Compensation Director

About the role

Amerit Fleet Solutions is seeking a Compensation Director to build, manage, and govern our compensation programs. The role will focus on scalable compensation infrastructure for a large, distributed, heavily non-exempt workforce.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead compensation strategy, market pricing, job architecture, pay range design, pay equity and compliance readiness, and compensation governance across the organization.
• Design and stand up Amerit's job architecture from the ground up.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Sales/Commercial, Legal, Talent Management, People Business Partners, and Executive leadership to ensure pay decisions are market-informed, financially disciplined, equitable, creative, and aligned with Amerit's growth strategy.
• Translate company growth priorities, labor market dynamics, customer economics, and workforce needs into practical compensation programs, policies, tools, and decision frameworks.
• Prepare clear, data-backed materials and recommendations for CEO/CFO, executive leadership, and Board/Compensation Committee discussions, including quarterly equity and long-term incentive reviews.
• Support annual merit planning, compensation planning, and budget modeling.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, and business leaders on bonus targets, incentive eligibility, and plan administration.
• Build and maintain practical decision frameworks that help leaders act quickly within guidelines while escalating true exceptions appropriately.
• Map acquired roles into Amerit's developing job architecture and compensation framework, including Day 1 and post-close integration planning.
• Develop clear guidance for leaders on compliant, equitable, and consistent pay decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree or CCP/GRP certification preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive compensation experience, preferably supporting hourly/non-exempt, distributed, field, transportation, logistics, fleet, skilled trades, manufacturing, field services, or similarly operational workforces.
• Proven experience designing and managing compensation programs, including market pricing, salary and hourly range design, job architecture, incentive plan support, and compensation governance.
• Demonstrated experience with Canadian compensation and/or global compensation oversight strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with HRIS platforms, compensation survey tools, market data, Excel, and reporting/analytics platforms; able to convert data into practical, executive-ready recommendations.
• Strong understanding of compensation compliance, pay equity, pay transparency readiness, internal equity, compression analysis, and defensible range administration across multi-jurisdiction environments.
• Experience supporting merit cycles, bonus/incentive eligibility, and compensation planning processes; Lattice experience a plus.
• Experience supporting long-term incentive (LTI) and equity programs in an analytics, guidelines, and governance capacity — including building grant guidelines, benchmarking against market, modeling dilution and burn, and preparing materials for executive and Board/Compensation Committee review.

Qualifications

• Clear, influential communicator who can explain complex compensation concepts, present tradeoffs, and build trust with field, corporate, executive, and global stakeholders.

Skills

• Compensation strategy and design
• Market pricing and benchmarking
• Job architecture and leveling
• Pay equity and compliance readiness
• Merit and incentive support
• M&A and integration
• Long-term incentives and equity program support

Benefits

The benefits of belonging at Amerit include full benefits within 30 days, medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k) match program, unlimited vacation, holidays, and sick time, career and learning development, employee referral program, employee assistance program (EAP), employee discounts, and more.

Pay

$175,000 - $200,000 base salary depending on experience and location.

Schedule

This role is a Hybrid Role - Charlotte, NC. In-Office 2 to 3 days/week.