compensation consultant (Remote - U.S.)

$95,600 - $162,300/Yr

Starbucks - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Seattle, WA

Food Services and Drinking Places

About the position

As a Compensation Consultant at Starbucks, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and managing complex compensation programs that align with the company's business and strategic plans. This position requires an innovative thinker who can challenge the status quo and effectively collaborate with various teams. You will serve as a strategic advisor on compensation practices, conduct job evaluations, and ensure compliance with pay legislation while integrating pay transparency throughout the employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary consultant for multiple support functions and/or business units, serving as a strategic advisor on compensation practices.
• Market price jobs from the routine to the more complex.
• Independently conduct large job family reviews, integrating key elements of our Career Framework strategy.
• Evaluate Starbucks job architecture in relation to the market.
• Provide compensation recommendations on changes to pay structure in alignment with business strategy.
• Review compensation programs to ensure compliance with local, state and federal pay legislation requirements.
• Thoughtfully integrate Pay Transparency practices throughout all stages of the employee life cycle.
• Lead communications and change management processes in partnership with PRO.
• Facilitate company-wide annual rewards programs for assigned client groups.
• Develop, implement and administer base pay programs, including pay setting, pay structure development, and pay progression policy formulation.
• Conduct complex modeling and analysis on all aspects of compensation.
• Develop and deliver efficient and effective presentations to influence decision making and communicate information to management and partners.
• Plan for the implementation of complex compensation programs or projects through generalists.
• Measure effectiveness and provide recommendations on incentive design changes.
• Support the design and development of existing and new incentive programs.
• Work with Finance to ensure accruals are appropriately set up, monitored and managed.

Requirements

• Five or more years of implementation and/or administration of compensation plans.
• Five or more years serving in an advisory role for clients/customers.
• Three or more years of designing plans and programs for direct pay, incentive pay, and/or sales compensation.
• Three or more years of cross functional project management.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in financial metrics in incentive plan design.
• Ability to model scenarios for behavior and costing outcomes.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave