Director of Compensation

Job Overview

Responsibilities

Requirements

Qualifications

Skills

Benefits

Pay

Schedule

The Director, Compensation is a strategic leader responsible for the design, governance, and execution of FirstService Residential’s compensation programs. This role ensures that compensation practices are competitive, equitable, data-driven, and aligned with business strategy. The Director will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on base pay, incentive design, and long-term compensation strategies while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and ongoing refinement of FirstService Residential’s compensation philosophy and strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and talent goals.
• Establish and maintain compensation governance, policies, and controls to ensure internal equity, market competitiveness, and legal compliance.
• Partner closely with Finance, Legal, HR, and executive leadership to align compensation programs with financial planning and organizational strategy.
• Lead the development and administration of executive compensation programs, including base salary, annual incentives, and long-term incentive plans (LTIP).
• Support executive and senior leadership incentive design, modeling, and performance alignment.
• Prepare compensation analyses, scenarios, and materials for executive leadership and, where applicable, compensation committee review.
• Partner with Finance and Legal on executive agreements, incentive plan documentation, and compliance considerations.
• Oversee enterprise-wide job architecture, market pricing, and benchmarking using reputable survey data.
• Design, implement, and maintain salary ranges and pay structures aligned with market positioning and internal equity.
• Provide guidance on offers, promotions, adjustments, and retention strategies to ensure consistency and defensibility.
• Lead annual and off-cycle compensation review processes, including merit increases, promotions, and incentive payouts.
• Develop merit matrices, increase guidelines, and modeling to support pay-for-performance outcomes.
• Ensure consistent application of compensation practices across the organization.
• Deliver advanced compensation analytics, dashboards, and reporting to support leadership decision-making.
• Translate complex data into clear insights and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, and emerging best practices in compensation and rewards.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and advisor to HR business partners and business leaders.
• Educate leaders on compensation programs, philosophy, and decision-making frameworks with clarity and transparency.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years progressive compensation or total rewards experience, including leadership or senior-level responsibility.
• Experience working in a complex, multi-region or multi-business organization, including U.S. and Canada.
• Demonstrated experience with: Executive compensation and incentive plan design, Long-term incentive plans (LTIP), Salary structures and market benchmarking, Merit and annual compensation cycles, Advanced compensation analytics and modeling.
• Relationship-focused communicator who partners effectively across HR, Finance, Legal, and executive leadership teams.
• Strategic compensation leader grounded in FirstService Residential values, recognized for principled decision-making, accountability, and integrity.
• Strong knowledge of compensation-related employment laws and regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• Advanced compensation certifications (such as CCP, CECP, GRP) strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 8 years progressive compensation or total rewards experience, including leadership or senior-level responsibility.
• Experience working in a complex, multi-region or multi-business organization, including U.S. and Canada.
• Demonstrated experience with: Executive compensation and incentive plan design, Long-term incentive plans (LTIP), Salary structures and market benchmarking, Merit and annual compensation cycles, Advanced compensation analytics and modeling.
• Relationship-focused communicator who partners effectively across HR, Finance, Legal, and executive leadership teams.
• Strategic compensation leader grounded in FirstService Residential values, recognized for principled decision-making, accountability, and integrity.
• Strong knowledge of compensation-related employment laws and regulations.

Skills

• Advanced compensation certifications (such as CCP, CECP, GRP) strongly preferred.
• Experience with executive compensation and incentive plan design.
• Experience with long-term incentive plans (LTIP).
• Experience with salary structures and market benchmarking.
• Experience with merit and annual compensation cycles.
• Experience with advanced compensation analytics and modeling.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Strategic thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Knowledge of compensation-related employment laws and regulations.

Benefits

• Full comprehensive benefits including your choice of multiple medical plans, dental, vision.
• Time off benefits, paid holidays.
• 401k with company match.

Pay

• Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

• TBD.