Manager, Compensation

Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our talented people are central to the future of Edwards Lifesciences, which is why our Human Resources teams help design, guide, and deliver inspiring experiences for our people. With a fundamental understanding of how to build a supportive community and organizational capability, you’ll deliver solutions to attract and retain talent. Your work will enable our teams to thrive as they help patients live healthier and more productive lives.

This is an onsite role in Cartago, Costa Rica.

How you’ll make an impact:
• Evaluate jobs using knowledge of job design and the Global Career Framework to establish market pricing benchmarks, salary structure assignment, and incentive target recommendations, and perform incumbent analysis utilizing the Global Career Framework for job evaluation and leveling.
• Oversee the annual merit review for assigned region, including manager training, manager/HR guidance, allocation of adjustment budgets, cost/incumbent analysis, and so forth.
• Create solutions to problems in alignment with pay strategies to ensure market competitiveness of compensation programs (e.g., merit and adjustment salary budget proposals, salary structures, setting appropriate starting pay, incentive compensation targets). Provide advice and guidance to the business, senior management, and Human Resources to apply compensation expertise to solve complex challenges that meet business needs.
• Develop, get alignment on, and implement portions of compensation pay strategies (base and bonus) utilizing complex market competitive and cost impact analysis.
• Interpret company compensation policies and practices and local, state, and federal laws regulating salary practices, and provide analysis, advice, education and solutions to compensation issues to managers and HRBP
• Coordinate work of lower level employees, providing guidance, training and direction to execute smaller tactical compensation projects, with timely coaching and feedback, and ensuring work is accurate and meets desired objectives.
• Identify and evaluate compensation process improvement and/or course correction/course alignment opportunities.
• Other incidental duties

What you'll need (Required):
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Math or other related field with a minimum of 8 years of related compensation experience

What else we look for (Preferred):
• Experience working with locations outside the U.S.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) strongly preferred

Proven expertise in usage of Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and PowerPoint, and related compensation data management tools. Working knowledge of HRIS

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills including consultative and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Good problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Good negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to present manager training to large audiences, typically around 100 managers at a time, and effectively respond to questions and concerns raised during the training.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of EW policies, procedures, and requirements as it relates to global compensation.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence change in complex situations, and interact with all organizational levels.
• Ability to assess risks, analyze complex situations and determine next course of action.
• Ability to manage internal and external confidential information with utmost discretion.
• Ability to exercise judgment in determining approach to meetings and how best to modify approach and direction to get alignment and buy-in before reaching a solution
• Strict attention to detail, accuracy, and demonstrated ability to perform statistical analysis, critical thinking, and utilize database management tools to provide analysis and solutions to problems.
• Ability to work in a fact paced environment and balance a dynamic workload with constantly changing priorities, deadlines, and project scopes.
• Ability to build productive internal/external working relationships and work well in a cooperative, collaborative team environment, including inter-departmental teams, assigned client group(s), senior leadership, and key contacts representing the organization on contracts or projects
• Ability to interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control