Job Summary:

This role bridges strategic total rewards planning with efficient HR service delivery, managing day-to-day HR operations, administering comprehensive benefits, and developing competitive compensation plans to support organizational growth and employee engagement.

This role serves as the backbone of HR, leveraging AI-driven automation and predictive analytics to optimize the employee lifecycle while ensuring pay equity and regulatory compliance

The HR Operations and Comp & Ben Manager is responsible for the end-to-end design and delivery of HR infrastructure and reward strategies. You will lead the transition from manual administrative tasks to digitized, data-powered workflows, ensuring that the organization's total rewards are competitive, fair, and aligned with business objectives

Key Responsibilities:

HR Operations & Technology:

- Workflow Digitization: Redesign HR processes into structured digital environments to enable better AI performance and automation.

- HRIS Governance: Oversee the implementation and maintenance of HR systems (e.g., Workday, SAP, SuccessFactors), ensuring data integrity and security.

- Lifecycle Management: Manage seamless employee transitions from onboarding to offboarding, utilizing AI-powered chatbots and automated task lists.

- Policy Implementation: Develop and enforce clear company policies that reflect current labor laws and ethical AI usage standards.

Compensation:

- Total Rewards Strategy: Design and manage competitive salary structures, incentive programs (STIP/LTIP), and benefits packages that drive retention.

- Market Benchmarking: Conduct continuous salary surveys and market research using real-time data platforms to maintain competitiveness.

- Pay Transparency: Audit pay practices to ensure compliance with rising global transparency regulations (e.g., EU Pay Transparency Directive).

- Pay Equity: Perform statistical analysis to monitor and address disparities across gender, race, and age to foster an equitable workplace.

Compliance & Data Analytics

- Regulatory Oversight: Stay ahead of complex 2026 regulatory changes regarding data privacy (GDPR, CCPA), AI governance, and local labor codes.

- Predictive Analytics: Use people analytics to forecast trends such as turnover, attrition, and the impact of climate-related disruptions on productivity.

- Audit Support: Lead internal and external audits for payroll, benefits, and compliance documentation

Qualifications:

- Post Graduate From Premier Institutes Only(IIM,XLRI,TISS,XISS,XIM,SIBM,etc)

- Minimum 10yrs Proven experience in HR Operations, Compensation, and Benefits.

- Strong understanding of labor legislation, HR systems, and data analysis.

- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.

Key Skills:

- Strategic Thinking: Aligning HR initiatives with business objectives.

- Analytical Skills: Using data for informed decision-making.

- Vendor Management: Effectively managing external partners.

- Employee Relations: Building trust and ensuring fair practices.