Total Rewards Specialist - EMEA Region (Remote)

About the Role

We are seeking a Total Rewards Specialist to join our team at GlobalFoundries. This Total Rewards Specialist role offers a unique opportunity to develop and implement competitive compensation and benefits programs across the EMEA region while working remotely. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that our compensation structures are fair, transparent, and aligned with local market requirements.

What You'll Do

• Develop, implement, and enhance compensation and benefits programs in the EMEA region based on market best practices.
• Conduct market and salary analyses as well as benchmarking to ensure competitive pay structures.
• Analyze complex datasets, create reports, and provide actionable recommendations for management and HR teams.
• Manage annual compensation processes, including bonuses and salary reviews, while supporting off-cycle recognition programs.
• Maintain and enhance job architectures, salary bands, and internal compensation guidelines.
• Oversee benefit programs, including supplementary benefits and international offerings.
• Ensure compliance with local legal requirements, collective agreements, and EU regulations like the Pay Transparency Directive.
• Collaborate with works councils and unions on compensation-related topics.
• Advise leaders, HR business partners, and finance on compensation, benefits, and recognition matters.
• Work closely with global Total Rewards teams on corporate-wide programs and initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, preferably with a focus on HR, Controlling, or Personnel Management.
• Strong knowledge of German collective agreements, co-determination, works council, and union structures, as well as basic European labor law frameworks.
• Excellent analytical skills; initial experience in HR analytics and compensation modeling (e.g., data analysis, market benchmarks).
• Proficient in HRIS and compensation tools, as well as MS Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using generative AI in HR (e.g., for report generation, benchmarking analyses, scenario modeling, documentation).
• Strong communication and advisory skills, particularly in dealing with leaders, HR business partners, and employee representatives.
• Fluent in English and German (minimum C1 level).

Nice to Have

• Relevant professional experience in Compensation & Benefits / Total Rewards, ideally in an international environment.
• Additional languages such as French, Dutch, or Spanish are a plus, especially for collaboration with local HR teams in EMEA.

What We Offer

• Attractive compensation components: collective agreement, 13th-month salary, bonus payments, employee stock purchase program, relocation support to Dresden.
• Flexible working hours: family-friendly part-time models, salary conversion into time off.
• Diverse development opportunities: career levels for every job, internal qualification offers, support for relevant external educational qualifications.
• Focus on your health: gym and beach volleyball court on-site, bike leasing, subsidized employee restaurant.
• Company culture: collaboration on equal terms – we address each other informally, budget for individual team events, social engagement through GlobalGives.

We encourage women to apply and welcome applications from individuals with disabilities. This position is classified under pay group ENG/IC2 GlobalFoundries ETV. For more information about our benefits, please visit here.