We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations and the best people Together we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests

The Royal Caribbean Group’s Shoreside Compensation Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Lead Compensation Design reporting to the Senior Manager Compensation Design

This position is onsite and based in Miami Florida

This position is also not eligible for work authorization sponsorship

Position Summary:

The Lead Compensation Design is responsible for developing compensation programs frameworks analytics and recommendations that support business outcomes market competitiveness internal equity and effective governance across Royal Caribbean International Celebrity Cruises Silversea Cruises and our Private Destination locations

This role will independently drive the structuring modeling and implementation of assigned work across broad-based compensation job architecture market pricing pay equity and compensation analytics The Lead will translate business and Total Rewards priorities into structured recommendations financial models program designs and implementation-ready solutions while serving as a Compensation Design partner to Brand leaders and cross-functional stakeholders

The ideal candidate brings strong analytical capability business judgment urgency and ownership Success requires the ability to take ambiguous business needs quickly structure the work develop a clear point of view and deliver high-quality outputs with limited direction

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Compensation Strategy & Structure: Develop implement and maintain compensation frameworks salary structures market pricing approaches and incentive programs that align with business priorities and talent strategy
Broad-Based Compensation Expertise: Structure base pay practices pay ranges annual incentive opportunities and variable compensation programs with clear governance modeling and implementation discipline
Job Architecture & Job Evaluation: Perform and support job evaluations leveling assessments job architecture activities and related governance to promote consistency and appropriate role alignment across supported businesses
Analytics & Financial Modeling: Build review and analyze financial models forecasts and scenario analyses related to compensation cycles program design budget allocation and business cases
Insights & Recommendations: Translate complex data into clear insights tradeoffs implications and recommendations for leadership decision-making
Workflow Innovation & AI Enablement: Apply AI emerging technologies and process improvement thinking to improve compensation workflows increase scalability reduce manual effort and strengthen insight generation
Governance Compliance & Pay Equity: Support compensation governance pay transparency pay fairness regulatory reporting global pay equity analysis remediation planning and audit readiness
Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with Brand leaders HR Finance Legal Payroll Operations Talent Acquisition Talent Management and other stakeholders to develop compensation recommendations and support program design implementation governance and key business initiatives
Workstream Leadership & Execution: Independently lead assigned compensation workstreams from problem definition through analysis recommendation stakeholder alignment implementation and closure with strong ownership urgency and quality

Knowledge and Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Business Finance Economics Statistics

or a related field 5+ years of progressive experience in corporate compensation Total Rewards consulting or a related analytical/advisory field directly tied to rewards workforce cost compensation design
or compensation governance Strong analytical capability including advanced Excel skills financial modeling market data analysis scenario planning
and interpretation of complex datasets Demonstrated ability to independently build review audit
and validate complex data and financial models Experience with broad-based compensation market pricing job evaluation job architecture variable compensation pay equity
or compensation governance Proven ability to convert ambiguous business issues into structured workplans clear analysis actionable recommendations
and implementation-ready solutions Strong business acumen and judgment; able to connect compensation design to talent strategy financial objectives stakeholder needs governance
and operational realities Strong consulting acumen and ability to influence without authority across HR Finance Legal Payroll Operations Brand leaders and the business; able to translate complex compensation issues into clear
business-relevant recommendations Experience in large matrixed multi-brand multinational
or highly complex organizations preferred Experience with enterprise HRIS platforms such as SuccessFactors or Workday; compensation systems; survey platforms; and analytics/visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
preferred Applied curiosity and fluency with AI emerging technologies and process improvement approaches to improve scalability reduce manual work
and strengthen compensation insights Customer-focused and results-oriented with strong ownership and a bias toward action; comfortable working independently in a demanding
deadline-driven environment

Agency and Third-Party Submissions: Please note this is a direct search by the Company and applications through agencies and other third parties will not be accepted nor will fees be paid for unsolicited resumes Any unsolicited resumes will be considered the Company's property

We know there's a lot to consider As you go through the application process our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance and more relevant details to answer any additional questions Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin disability sexual orientation sexuality gender identity or expression marital status or any other characteristic protected by law Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment

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Nearest Major Market: Miami

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