Director, Compensation Delivery

As the Director of Compensation Delivery, you will be responsible for leading Atlassian’s Compensation Delivery function. This includes responsibility for all of our incoming and ongoing employee compensation programs, among them our compensation planning cycles and the annual bonus payout. Additionally, this role will be responsible for ensuring the exquisite delivery of all other compensation programs such as internal and external offers, compensation policies, Team Anywhere, etc. This role will lead Atlassian’s compensation technology strategy and partnership with our People Technology and People Operations team, as well as liaising with a cross-functional team of global compensation team members and various People Team centers of excellence.

Success in this position requires strong leadership skills and strategic thinking capabilities. The right candidate will be proactive and continue to think one step ahead of business needs. This role will be essential to helping us to drive forward-thinking systems and tools to support our fast-growing and constantly evolving organization.

About You

You have a demonstrated track record of effectively leading compensation professionals and partnering with other People Teams. You are passionate about developing talent. You take feedback seriously and collect it often to continually improve and enhance our programs. Combining data and feedback from Atlassians with the latest industry research, you will make large-scale, data-driven decisions that will have a huge impact.

In this role, you will:

• Lead a team of other Compensation professionals

• Work with other leaders across the compensation team to set the overall team strategy and OKRs, as well as and people priorities

• Oversee execution of the global company-wide salary/promotion/equity recommendation processes end to end, partnering with a large number of stakeholders including HR business partners, legal, payroll, HRIS and HRIT.

• Continuously assess our compensation programs for effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement in supporting our business goals

• Coach and develop rising compensation talent to support the continued evolution of our team and progress

• Keep up to date and educate internal teams on evolving compensation related regulatory/compliance areas in the US and globally.

• Provide analytical support as needed, and be able to effectively guide others in presenting and synthesizing data to support recommendations.

On the first day, we'll expect you to have:

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 12-15 years of compensation experience

• Extensive previous experience leading successful global compensation program delivery and transformation

• Experience leading global compensation projects

• Excellent strategic analytical capabilities, experience with big data and interfacing between HRIS applications, and an excellent ability to communicate persuasively with business partners to resolve highly complex problem

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate, design and recommend market competitive programs aligned to business strategy

• Demonstrated ability to lead high-level individual contributors and leaders across multiple functions, and track record of influencing at the senior leadership level

• Excellent listening and communication skills, with the ability to articulate and distill complex issues

• Ability to manage change effectively, and remain two steps ahead on technology and business process implications