Director, Compensation and Executive Services

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The Director, Compensation & Executive Services is responsible for developing the overall compensation strategy. This role provides strategic leadership across executive and broad-based compensation programs, including budgeting, governance, employee communications, and performance monitoring. The incumbent ensures programs are competitive, sustainable, and aligned with business priorities, market practices, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development and implementation of medium to long-term strategies to enhance global compensation vision and programs, including executive compensation strategies that align with the company's business goals and market trends.
• Develop complex financial models, forecasts, costings to establish well-informed compensation recommendations for the executive team
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on compensation philosophy, pay positioning, and risk considerations, balancing competitiveness, affordability, and internal equity.
• Monitor market trends and evaluate external competitiveness of the company’s compensation programs, overseeing recommendations on salary range movement and annual merit increase budget
• Establish and manage compensation related budget, including annual merit increase budgets and incentive funding, ensuring financial discipline and transparency.
• Ensure the compensation programs comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and company guidelines
• Provide strategic guidance, partnership and communicate decisions to Senior HR leaders on compensation decisions to attract, motivate, and retain critical talent.
• Accountable for Involuntary Separation programs as well as the retention, signing and On-The-Spot awards, while establishing appropriate guidelines.
• Maintain awareness/knowledge of industry and legislative developments including Pay Equity.
• Evolve the job evaluation career framework and other compensation tools to support and promote employee development and growth across the organization.
• Lead, develop, and mentor a team of compensation professionals, fostering a high-performing, consultative, and future-ready function.
• Oversee comprehensive annual and ad hoc benchmarking activities for executive and non executive roles, ensuring the use of appropriate peer groups and reputable market data sources.
• Lead cross functional projects to modernize compensation frameworks, tools, and processes, including job evaluation methodologies, career frameworks, and incentive plan administration.
• Act as the organization’s subject matter expert on executive compensation and emerging total rewards practices, bringing forward innovative, market relevant solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field
• CCP Designation
• 10+ years of experience and knowledge in compensation and human resources.
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership role
• Knowledge of the Canada Labour Code
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• High degree of business acumen, aptitude to lead and influence at a senior level and attention to detail
• Ability to plan tactics, set priorities and perform tasks in a complex environment
• Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment.

Conditions of Employment:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time any offer of employment is made and are responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations necessary for employment. Prior to their start date, candidates will also need to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the country of interest.

Linguistic Requirements

Bilingual (English and French)

Diversity and Inclusion

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.

Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.