Manager, Executive Compensation

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Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois - Moline

Function: People and Culture (CA)

Title: Manager, Executive Compensation - 124328

Onsite/Remote: Onsite Position

Your Responsibilities

As an Executive Compensation Manager located onsite in Moline, IL you will:

Executive Compensation Analysis and Consulting

• Support the design, governance, administration, and continuous improvement of Deere’s executive compensation programs
• Conduct executive compensation benchmarking, competitive-practice reviews, financial modeling, and market analysis
• Prepare analyses and recommendations related to executive base salaries, annual and long-term incentives, equity awards, executive offers, promotions, retention arrangements, retirements, and separations
• Apply financial concepts and key business metrics to compensation analysis, incentive design, and executive-ready recommendations
• Translate complex compensation, financial, and governance information into clear recommendations and executive-ready materials
• Monitor market trends, regulatory developments, proxy disclosure requirements, shareholder perspectives, and proxy-advisor policies

Board, Governance and Disclosure

• Support the Board Compensation Committee annual meeting cycle, including analyses, presentations, briefing materials, recommendations, and supporting documentation
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, the Committee’s independent consultant, outside counsel, and other advisors to prepare accurate, decision-ready materials
• Support governance activities related to Say-on-Pay, compensation risk assessments, clawback policies, share ownership guidelines, change-in-control arrangements, and executive equity programs
• Support development of Deere’s annual executive compensation disclosures, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and required compensation tables
• Maintain exceptional accuracy, confidentiality, and judgment in all Board and executive matters

Additional Responsibilities

Incentive, Equity and Executive Programs

• Support the design, modeling, implementation, and administration of executive annual and long-term incentive programs
• Conduct performance and payout analyses and evaluate alignment among plan design, business performance, executive rewards, and shareholder outcomes
• Support executive equity governance and administration, including award agreements, share-reserve analysis, dilution, burn rate, ownership guidelines, and market-practice reviews
• Support governance and administration of executive benefit and perquisite programs
• Partner with Legal, Tax, Finance, Accounting, Payroll, Human Resources Operations, and external providers to support accurate and compliant program administration

Capability and Process Improvement

• Document critical processes, decision frameworks, data sources, controls, and annual calendars
• Create scalable tools, templates, models, and reference materials that strengthen continuity and reduce key-person dependency
• Use available technology, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to streamline administrative work and increase speed to insight
• Identify errors, gaps, and downstream implications that could affect decisions, compliance, disclosure, or executive trust

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position

What Skills You Need

• 5+ years of progressively responsible compensation or executive compensation consulting experience
• Meaningful experience supporting executive compensation programs within a publicly traded company or advising public-company clients
• Experience developing or materially contributing to Board Compensation Committee materials
• Experience supporting proxy statement preparation, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis or executive compensation tables
• Working knowledge of executive base salary, annual incentive, long-term incentive, and equity compensation programs
• Demonstrated capability in executive compensation benchmarking, financial modeling, scenario analysis, and data-driven recommendations
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, with strong written communication, presentation, and synthesis capability
• Demonstrated ability to manage highly confidential, time-sensitive work with accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong judgment, integrity, discretion, and the ability to work independently while collaborating across functions

What Makes You Stand Out

• Executive compensation experience with a large public company or leading executive compensation consulting firm
• Working knowledge of financial concepts and key business metrics, with the ability to apply that understanding in compensation analysis, incentive design, and executive-ready recommendations
• Experience with pay-for-performance analysis, proxy-advisor policies, shareholder perspectives, or executive compensation governance practices
• Knowledge of executive compensation accounting, tax, securities, and regulatory considerations
• Experience with equity plan design, share-reserve analysis, dilution, burn rate, or equity administration
• Experience improving compensation processes through automation, analytics, visualization, or AI-enabled tools
• CCP, CECP, graduate degree, or another relevant professional credential

Education

Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Human Resources, Economics, Accounting, Business, or another analytical discipline

What You'll Get

At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

$146,592.00 - $219,888.00 + Benefits

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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.

The terms of the applicable benefit plans, and all company actions administering or interpreting these plans, continue to control. Deere & Company reserves the right to suspend, amend, modify, or terminate the Plan(s) in any manner at any time, including the right to modify or eliminate any cost-sharing between the company and participants. Changes, which can be made at any time, are made by action of the company's board of directors, or to the extent authorized by resolution of its board of directors, or by the Deere & Company Compensation Committee. In the event of a conflict between the language of the official Plan Documents and this document, the language of the official Plan Documents will control.

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