Asia International Compensation and Benefits Lead

Responsibilities

• Program Design & Adaptation - You develop and advocate the long-term vision and strategy for the design and adaptation of compensation and benefit programs; you drive the evaluation of current compensation and benefit programs and ensure their alignment with business needs.
• Program Implementation - You are a company-wide expert and thought leader, defining the strategy and philosophy for establishing compensation and benefits programs aligned with market competitiveness and global business strategies.
• Program Management - You evaluate the effectiveness and business impact of compensation and benefits programs and processes; you partner with HRBPs to present compensation and benefit solutions to executive leadership.
• Compensation and Benefits Education & Consultation - You are responsible for developing the education materials on compensation and benefit programs, policies, practices, and customized compensation and benefit solutions; you deliver training on specific compensation and benefit programs/processes to high-level audiences across the organization.
• People Management – You lead a team Area ICB leads for the ASIA region. You help employees identify growth opportunities, develop skills and build development plans. You drive the execution of projects. You establish and communicate performance expectations, identify and address gaps and monitor performance to ensure plans are met.

Qualifications

• Performance Management - Knowledge of Microsoft’s performance management procedures. This includes the understanding of how to set and communicate performance expectations and goals, monitor performance, conduct performance evaluations, provide ongoing performance feedback, create developmental plans, and correct performance problems.
• Business Acumen - The ability to understand the parts of the business and their interrelationships. This includes skill in understanding the industry, competition, and expected future developments and challenges, the business’s competitive strengths and weaknesses, opportunities to grow the business and reduce operating costs; and awareness of the environment for opportunities.
• Consulting - The skill to influence others, develop and maintain working relationships, and deliver results and/or expertise for a client in a professional manner.
• Market Research - The ability to gather intelligence regarding specific products, attitudes, compensation, services, etc. and interpret it for the purposes of business decisions.
• Data Analysis - The ability to systematically gather information from a variety of sources, analyze information, identify implications of data, draw conclusions, generate alternatives and solutions, and evaluate the consequences of choosing each alternative using quality metrics and data. This includes the ability to convert general data and findings into applied, specific information and suggestions that add value to business planning and strategies.
• Compensation - Knowledge of principles and application of compensation methods, programs, policies, and practices. This includes knowledge of regulatory laws affecting compensation plans for multi-country markets and operations.
• Compensation Trends - The ability to stay abreast of compensation trends in the marketplace including competitor practices as well as the ability to analyze compensation and job data that exhibits an ongoing pattern. This includes the ability to forecast future compensation issues and demands.
• Sales Compensation - Knowledge of sales compensation principles and the ability to apply them to compensation program design and delivery.
• Benefits Knowledge - Knowledge of the major benefits areas and packages, including medical, dental, life, disability, employee assistance program, paid time off, retirement. This includes knowledge of industry trends, plan terms and legal language, best practices and competitive market
• Benefit Governance and compliancy - Knowledge of the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines, and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally. Knowledge of procedures to evaluate and audit benefit programs and processes, especially in data privacy and security. Knowledge of Microsoft’s global benefits philosophy and governance processes.
• Legislation Awareness - Knowledge of current legislation as it relates to the company and the ability to maintain an ongoing analysis of the impact of such developments on internal practices and products.
• Change Management - The ability to define and implement procedures and/or technologies to deal with changes in the environment. This may include adapting to change, controlling change, and/or affecting change.