Senior Global Compensation Manager

Nexthink, a rapidly growing global organization, as a Senior Global Compensation Manager. In this newly created role, you will lead the administration and evolution of Nexthink's global compensation framework, ensuring our programs are competitive, equitable, and built to scale. You will work closely with various teams, including People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Legal, and senior leaders, to make informed compensation decisions. Additionally, you will use Workday Advanced Compensation to enable effective compensation delivery and continuously improve our global compensation framework.

Significant global compensation experience in a complex, multi-country organization, including ownership of compensation frameworks, benchmarking, merit, and bonus programs

Hands-on experience using Workday Advanced Compensation to run compensation cycles and translate business requirements into practical workflows alongside HRIS or implementation partners

Total Rewards, Compensation, or HR Technology leadership experience — you have administered and evolved compensation frameworks, run benchmarking cycles, and managed annual merit and bonus programs at a global company

Excellent stakeholder communication, you can translate complex compensation and systems decisions into clear guidance for HRBPs, managers, Finance partners, and senior leadership

About Nexthink

• Confidence operating in a global, multi-currency environment, including the complexities of payroll and EOR arrangements
• Clear, credible communication skills. You can turn complex compensation topics into straightforward guidance for People Business Partners, managers, Finance partners, and executive stakeholders
• Ability to operate effectively in a global, multi-currency environment with payroll complexity, EOR arrangements, and multi-country data considerations
• A genuine track record of driving process change through technology or automation — something you built or deployed that produced measurable outcomes

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration and evolution of Nexthink’s global compensation framework, including job architecture, grade profiles, and salary bands across 19 countries.
• Manage the annual compensation cycle from end to end, including merit and bonus design, Workday Advanced Compensation configuration, approval workflows, manager enablement, and compensation statements.
• Partner with Finance and Legal on equity-plan administration, including grant communications, vesting schedules, and employee transition impacts.
• Experience assessing pay equity, translating findings into action, and managing remediation tracking
• Strong analytical and commercial judgment. You are comfortable building compensation scenarios, maintaining geo-differentiated salary bands, and presenting clear recommendations to Finance and senior leaders
• Bring experience identifying and implementing innovative AI-driven solutions that streamline compensation processes, generate actionable insights, and elevate stakeholder experiences

Requirements

• The ability to balance consistency with pragmatism, knowing when to apply the framework and when a thoughtful exception is needed

Join

Workday expertise in HCM and Advanced Compensation is a plus, you understand how the system is structured, can make informed design decisions alongside a technical implementation team, and can hold a Workday partner accountable to HR requirements

Strong analytical fluency, comfortable modelling compensation scenarios, building geo-differentiated salary band frameworks, and presenting methodology to a CFO or senior leadership team