Senior Compensation Specialist

About Zinnia

Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights, Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying, selling, and administering insurance products. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration, serves 100+ carrier clients, 2,500 distributors and partners, and over 2 million policyholders.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced, analytical, and highly collaborative Senior Compensation Specialist to support the design, administration, and continuous improvement of our global compensation programs. This role will play a key part in ensuring our compensation practices are competitive, equitable, scalable, and aligned with our business strategy across multiple geographies, including the United States, India, and Canada.

The ideal candidate brings strong compensation expertise, a global perspective, exceptional analytical and project management skills, and experience working with compensation technology and market data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day administration of global compensation programs, policies, and practices across multiple geographies, including the U.S. and India.
• Own and maintain the organization's job architecture within Kamsa, including job families, sub-families, career levels, job profiles, titles, and compensation ranges.
• Manage the monthly refresh and validation of employee, job, and compensation data in Kamsa, ensuring data is accurate, complete, and current.
• Maintain appropriate job mappings and market benchmarks across applicable geographies and labor markets.
• Manage the complete lifecycle of two compensation cycles annually, including project planning, eligibility, guidelines, budgets, system administration, communications, audits, and post-cycle reporting.
• Manage compensation reviews for all employee promotions, market adjustments, and other off-cycle compensation changes.
• Conduct market analyses and internal equity reviews to support compensation recommendations across global employee populations.
• Conduct market pricing for new and existing positions using relevant compensation surveys and market data sources, including benchmarking for India and other international markets.
• Partner with local and global HR teams to understand regional compensation practices, market dynamics, and employee needs.
• Support compensation programs in India by providing analysis and recommendations related to market competitiveness, job leveling, salary structures, promotions, and compensation positioning.
• Partner with HR, Legal, Finance, Payroll, and other stakeholders to ensure compensation compliance and strategic alignment.

Compensation Estimate Disclosure

This is an editorial market estimate based on industry standards for this role, geography, and experience level—not employer-provided compensation. Actual salary may vary significantly by candidate experience, qualifications, and location. Please contact Zinnia directly for official compensation information.