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This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who has been deep in the mechanics of compensation in a high-growth technology company and is now ready to own a portfolio that spans program design, governance, and cross-functional influence. You will play a foundational role in defining our global rewards strategy and structuring defensible compensation frameworks. \nReporting to the Global Director, Compensation Strategy, you will serve as the subject matter expert across equity, incentives, and executive pay - working at the intersection of people, finance, legal, and the business. This role is central to building scalable, market-competitive compensation programs that support HelloFresh's continued growth across global markets.\nWhat you’ll do\nEquity Program Design & Execution\nProgram Ownership: Lead the design, administration, and continuous improvement of HelloFresh's global equity programs - including RSUs, performance shares, and any new equity vehicles - ensuring they are competitive, compliant, and well-understood by employees.\nPlatform & Data Integrity: Serve as the operational lead for the equity compensation platform, ensuring accurate data bridges between Workday, Payroll, and external equity administration tools.\nEquity Education: Develop scalable education materials - guides, FAQs, webinars - that help employees across all markets understand their equity awards and the broader compensation philosophy\nIncentive Plans & Variable Pay\nSTI & LTI Design: Lead the design and annual refresh of short-term and long-term incentive structures, including corporate bonus plans, sales incentive frameworks, and performance-based equity programs.\nPlan Modelling: Build and maintain incentive compensation models to evaluate cost, dilution, payout scenarios, and competitive positioning; translate model outputs into clear recommendations for senior leadership.\nGoal-Setting & Calibration: Partner with Finance and HR Business Partners during the annual goal-setting cycle to ensure incentive metrics are appropriately rigorous, measurable, and aligned to business priorities.\nPay Mix Analysis: Conduct ongoing analysis of total compensation pay mix across roles, levels, and geographies to identify gaps and recommend design adjustments.\nExecutive Compensation\nC-Suite Support: Support executive compensation reviews, including benchmarking for C-suite and director-level roles, peer group analysis, and preparation of materials for Compensation Committee review.\nBenchmarking & Market Data: Manage relationships with compensation survey vendors; lead annual and ad-hoc benchmarking exercises to keep HelloFresh's executive pay competitive.\nOffer Construction: Partner with Talent Acquisition and senior HR leadership to structure competitive offers for executive hires, including equity, sign-on, and ongoing compensation considerations.\nDisclosure & Reporting: Support preparation of executive compensation disclosures and Compensation Committee materials, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance.\nRewards Governance & Compliance\nGovernance Framework: Develop and maintain HelloFresh's global compensation governance framework - including salary band structures, job architecture, and pay approval workflows - ensuring consistency, fairness, and auditability.\nRegulatory Compliance: Ensure all compensation programs comply with applicable securities law, tax regulations, and reporting requirements across jurisdictions (DE, US, UK, and others); lead preparation for the EU Pay Transparency Directive.\nPay Equity: Design and execute regular pay equity analyses across gender, ethnicity, and tenure; surface findings and drive remediation plans in partnership with HR leadership and Legal.\nSOX & Audit Support: Maintain rigorous controls and documentation for equity and incentive programs to support internal and external audit requirements.\nProcess Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities to automate and streamline compensation operations, including tooling, workflows, and AI-assisted analytics.\nStrategic Partnership & Program Building\nCross-Functional Influence: Act as the compensation expert for HR Business Partners, Finance, and Legal - providing timely, data-driven guidance on compensation decisions across the employee lifecycle.\nM&A and Expansion: Support compensation due diligence and integration work for acquisitions and new market entries, ensuring programs can scale with the business.\nStakeholder Communication: Translate complex compensation concepts into clear narratives for senior leaders, the Compensation Committee, and employees at all levels.\nTeam Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to more members of the compensation team, including the Senior Equity Compensation Analyst.\nWhat you’ll bring\nExperience: 8+ years of progressive compensation experience, with at least 4 years focused on equity, incentives, or executive compensation in a high-growth global technology or e-commerce company.\nProgram Builder: Demonstrated track record of designing and scaling compensation programs from the ground up - not just administering inherited ones.\n Technical Depth: Strong command of equity mechanics (RSUs, options, performance shares), incentive plan design, and executive pay practices. Familiarity with SOX, EU Pay Transparency, and multi-jurisdictional compliance requirements.\n Analytical Rigour: Expert-level proficiency in financial modelling and data analysis (Excel/Google Sheets required; SQL, Python, or BI tools a plus). Comfortable building models that inform multi-million dollar decisions.\nGovernance Mindset: Experience developing or maintaining global compensation governance frameworks, job architectures, and pay equity programs.\nStakeholder Influence: Proven ability to work effectively with Finance, Legal, Talent, and senior executives; capable of presenting complex analyses in simple, compelling terms.\n Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Finance, HR, Economics, or a related field. Certifications such as Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or Certified Equity Professional (CEP) are highly preferred.\nAdaptability: Comfortable operating in ambiguity and navigating rapid change; thrives in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.\nWhat we offer\nElevate your lifestyle! Join one of Europe's fastest-growing tech powerhouses in a dynamic phase of expansion.\nImmerse yourself in a diverse global community of 90+ nationalities.\nEnjoy a competitive compensation package that goes beyond the norm, with perks like a HelloFresh- subsidized Pension Scheme, Berlin relocation support, and a Hybrid working model.\nElevate your lifestyle with exclusive discounts on your weekly HelloFresh box and office meals.\nInvest in your growth with an annual learning & development budget, German language learning budget, and access to the HelloFresh Academy.\nPlus, we've got your well-being covered with mental health support, transportation perks, and working-parent-friendly benefits. 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