International Compensation Manager
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IDEXX is looking for an International Compensation Manager to play a critical role in delivering fair, competitive, and transparent compensation programs across our global organization.
In this role, you will own the end-to-end execution of international compensation activities, including annual compensation cycles, and serve as a trusted expert to HR Business Partners and international business leaders.
Operating with significant autonomy within established governance and policy frameworks, the role translates Total Rewards strategy into consistent, compliant, and scalable execution. The position is a critical interface between business leaders, HR Business Partners, and analytical delivery, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
This role does not hold people-management responsibility, but provides functional leadership, expertise, and quality oversight across the team delivering international compensation activities.
Key Responsibilities
International Compensation Ownership
- Own the end-to-end execution of international compensation activities, including annual compensation planning and salary review cycles.
- Lead operational efficiency, governance checks, and execution quality across countries and regions.
- Translate global compensation philosophy, job architecture, and salary structures into practical, compliant execution.
Pay Equity & Pay Transparency Leadership
- Lead the operationalization of pay equity and pay transparency initiatives, including analysis readiness, consistency validation, remediation support, and monitoring.
- Partner with People Analytics, People Operations, Payroll, Legal, and local HR teams to support internal and external reporting requirements.
- Ensure compensation outcomes align with internal standards, regulatory expectations, and emerging transparency obligations.
Expert Advisory & Decision Support
- Act as the primary point of contact for compensation advice to HR Business Partners and business managers.
- Provide expert guidance on market positioning, salary decisions, promotions, job leveling, and pay adjustments within defined guardrails.
- Resolve complex compensation cases independently and escalate only governance-level exceptions.
Market Intelligence & Advanced Analytics
- Interpret market data, pay equity analyses, and compensation metrics to drive informed and consistent decisions.
- Review and validate complex analyses produced by analysts and provide insights based on the outcomes of these analyses.
- Monitor external compensation and regulatory trends relevant to international markets.
Process Excellence & Risk Management
- Lead continuous improvement of compensation processes and documentation, controls.
- Ensure compliance with internal policy frameworks and applicable external regulations.
- Support audits, controls testing, and risk reviews as required.
What You Need to Succeed
Experience & Expertise
- 8–10+ years’ experience in Compensation or Total Rewards within a large, international organization.
- Proven ownership of complex, multi-country compensation cycles and execution models.
- Practical experience with pay equity analysis and/or involvement in pay transparency implementation.
- Deep understanding of job architecture, market pricing, and internal equity principles.
Capabilities
- Senior Compensation Expertise: Recognized subject-matter expert able to operate independently.
- Analytical & Judgment Skills: Comfortable interpreting complex data and making sound, defensible decisions.
- Stakeholder Advisory: Trusted advisor to HRBPs and business managers.
- Systems & Tools: Advanced proficiency in HRIS and compensation tools; strong Excel skills required.
Professional Competencies
- Business Insight
- Decision Quality
- Managing Complexity
- Accountability
- Strategic Execution Orientation
- Clear and credible communication
Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field (required)
Why IDEXX
We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters.
At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.
We are passionate about what we do at IDEXX – and why wouldn’t we be? When you’re working to raise the standard of care for pets, make drinking water safe for billions and keep our livestock population around the globe healthy and free of disease, it’s no wonder that what we do each day is more than just a job.…
We are passionate about what we do at IDEXX – and why wouldn’t we be? When you’re working to raise the standard of care for pets, make drinking water safe for billions and keep our livestock population around the globe healthy and free of disease, it’s no wonder that what we do each day is more than just a job. There’s an energy across IDEXX that is contagious – where caring and committed people come together to make things better.
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), a member of the S&P 500, is a leader in pet healthcare innovation, serving practicing veterinarians around the world with a broad range of diagnostic and information technology-based products and services. Headquartered in southern Maine, we conduct operations through more than 70 locations around the world and serve customers in over 175 countries.
Our primary business focuses on pet health, a growing market around the world. Our products —in-clinic diagnostic tests and instrumentation, reference laboratory and telemedicine consultation services, and practice management software—enhance the ability of veterinarians to provide advanced medical care, improve staff efficiency and to build more economically successful practices.
We also develop and manufacture diagnostic tests and information for the global production animal industry, including poultry and livestock, as well as tests for the quality and safety of water and milk.
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