Lead Compensation &

About the role

As a Lead Compensation & Benefits Manager, you will take the strategic ownership of the compensation and benefits strategy and initiatives, driving the vision and direction for key projects. Alongside shaping conceptual frameworks, such as designing pay structures and leading annual compensation cycles, you will also adopt a hands-on approach to support operational compensation and benefits topics.

What you'll do

• Own Total Rewards strategy end-to-end: define our compensation philosophy and frameworks that align with MOIA's growth and product roadmap.
• Design job architecture & pay structures: lead benchmarking, levelling, and salary banding for tech and non-tech roles; ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Run annual comp processes: plan and execute merit, promotion, and adjustment cycles; steer calibration and governance with leadership.
• Evolve variable pay & recognition: refine STI/LTI concepts, incentives (where applicable), and recognition programs that drive performance and retention.
• Benefits portfolio ownership: assess, design, and negotiate benefits (health, retirement, mobility, wellbeing, time-off, insurance) for Germany and selected international locations; manage vendors and SLAs.
• Analytics & transparency: build clear reward dashboards and guidance for leaders and employees; monitor pay equity, budget impact, and regulatory compliance.
• Policy & compliance: ensure adherence to German labour, tax, and social security requirements; prepare documentation and audits.
• Works council collaboration: partner constructively on comp/benefits topics and required co-determination processes.

What you'll need

• Several years in Compensation & Benefits/Total Rewards in a tech, product, or multi-function environment with scaling needs.
• Demonstrated experience working on strategic topics, e.g. designing job architecture, benchmarking, salary bands, and comp cycles at the company or business unit level.
• Strong reward analytics skills (e.g., survey data, regression, pay equity, and range utilization); you turn insights into decisions.
• Comfortable steering senior stakeholders and driving decisions with clear narratives and numbers.
• Solid understanding of the German employment context (labour law interfaces, tax/social security) and experience working with works councils.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.

Nice to have

• Experience with SuccessFactors Compensation (or similar HRIS) and compensation planning tools.
• Exposure to international markets (ideally tech and/or automotive) and LTI frameworks.

What they offer

• Competitive salary (including bonus)
• Hybrid work setup with flexibility
• 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option
• Mental health support and learning environment with continuous learning days
• Fully subsidized public transport ticket and subsidized fitness club membership or bike leasing
• Relocation support and dog-friendly offices