Senior Compensation Design Specialist

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SENIOR COMPENSATION DESIGN SPECIALIST Join us in our mission to transform the way people shop and eat, where impact, innovation, and growth drives everything we do. Our People team are the architects of a great workplace where brilliant minds come together to do their best work. From discovering diverse talent and nurturing future leaders, to creating spaces that spark collaboration and crafting rewards that celebrate success - we're passionate about building a culture where everyone can thrive. We are seeking a Senior Compensation Design Specialist who is a first principles thinker to join a team focused on running our cycles, designing our site, and building our job architecture and ranges. You will be an integral part of the team that redesigns and maintains DoorDash’s compensation infrastructure as the business scales. Get to know our People https://careers.deliveroo.co.uk/the-people-team/ team — what drives us, how we work, and what you can expect. WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING You’ll be joining the Global Compensation team within Total Rewards. We design and manage programs that motivate and retain top talent globally, providing a consistent and inclusive pay experience for all employees regardless of location. As Deliveroo, DoorDash, and Wolt continue to integrate, you will play an execution-focused specialist role supporting the delivery of unified compensation frameworks rather than acting as a Compensation Business Partner. Here’s what your day-to-day might look like: GLOBAL FRAMEWORK INTEGRATION & JOB ARCHITECTURE - Harmonise global frameworks: Play a key role in unifying compensation frameworks across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo by supporting the evolution of our global job architecture and salary range structures. - Maintain architecture & governance: Support the ongoing maintenance and governance of global job architecture, salary ranges, and benchmarking methodologies to ensure consistency as the business scales. CYCLE EXECUTION & TOTAL REWARDS - Deliver compensation review cycles: Partner with the Talent & Rewards Cycle (TRC) team to execute annual and ad hoc compensation cycles, ensuring programs are delivered accurately, efficiently, and with an excellent employee experience. - Support broad-based rewards: Contribute to the administration and delivery of total pay programs, including base salary and equity / long-term incentive (LTI) structures. MARKET ANALYTICS & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE - Conduct market pricing & analysis: Perform market pricing, internal benchmarking, and complex compensation analysis to support informed pay decisions across multiple regions. - Drive operational precision: Audit compensation data, validate cycle outputs, test new tooling, and identify opportunities to automate and improve compensation processes. - Partner cross-functionally: Work closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, and People Systems to support compensation planning, offer structures, promotions, and organizational changes. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO THRIVE ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE - Significant broad-based compensation experience: Deep expertise across salary structures, market pricing, global compensation cycles, and job architecture within fast-scaling organisations (executive-only compensation background will not be sufficient). - Equity & LTI knowledge: Strong understanding of equity and long-term incentive (LTI) programs and how they integrate into broader total rewards strategies. - Data-driven analytical capability: Demonstrated ability to manage large, complex datasets, perform multi-region compensation analysis, and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations. - Operational excellence & process design: Proven track record of executing complex global programs with precision, improving automated tooling, and maintaining strict data governance. - Global perspective & adaptability: Expertise operating across multi-country compensation frameworks and diverse regional market practices in fast-paced, evolving environments. NICE TO HAVE - Workday & tooling expertise: Experience navigating Workday compensation modules and advanced compensation planning tools. - Large-scale tech experience: Background supporting compensation programs in a large, global technology enterprise or similarly complex matrixed environment. WHY JOIN US? At Deliveroo, you’ll do work that matters, solving real-world problems in a three-sided marketplace that’s constantly evolving. We’re food lovers, problem solvers, community builders and more, brought together by a shared drive to make things better. Working here you can expect to: 🔧 Make a visible impact every day Your work directly improves experiences for customers, partners and riders. 🌱 Learn fast in an entrepreneurial environment Work close to the market with autonomy, pace and real responsibility. 🧠 Build a career, not just a role Stretch yourself, develop new skills and grow as the business evolves. 🌎 Deliver together in an inclusive culture Collaborative, values-driven teams that support how you work best. We aim to create a fair process that lets your skills shine—our interview typically includes 3-4 stages. Find more about how we hire here. OUR GLOBAL STRUCTURE Deliveroo is now part of DoorDash, bringing together teams with even greater reach, scale, and ambition. Depending on your role, you may collaborate with teammates, systems, and leaders across DoorDash and Wolt. Together, we’re unlocking new possibilities as one global team. DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION At Deliveroo, we know that a great workplace reflects the world around us and that true diversity and inclusion make us stronger, more creative, and better at what we do. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong. We believe in equality of opportunity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion, or belief. If you have a disability or long-term health condition and need support to apply for one of our roles, or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, you’ll have the opportunity to let us know once you’ve submitted your application. We’ll share details on how to request support so we can ensure you have a fair and equitable experience. If you’re excited about making a real impact in a fast-moving marketplace and growing your career alongside ambitious, supportive teams, we’d love to hear from you!