Global Compensation Manager

About the role

Conga is seeking a Global Compensation Manager to own the implementation and administration of global compensation programs across the company's fast-paced environment. This is a high-impact individual contributor role that requires expertise in compensation design, financial rigor, and people impact.

Responsibilities

• Owning the revamp of Conga's global salary structure, redesigning global pay bands for greater market alignment, simplicity, and faster execution
• Implementing a new Compensation tool, partnering cross-functionally with vendors, People Partners, Talent Acquisition, HRIS, and other stakeholders to configure, test, and deploy the solution globally
• Driving Annual Compensation Planning (ACP), owning the full end-of-year cycle, including merit, bonus, promotion, and additional adjustments, as well as the pay-for-performance corporate bonus payout program across the global workforce
• Conducting complex budget modeling, building and presenting comprehensive compensation budget models to support annual planning and pay-for-performance strategies
• Owning Pay-for-Performance Corporate bonus payouts, modeling accurate Individual Performance Factors (IPFs) to drive pay decisions aligned with each ELT organization's performance distribution, and calculating and executing corporate bonus payouts accurately and on schedule
• Leading Long-Term Incentive Plans (LTIP) administration, owning the day-to-day administration of LTIP and preparation of quarterly Board review materials
• Driving compensation benchmarking and survey participation, managing vendor relationships and ensuring current and competitive data
• Supporting high-priority People Team initiatives, including performance management redesign, new hire offer strategy, and compensation communications globally
• Leveraging AI tools to accelerate compensation work, including drafting communications, building modeling frameworks, researching market trends, and synthesizing survey data

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in compensation roles, preferably in SaaS organizations, with deep knowledge of global market practices, pay program design, and compensation operations
• Experience leading or significantly contributing to end-of-year processes, global salary structure design, and LTI administration
• Ability to build and present comprehensive budget and scenario models in Excel that drive executive-level decisions backed by data
• Experience with benefits administration (US and Canada) is a plus

Qualifications

• Strategic thinking, with the ability to connect the micro and the macro, anticipating where the business is heading and ensuring compensation programs are designed to meet those future needs
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to drive clarity through complexity, align multiple stakeholders, manage competing deadlines, and build project plans and governance that keep large, high-visibility compensation projects on track
• Quality-oriented, with strong processes in place to minimize errors and a continuous mindset of auditing data and processes to find optimization and simplification opportunities
• Analytical thinker and creative problem solver, with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations that resonate with both HR and Finance audiences

Skills

• Initiative, with the ability to proactively identify gaps and take ownership
• Resourceful and collaborative, with the ability to find solutions and share knowledge to lift the whole team
• Clear, deliberate, and collaborative communicator, with the ability to translate complex compensation concepts for non-compensation audiences
• Passion, with a true belief in the work and the company
• AI-first mindset, with the ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate compensation work
• Experience with Workday Advanced Compensation, data analytics tools, compensation benchmarking platforms, and project management tools

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits packages
• Variable incentive pay component
• Perks, including flexible work options
• Full range of benefits, including medical and dental insurance

Pay

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $113,920 - $182,270 USD, with individual pay determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.