Catalyst Partners
We are partnering with a high-growth, international technology business to appoint a Director of Executive Compensation & Equity Reward.
Reporting to the Global Head of Reward, this role will lead the design, governance and execution of executive compensation, equity and long-term incentive programmes across a complex global organisation.
The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in executive reward and equity, combined with experience operating in private equity-backed environments where growth, value creation and leadership retention are central to business strategy.
This is a senior individual contributor role with significant exposure to executive leadership, investors and key internal stakeholders. It offers the opportunity to influence reward strategy at a pivotal stage in the company’s growth journey.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead the executive compensation agenda, including annual and long-term incentive programmes.
- Manage executive and senior leadership benchmarking, reward design and package structuring.
- Partner with Finance to review and assess incentive performance measures and outcomes.
- Own equity and long-term incentive programmes, including grant cycles, participant communications, governance, valuation processes and compliance requirements.
- Support transaction activity, including executive retention programmes and incentive design associated with M&A and corporate events.
- Manage relationships with external reward, legal and tax advisers.
- Provide clear and pragmatic advice to senior leaders on complex reward matters.
- Build strong relationships across Executive Leadership, HR, Finance and Talent Acquisition functions.
- Ensure reward programmes remain aligned with evolving regulatory and governance requirements globally.
Candidate profile:
- Demonstrable experience leading executive compensation programmes within a private equity-backed, high-growth or similarly complex organisation.
- Strong expertise in equity plans, long-term incentives and executive reward structures.
- Understanding of the commercial drivers, governance expectations and pace of decision-making associated with PE-backed businesses.
- Experience working closely with senior executives and board-level stakeholders.
- Strong analytical capability, including financial modelling and incentive analysis.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery.
- Experience supporting M&A activity, transactions or liquidity events would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of global reward governance and emerging regulatory developments.
This opportunity will appeal to reward professionals who enjoy operating in an environment where executive compensation and equity programmes are tightly linked to business performance, growth objectives and value creation. The role offers broad exposure, substantial stakeholder engagement and the chance to play a key role in the next phase of an ambitious organisation’s development.
