Compensation Partner

About Ellucian

Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,800 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

Values Rooted in Purpose

We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.

About The Opportunity

Ellucian is seeking a Compensation Partner for our People Team. This is a great opportunity to blend your analytical skills and your human resource expertise. You can join a team and make an immediate impact with your knowledge as well as with your learning the business and improving process's as well as help us hit our long-term HR initiatives.

Where you will make an impact

• Oversee Ellucian’s compensation programs, including salary ranges and incentive targets across business units
• Collaborate with HR and business leaders to analyze roles, pay, and incentives for fairness, market alignment, and legal compliance
• Conduct market research and recommend updates to compensation programs based on trends and job architecture
• Lead key projects such as salary budgeting, job architecture development, and equity planning
• Support annual and mid-year compensation reviews, promotions, and quarterly equity grants
• Work with Finance to manage accruals and administer equity programs
• Create and deliver training and communication materials related to compensation
• Participate in salary surveys and benchmark Ellucian’s compensation practices against market data
• Evaluate and align job roles within the company’s compensation structure
  
  

What You Will Bring

• 6+ years of Compensation experience in a role that involves Compensation, HR systems and database management with direct collaboration with business leaders
• Demonstrated knowledge of compensation practices with an ability to provide guidance to leaders and employees through a consultative approach
• Experience with compensation market analysis, design software and benchmarking tools
• Experienced administering annual salary and incentive processes within a matrixed, global environment.
• Ability to make recommendations for senior management
• Advanced Excel knowledge and experience (Pivots, V-Lookups, Advanced Formulas, Graphs/Charts) & Power Point skills
• Previous work experience within HRIS systems (Success Factors preferred)
• The right person for this role will be data driven, analytical, collaborative with an eye for details
• A self-starter who is able to work independently but also cooperatively with the Compensation team, HRBPs, Talent and HRIS
  
  

What makes #Ellucianlife

• 22 days annual leave plus 11 public holidays
• Competitive gratuity policy
• Group insurance and Annual health checkup plan with a variety of family and wellness benefits.
• Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
• 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
• Wellness
• Headspace (mental health)
• Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
• RethinkCare - caregiver support
• Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as: Buzzinga and Lean In Team to name a few.
• Parental leave
• Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
• We Foster a learning culture with:
• Education Assistance Program
• Professional development opportunities