Sr. Director, Total Rewards at YETI Coolers, LLC in Austin, Texas

Job Description:

At YETI, we believe that time spent outdoors matters more than ever and our gear can make that time extraordinary. When you work here, you'll have the opportunity to create exceptional, meaningful work and problem solve with innovative team members by your side. Together, you'll help our customers get the high-quality gear they need to make the most of their adventures. We are BUILT FOR THE WILD™.


The Senior Director of Global Total Rewards will sit on the Talent Leadership Team and report directly to our CHRO. The role will act as a strategic partner to YETI's senior leadership team to ensure all compensation (executive and broad-based) and benefits programs align with the strategic goals of the company. This individual will direct the planning, design, implementation, maintenance, and administration of all global compensation and benefits programs that allow us to attract top talent and maintain our competitive position in the marketplace as we expand globally.


This leader thrives on continuous improvement within highly dynamic environments and possesses exceptional attention to detail and customer service skills. Individuals will demonstrate strong executive presence and will interact extensively across our executive team. The ideal candidate will have expertise in compensation program design and governance, with familiarity operating within a global environment and experience working with and presenting to the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors at public companies.



Responsibilities:

• Direct the overall Global Total Rewards function to ensure programs are competitive, balanced and achieve desired behaviors and results that are closely aligned to YETI's business strategies.
  
  


• Manage a team compensation and benefits professionals, developing their technical knowledge and building a global center of expertise for YETI.
  
  


• Provide reports, updates and make presentations, as appropriate, to communicate various Total Rewards initiatives to Talent, Senior Leadership, and directly to employees.
  
  


• Design, model and manage long-term and short-term incentive programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and the external market. Work directly with the CHRO, CFO, CEO and Compensation Committee on plan designs and influence stakeholders to obtain approvals.
  
  


• While partnering with Talent and Business leadership, validate the effectiveness of plans ensuring market competitiveness, business objectives are achieved, and ability to attract/reward/retain top talent.
  
  


• Ensure Total Rewards programs take into consideration benchmarking of peer company and industry competitors, goal setting and metric development, performance and talent management, and overall reward assessments.
  
  


• Remain current on industry trends, best practices, and compliance that enable YETI to achieve higher levels of organizational excellence.
  
  


• Relentlessly drive operational excellence and innovation in all areas of responsibility.
  
  

Qualifications and Attributes:

• Bachelor's Degree and at least 15 years of global compensation experience including; broad-based compensation, sales incentive plan design, executive compensation, retail compensation programs, LTI plan design, stock administration and benefits programs.
  
  


• At least 8 years of experience leading teams.
  
  

• Experience setting up new countries abroad with appropriate pay and benefits programs.
  
  


• Able to evaluate, design and recommend global compensation programs based on market assessments and business strategy.
  
  


• Success in creating and articulating ideas and plans to both executive management and peers in the context of business priorities and needs.
  
  


• An action-oriented personality, comfortable working at both strategic and tactical levels, and one who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves to get things done, while remaining a collaborative team player.
  
  


• Executive presence, one who possesses the depth of experience to comfortably interact with senior executives within the company and members of the Board of Directors, while remaining accessible to everyone.
  
  

Leadership Competencies:

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  Talent Champion. At least 8 years of people management experience, deeply investing in the acquisition, development, and retention of high-performing, diverse teams. Balances opportunities that maximize a team engagement, contribution, and sense of belonging. Highly skilled at delivering impactful and actionable feedback. Leverages opportunities to connect people development to business growth.
  
  


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  Strategic Focus. Operates in the now but thinks, plans, and acts with a focus on the long-view, sustainability, extraordinary outcomes, and scaling the business.
  
  


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  Communicating with Impact. Experience with working in an international company, interacting and communicating across various cultures and experience with managing a multi-country scope. Tailors level of detail and transparency in communications, depending on audience and circumstances.
  
  


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  Inspirational Leadership. Ability to effectively communicate a vision that inspires people across the organization to act. Highly respected, trusted, relatable and humble leader who most people aspire to be like as they build their own leadership style at YETI.
  
  


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  Holistic Ownership. Tenacious view of our ecosystem and impact of decisions cross-functionally, locally, globally, employee, customer, or supplier. Drives cross-functional agreement; pulls in the right people; leverages contextual data and stakeholders to produce a well-rounded solution.
  
  


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  Operational Intensity. Passion for the success of our brand and our position in the marketplace. Inclined toward action-driving, resulting in positive change for our business. Resilient, learning from adversity or failure, adapting, and returning with an even better outcome.
  
  

YETI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.



Our commitment to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is at the center of everything we do for our YETIzens. We embrace all applicants looking to bring their authentic selves to YETI and contribute to our mission of keeping the wild WILD. Find out more about our commitment to DE&I at yeti.com/dei.html


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