Global Compensation Operations Leader

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Date: Jan 13, 2026

Location: Wien, AT Weybridge, GB

Company: Mondi AG

Job title: Global Compensation Operations Leader

Business Segment: Human Resources

Location: Austria or UK

 

Purpose of the Role
To build, run, and continuously improve Mondi enterprise global compensation infrastructure, ensuring consistent execution, strong governance, data integrity, and operational excellence across all countries and businesses.

Your Mission

  • Own and govern Mondi’s global job architecture.
  • Develop, maintain and refresh global salary range structures across all countries, ensuring market competitiveness and alignment to the job architecture.
  • Develop and lead execution of core compensation processes — annual compensation review, bonus planning, and off-cycle salary actions — ensuring accuracy, control, and global consistency.
  • Manage global benchmarking and market insights, including survey participation, market data consolidation and modelling.
  • Drive compensation data governance and digitization in SuccessFactors, including data definitions, controls, validation and reporting accuracy.
  • Build and maintain Mondi’s pay equity analysis and transparency readiness, including data models, reporting logic, and support for employee query handling.
  • Establish compensation governance, guardrails, and internal controls, ensuring compliance, audit readiness, and disciplined decision-making across the enterprise.
  • Enable Total Rewards Business Partners and HRs with tools, templates, and capability-building, supporting consistent application of compensation frameworks.
  • Identify and lead process optimization and standardization opportunities, shaping a scalable, repeatable compensation operating model.

 

Your Profile

  • 10+ years in Compensation/Total Rewards with global or multi-country scope
  • Proven leadership of annual compensation cycles, off cycle management and salary structure management
  • Strong experience in job architecture, salary range design and benchmarking methodology
  • Hands-on exposures to the HRIS/comp systems (ideally SuccessFactors
  • Experience working in compliance- or regulatory-driven environments (EU pay transparency a plus)
  • Exceptional analytical and data governance capability
  • Demonstrated ability to standardize processes and embed governance across regions
  • Strong stakeholder engagement across HR, Finance, and business leadership
  • Track record designing Total Rewards frameworks and driving successful implementation
  • Enterprise-first mindset, with sound judgement and confidence to uphold guardrails
  • Detail-oriented, disciplined and execution-focused working style

 

Languages: 

  • Proficient in written and spoken English
  • German and/or other language would be an advantage

Education: 

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field

 

Benefits: Learning & Development 

Get in touch:

We strive to create a culture that inspires our people to reach their full potential. Going the extra mile – for colleagues and customers – our people drive our passion for performance and are the key ingredient of Mondi’s success. Be part of our future. Should you need further information, please contact Veronica More via email.

Do you want to know more about Mondi? We are a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world through innovative solutions that are sustainable by design. Our global team of 24,000 people works across 100 production sites in more than 30 countries.

Our strength lies in our diversity. We are dedicated to creating a team that reflects the diversity of the world we operate in. We encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups, including women, visible minorities, LGBTQI+ individuals, and people with disabilities. Even if you don't meet all the listed qualifications, we still want to hear from you. We believe in your potential and are committed to supporting you as you grow and learn at Mondi. If you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, please reach out to the contact person listed above.

Only CVs uploaded onto our online career platform will be taken into consideration. With your application, you will be redirected to our recruiting platform. After creating an account, you will receive an activation link. If you do not find the email in your inbox, please check your spam folder or add the address no-reply@mondigroup.com “safe list” or address book.

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