerate due diligence, integration, and harmonization activities across the region.
• Champion pay equity and pay transparency initiatives to strengthen organizational trust, enhance employee engagement and mitigate legal and reputational risks. Implement responsible data, analytics, and reporting frameworks to manage emerging pay transparency and pay equity regulations across states.
• Leverage advanced analytics - including AI‑enabled modeling - to drive pay decisions, market intelligence, and scenario analysis.
• Partner with HR Operations and Systems teams to optimize reward programs, analytics and manager/employee self-service. Represent the Reward function during Experian’s Oracle Cloud transformation.
• Lead on implementation and governance of career framework and performance enablement evolution with high-performance reward alignment for North America. Align reward frameworks with evolving skills‑based career structures and performance models, ensuring clear linkages between skills, performance, and rewa