Senior Global Compensation & Analytics Manager

Company: United States Pharmacopeia
Location: Rockville
Posted on: March 25, 2026

Job Description:

Description Who is USP? The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the worlds leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide. At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health. USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific mindsregardless of backgroundto contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Brief Job Overview The Senior Global Compensation & Analytics Manager is a dynamic and influential compensation professional with a creative mindset and strategic thinking abilities who will manage the organization's global compensation program through external trends, benchmarking, and best practices. This position will lead the planning, design and administration of global compensation program components and processes, including: market analysis, annual salary planning, annual end-to-end salary review process, variable pay program, and executive compensation. This role will drive data-driven decision-making through advanced compensation analytics, developing self-service reporting tools, dashboards, and insights that integrate data from multiple HR and compensation platforms. The position will leverage analytics to provide strategic compensation advice and actionable insights to leadership, including executive-level compensation matters and Board-level reporting. This role will collaborate with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, HRIS, Finance, Legal, global HR team members and other internal stakeholders. How will YOU create impact here at USP? As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards. Additionally, USPs People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments. Compensation Program Management Builds relationships and demonstrates ability to influence stakeholders of all levels on compensation matters. Partner closely with the Talent Acquisition to ensure sound, compelling and attractive offers are extended to secure top talent in this challenging market. Acts as subject matter expert on market data for HR partners globally. When delivering market data to HR leaders and partners, consults with the recipient of the data to help them understand the data and how to apply it to their business need. Leads and/or oversees the technical end of various compensation projects to review base pay, merit increases, pay adjustments and other compensation related topics. May include studies, surveys, presentations, impact analyses, modeling, costing, ad hoc data reporting, HRIS reviews and clean-up or other specialized data as needed. Leads and/or oversees the survey management process including survey selection, participation, results review. Responsible for project management of compensation programs, policies and processes. Creates, organizes, maintains and recommends improvements to job architecture/job family structure (globally). With direction, evaluates jobs for internal equity, external competitiveness and communicates evaluation results to appropriate people leaders. Conducts various annual pay reviews including producing metrics on percent in range, merit movement, position in range, payroll growth and other metrics and analyses as needed. Assists in the development of recommendations for new ranges and merit matrices as indicated by survey benchmarks. Compensation Analytics & Reporting Design, develop and implement self-service compensation reporting tools and dashboards using Power BI, integrating compensation data from multiple platforms (HRIS, compensation planning systems, market pricing tools) to provide a holistic view of all compensation areas. Leverage Power Query, Macros, and Visual Basic to build efficient ETL processes and automated workflows for compensation data management and reporting. Lead the development of dynamic HR and compensation reports using Workday reports, Power BI, Excel, and other analytics platforms, streamlining metrics and visualizations to support data-driven business decisions. Conduct advanced statistical analyses (including regression analysis) to identify drivers of key compensation trends, turnover patterns, and workforce metrics. Provide strategic compensation advice backed by data analytics and insights to HR Business Partners, leadership, and other stakeholders. Create compelling data visualizations and presentations for senior leadership and stakeholders using PowerPoint and other presentation tools. Identify processes, programs or capabilities that could benefit from automation or re-engineering. Executive Compensation Lead the annual compensation planning process for senior officers and executives, ensuring adherence to governance requirements, regulatory compliance, and approval authority protocols. Partner with Finance, Legal, and regulatory bodies (as applicable) to manage executive compensation matters and ensure compliance with all relevant regulations. Develop insightful materials and presentations for Board of Directors Compensation Committee, including proposals for new executive compensation programs, metric reports on program effectiveness, and rationale for individual compensation decisions. Provide strategic advice on executive compensation structures, incentive plans, and long-term compensation strategies aligned with organizational objectives. Manage the design and execution of executive incentive plans, including identification of KPIs, scorecard metrics, and tracking progress against established metrics. Compliance & Best Practices Keeps abreast of legislation, trends, advances and/or new technology and makes recommendations for changes and improvements. Maintains a working knowledge of federal and state legislation that may affect compensation policies. Participates in projects in support of strategic objectives and global reward initiatives, partnering with management and GPC Team to achieve results. Manage and maintain compensation data and documentation in SharePoint and other collaboration platforms. Who is USP Looking For? The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission, commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices, ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, along with the following competencies and experience: Experience: Minimum of 10 years in progressively responsible compensation experience demonstrating extensive knowledge of compensation principles, techniques and practices, including executive compensation program management. Analytics Expertise: Proven experience in compensation analytics, workforce analytics, and HR data analytics with demonstrated ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for executive leadership. Technical Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Macros, Visual Basic, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and data visualization tools. Proficiency in HRIS and compensation platforms including Success Factors, Payfactors, MarketPay/PayScale, Workday reports, and UKG. Execution Mindset: A proven "doer" who has successfully delivered enterprise-level projects from ideation to production, including implementing compensation planning systems and self-service analytics tools. Executive Compensation Experience: Demonstrated experience managing executive compensation programs, Board-level reporting, and regulatory compliance matters related to senior officer compensation. The "Innovator" Factor: Someone who stays ahead of industry trends and isn't afraid to challenge the status quo to build a better product. Communication: The ability to explain complex technical "whys" to non-technical stakeholders clearly and concisely. Education: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Statistics, Data Analytics, or related field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience. Relevant certifications such as CCP (Certified Compensation Professional), CECP (Certified Executive Compensation Professional), or similar preferred. Additional Desired Preferences Knowledge of, and experience with, compensation principles and concepts, compensation analysis and consulting, including market pricing, compensation plan/structure design, job evaluation and grading, FLSA review. Experience implementing and managing compensation technology platforms such as Success Factors compensation modules, market pricing tools (Payfactors/MarketPay), and HRIS systems. Strong planning, project management, organizational and communication skills; able to multi-task. Attention to detail with high personal work standards. Excellent analytical capabilities, experience with large data sets and interfacing between HRIS applications, solid financial and compensation modeling skills and ability to communicate persuasively with business partners to resolve highly complex problems. Demonstrated ability to evaluate, design and recommend market competitive programs aligned to organization strategy. Advanced Excel skills with ability to quickly create and modify complex reports, spreadsheets and databases using advanced functions, Macros, and Visual Basic. Experience developing Power BI dashboards and reports with Power Query for ETL processes. Previous experience leveling positions for USAID, World Bank or other NGO hires strongly preferred. Experience with Board of Directors governance and executive compensation committee reporting. Supervisory Responsibilities None Benefits USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings, you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected. Compensation Base Salary Range: USD $123,000 - $156,550 annually. Target Annual Bonus: % Varies based on level of role. Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidates skill set, experience, qualifications, equity, and other job-related reasons. Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specific written agreement with USP. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor. Job Category Human Resources Job Type Full-Time

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