Microsoft prides itself on being able to attract and retain the best and the brightest talent of our industry. One big piece of the talent management puzzle is making sure that our compensation and benefits programs can attract, retain and motivate employees. Be part of the team that designs and develops the global compensation programs that keep Microsoft competitive! Overview: The Executive Compensation team within the Total Rewards organization is responsible for all compensation matters for Microsoft's senior leaders. The Director of Executive Compensation is responsible for managing key executive compensation programs at Microsoft that aligns to company performance and business strategy. This position will focus on Microsoft's senior level and executive pay programs, with particular focus on the Executive Incentive Plan and act as the technical expert for accounting and securities regulations. They will lead the ongoing executive and executive officer benchmarking as well as competitive
Program Owner, Executive Incentive and Leadership Stock programs Design: Make design recommendations regarding program structure and work closely with Corporate Finance to establish and track program metrics; design and recommend program administration procedures Project Management: Project manage all aspects of the annual design cycle; including developing the timelines and interdependencies across functions and the corporate rhythm of business; work with equity and financial accounting teams on the administration of the stock program to ensure stock grant data is accurate and is being properly
Ideal Candidate: Minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible compensation experience, including incentive program design Demonstrated ability to lead a cross functional team that delivers results, using cross group collaboration and influence management with resources not directly under one's control Superior data analysis skills and demonstrated ability to draw meaningful conclusions and action plans on the basis of quantitative data, employee survey data, competitive data and anecdotal managerial and employee observations Ability to create complex Excel modeling tools in support of compensation