VP, Global Compensation

Yahoo is a global media and tech company that connects people to their passions. We reach hundreds of millions of people around the world, bringing them closer to what they love—from finance and sports, to shopping, gaming and news—with the trusted products, content and tech that fuel their day. For partners, we provide a full-stack platform for businesses to amplify growth and drive more meaningful connections across advertising, search and media.

Reporting to the SVP, Total Rewards, this role has accountability for leading the design, development and execution of Yahoo’s global compensation programs, processes and initiatives.  This includes overall compensation philosophy and strategy,  salary and annual incentive planning, compensation analysis and job architecture, sales compensation, executive compensation and long-term incentives as well as other ad hoc recognition programs.   

The position requires someone with a hands-on approach to ensure programs are well-designed and aligned with the business strategy and company culture and a track record of building the trusted cross-functional partnerships required to succeed in serving the business. The VP, Global Compensation will contribute meaningfully to program and policy design for the full scope of Total Rewards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designs overarching Compensation Strategy, connecting fully to Yahoo’s Talent Management Strategy

• Drives innovative and market-responsive compensation approaches that are both scalable and impactful. 

• Partners closely with senior business leaders and HR partners to understand business and talent strategies to effectively align rewards decisions and strategies.

• Provides comprehensive and value-added consulting support and thought leadership in all areas of reward and recognition to meet the demands of a competitive marketplace while ensuring fair and equitable pay.

• Leads requirements setting for global compensation benchmarking and related analytics to proactively evaluate the competitiveness of our compensation programs and make recommendations for adjustments as necessary

• Owns reporting requirements for Compensation-related insights using data from a variety of sources and designing dashboards to serve clients

• In partnership with HR colleagues, reimagine our job architecture to align with the company’s talent strategy

• Leads the design and owns the execution of company-wide annual compensation processes

• Develops employee compensation communications strategies and collaborates with internal teams for implementation.

• Develops key cross-functional partnerships across the organization, including working with global finance on headcount planning, budgeting and forecasting; and with legal to ensure compliance of our programs.

• Manages and deepens partnerships with key vendors and external partners that will enrich our thinking and programs with industry insights and ensure that our programs remain competitive.

• Leads the compensation team, including SMEs in executive and sales compensation, ensuring ongoing development; provides constructive and timely performance feedback.  

About you:

• You have a demonstrated track record of progressive leadership in global compensation strategy, preferably within the high tech/internet/media industry both pre-IPO and post-IPO settings and ideally with PE ownership experience

• Demonstrated ability to craft and implement forward-thinking compensation approaches to support business objectives and employee needs.

• Ability to focus on critical objectives that add the most value and deliver results

• Growth mindset and “can do” attitude; operate with an employee-centric approach

• Have operated successfully within a matrixed global organization (HR shared services model) 

• Must be able to work and partner exceptionally well from a virtual perspective

• Executive presence and polished communication skills

• Experience of presenting to executive committees and boards 

• Has a track record of building strong teams while being a player coach

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