Responsibilities
- Advise senior leaders and partner with the executive team on reward decisions, pay structures, and incentive design.
- Partner with local teams to refine and evolve benefits offerings across Europe, ensuring relevance, consistency, and employee impact.
- Oversee and enhance job architecture, ensuring clear career pathways and alignment with pay structures.
- Manage the process, system, and administration of stock options as a long term incentive program.
- Drive all reward-related processes linked to performance and talent cycles, ensuring seamless delivery and strong business alignment.
- Be structured thorough and detailed in regular business processes, including stock option management, pay review
- Provide senior leadership with robust analysis, benchmarks, and insights to inform decision-making and future strategy.
- Identify industry trends and incorporate research and macro-economic insights into recommendations.
- Support decision-makers and stakeholders with planned and ad hoc Rewards utilization metrics, KPIs, and analytics.
- Present complex data clearly and accessibly to business and people leaders.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience with Total Rewards, with exposure to international business environments.
- Strong knowledge of European compensation, equity practices and regulatory trends.
- Skilled at engaging and influencing senior leaders, with confidence presenting to executive-level stakeholders.
- Experience leading complex reward cycles, driving process improvements, and embedding change.
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate data into insights and strategic recommendations.
- Strong project management and stakeholder management skills
- Experience with compensation systems and familiarity with both monetary and non-monetary reward approaches.
- Strategic and tactical mindset.
- Thrives in the fast-paced, dynamic environment of an international company in hyper-growth.
Benefits
- Participate in Aiven’s equity plan.
- Balance work and life with our hybrid work policy.
- Choose the equipment you need to set yourself up for success.
- Use your Professional Development Plan budget for learning opportunities.
- Receive holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program.
- Inquire about our Global Time Off Commitment (Parental and Sick Leave, as well as Personal Time)
- Enjoy country-specific benefits for our global cast.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Team size: global team of over 400 people
Additional Information
- All emails relating to recruitment come from an @aiven.io, @greenhouse.io or @eu.greenhouse.io domain
- Interviews are conducted by video call or in person
- Interviews will never occur via text or chat
- Equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants
- Committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs
