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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