SAP SuccessFactors Compensation & Variable Pay Lead
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About the Role
We are seeking a SuccessFactors Compensation &Variable Pay Lead to drive the design, configuration, and delivery of compensation and variable pay solutions within a complex, global enterprise operating across multiple business clusters, legal entities, and joint ventures.
The role will lead the end-to-end delivery of SAP SuccessFactors Compensation and Variable Pay modules across multiple instances, ensuring alignment with global compensation strategies, local regulatory requirements, and evolving business needs.
Key Responsibilities
- Compensation & Variable Pay Solution Design
- Lead the design and configuration of SAP SuccessFactors Compensation and Variable Pay modules across multiple instances.
- Define global compensation templates, plans, and workflows while accommodating regional and legal entity variations including documented region-specific plan variations (proration logic, payout calendars, plan suspension/redesign scenarios).
- Translate compensation strategy and business rules into scalable, configurable solutions.
- Design and implement salary planning, bonus programs, and merit-based pay structures; assess and document SF capability boundaries for executive compensation, and define integration/handoff requirements for external vendors.
- Multi-Instance Strategy & Harmonization
- Drive compensation solution harmonization across multiple SAP SF instances.
- Identify opportunities for standardization of compensation plans, guidelines, and eligibility rules across clusters.
- Establish governance standards for configuration management, testing, and release cycles.
- Variable Pay & Incentive Program Delivery
- Design and deliver variable pay programs including annual bonuses, sales incentives, spot awards, and performance-linked payouts
- Configure eligibility rules, proration logic, funding models, and payout calculations
- Ensure alignment between variable pay design and business performance frameworks, including configuration of integration with Performance & Goals Management to consume calibration outputs in variable pay worksheets
- Integration & Data Architecture
- Define integration requirements between Compensation/Variable Pay and:
- Employee Central (job, org, pay data)
- Performance Management (ratings, calibration outputs)
- Payroll and finance systems
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and auditability across compensation flows
- Support data migration and conversion activities for compensation-related data
- Compliance, Governance & Reporting
- Ensure compensation solutions comply with local labor laws, pay equity regulations, and internal policies
- Design and deliver compensation analytics including SAP SuccessFactors Reports (SAP-delivered suite),executive dashboards, and ad hoc reporting.
- Support audit readiness through proper documentation and controls
- Stakeholder Management & Team Leadership
- Partner with HR, Total Rewards, Finance, and IT stakeholders across regions
- Lead and mentor a team of functional consultants and analysts
- Drive workshops, requirement gathering, and solution walkthroughs with business and technical teams
- Act as the subject matter expert (SME) for all compensation and variable pay related decisions
- Business Value Realization
- Align solution design to core business outcomes:
- Improved accuracy and efficiency in compensation cycles
- Reduced manual effort and processing time
- Enhanced data quality to support pay equity and analytics
- Improved employee and manager experience during compensation events
- Establish KPIs and value tracking mechanisms
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field
- Minimum 10–15 years of experience in SAP, with strong expertise in SuccessFactors Employee Payroll and HCM related functions
- Proven track record of leading workstreams in at least one end-to-end SAP implementation or transformation program
- Demonstrated ability to lead stakeholder workshops and manage complex requirements
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills