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Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.\nWe are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.\nWoodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.\nEstimated annual base pay: $108,000 - $155,000\nAll Levels are eligible for the benefits below:\nAll members included in annual cash bonus opportunity. \n401(k) match (4.5%)\nAnnual Woodward stock contribution (5%)\nTuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members \n12 paid holidays\nIndustry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire\nVacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave\nPaid parental leave\nAdoption Assistance \nEmployee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits\nMember Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life \nMember referral bonus \nSpouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending \nVoluntary benefits, including: \no Home / Auto Insurance discounts\no Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave\nAs a Compensation Manager at Woodward, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring compensation programs are strategically aligned with business objectives. Reporting to the Director, Compensation, you will lead compensation support for a business segment while contributing technical expertise and consulting leadership across Woodward’s enterprise-wide compensation programs. As a key leader within the Total Rewards team, you will help design, deliver, and continuously improve market-based compensation programs and standards, provide expert consultation to business and HR leaders, and ensure effective execution of annual compensation programs.\nWhat You Will Be Doing\nLead compensation support for a business segment, serving as the principal compensation consultant and technical subject-matter expert to business and HR stakeholders while ensuring compensation strategies align to business objectives.\nProvide strategic consultation to the business through needs assessment, data analysis and recommend competitive, sustainable solutions grounded in Woodward’s market practices, compensation philosophy, and governance standards.\nParticipate in the design and administration of incentive compensation programs and manage the delivery of bonus payments.\nParticipate in the annual salary planning cycle by supporting system configuration and testing, developing communications and training materials, performing audits, and providing analysis and reporting to stakeholders.\nMonitor market benchmarks and emerging trends to maintain accurate market pricing data and develop competitive salary structures.\nSupport the ongoing governance and maintenance of the enterprise Career Framework, including job architecture, career leveling, and market alignment activities.\nEnsure compensation programs comply with applicable laws, regulations, internal governance standards, and pay equity and transparency requirements.\nLead continuous improvement of compensation systems, frameworks and processes to strengthen efficiency and consistency to deliver business solutions.\nBuild strong internal and external relationships, partnering across HR, Finance, Legal, HR Technology, and business leadership to deliver integrated compensation solutions in a global environment.\nWhat We Are Looking For\nBachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a Business-related field preferred.\n7+ years of experience in compensation design and administration across base pay and incentive compensation programs, job architecture and salary structures.\nDemonstrated experience leading compensation support and consulting with business leaders, HR Business Partners, and cross-functional stakeholders on complex compensation matters.\nExperience working within a global organization and navigating compensation needs across multiple businesses, countries, or regions.\nProficiency in HRIS systems and tools (e.g., Workday) and advanced knowledge of Excel.\nStrong project management skills and the ability to lead work from concept through completion.\nAdvanced analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex compensation data into actionable recommendations aligned with business outcomes.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex compensation concepts clearly to executive, business, and HR audiences.\nApplication window is anticipated to close 14 days from original posting date.\nThis information is provided in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and is the company’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.\nFor the Rockford and Niles, IL and Zeeland, MI locations: This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).\nWoodward is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local laws.\n#LI-Hybrid","description_format":"text","description_chars":6487,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Life insurance","Parental leave","Professional development","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Industrial Automation","Aerospace Manufacturing","Avionics & Flight Control"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T00:15:48Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 3 · green card filings: 3","filings_12m":3,"filings_prev_12m":2,"green_card_filings_12m":3,"median_offered_wage_usd":140000,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":57,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.631,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":9,"expected_fill_days":17,"reasons":["conf:4","stale_co","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-04T06:34:25Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":155000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/woodward-compensation-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/woodward-compensation-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-04T07:26:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11614,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-05T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":8522},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=8522"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fwoodward-compensation-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fwoodward-compensation-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fwoodward-compensation-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/woodward-compensation-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fwoodward-compensation-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3303032}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"woodward.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3303032},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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