M5M5 — Senior Director
Senior Director/AVP
Functions with greater scope, often global, and possibly as the deputy to the head of Total Rewards.
What this level means
Leads multiple functions or a large department; drives multi-year strategy.
- Scope
- Multiple functions or a large department
- Autonomy
- Owns multi-year strategy for the area
- Complexity
- Org-level trade-offs and investment
- Impact
- Multi-function results
- Decision rights
- Owns investment and org design across functions
- Leadership
- Leads directors and managers
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Orchestrate the entire total rewards strategy
- Spearhead enterprise-wide initiatives
- Prepare proposals and analyses for the Compensation Committee
- Orchestrate rewards strategy
- Lead enterprise initiatives
- Prepare committee proposals
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic orchestration
- Change leadership
- High-stakes communication
- Proposal preparation
- Analytical skills
- Total rewards strategy
- Change management
- Communication strategies
- Proposal development
- Analytical techniques
- Visionary Thinking
- Change Leadership
- High-stakes communication
What good looks like
- 15+ years
- Significant leadership experience
- International assignments
Common titles
Senior Director/AVP
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.