M4M4 — Director
Director
Formulates and drives compensation and benefits strategy for the organization, ensuring programs are aligned with corporate objectives.
What this level means
Leads a function or department; owns strategy, budget, and outcomes for the area.
- Scope
- A function or department
- Autonomy
- Owns area strategy and budget
- Complexity
- Strategic priorities and cross-functional alignment
- Impact
- Function-level results
- Decision rights
- Owns strategy, budget, and org design for the area
- Leadership
- Leads managers; sets direction for the function
- Typical experience
- 10–15 yrs
What you'd do
- Set policies and guidelines
- Oversee the design of new reward programs
- Manage larger teams
- Set compensation policies
- Design reward programs
- Manage large teams
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Policy setting
- Program design
- Team management
- Strategic influence
- Negotiation
- Policy development
- Reward program design
- Team leadership
- Strategic influence
- Negotiation techniques
- Leadership
- Strategic influence
- Negotiation
What good looks like
- 12–15+ years
- Diverse experiences
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations (inferred)