WW Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations and Transformation Director

WW Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations and Transformation Director Reference: FEND04339

Job title: WW Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations and Transformation Director

The HR Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations and Transformation Director plays a pivotal role at the intersection of HR economics, financial discipline, tech evolution and organizational transformation across all regions. The position is responsible for shape and governing competitive and sustainable compensation, benefit, HR budgeting, controlling, reporting and HR tech frameworks, ensuring control and planning of workforce costs, and leading HR transformation initiatives aligned with company’s positioning and business strategy. The role acts as a strategic partner to the Company CEO, CFO and Business Leaders, as well as Group HR teams, translating people-related decisions into measurable impact on performance, productivity and profitability, with particular attention to Retail operations and international markets. It ensures competitive and equitable reward structure, oversees salary reviews, job evaluation, mobility offers, and reporting. The profile will report to the Chief People Officer.

Job responsibilities:

Lead Compensation, Benefits & Reward Strategy worldwide, and ensure its effective implementation;

Define, implement and govern global compensation and benefits frameworks, ensuring alignment with Brand values, performance culture and the Group guidelines;

Oversee short and long-term incentive schemes for corporate and retail populations, balancing pay-for-performance principles with luxury culture and sustainability Group strategy;

Lead the job evaluation (job weight) methodology and annual salary review process, ensuring consistency with LVMH policies, internal equity and alignment with market benchmarks across geographies;

Ensure internal equity, external competitiveness and regulatory compliance across all geographies – with a strong focus on EU pay transparency directive;

Oversee key aspects of payroll globally, ensuring accuracy and compliance;

Lead HR cost control initiatives, analysing expenditures, and identifying areas for efficiency improvements;

Drive to the annual HR and payroll budgeting process, providing data-driven insights and forecasting personnel-related costs to support strategic financial planning;

Monitor and analyze labor cost evolution, productivity and efficiency indicators across regions and business units, with a key focus on Retail;

Collaborate closely with the Retail Excellence dept. to develop and refine workforce planning models and incentives schemes, linked to business drivers (traffic, sales, store formats, productivity targets, etc.);

Drive all HR reporting initiatives, including annual report and scorecard, ensuring global data accuracy;

Drive HRIS transformation initiatives aimed at increasing effectiveness, transparency and data-driven decision-making;

Lead the technology evolution in HR processes, tools and governance models in line with Group standards and best practices;

Globally sponsor and coordinate tech & AI HR transformation projects impacting organization, roles, performance management and people analytics;

Act as key interface with Group stakeholders on reward policies, benchmarking and governance topics;

Ensure strong HR governance, and policies worldwide, supporting scalability and consistency.

Profile: Profile & Experience

Significant experience in leading Compensation & Benefits, HR Cost Controlling, Workforce Planning within matrixed and international organizations;

Strong exposure to Retail and/or consumer-facing businesses; experience in luxury or premium environments is a strong asset;

Proven track record in leading technologic transformation projects and operating in matrix, international contexts;

Solid understanding of financial concepts (P&L, cost structures, business cases) applied to people’s decisions;

Strong experience in interacting with C-level executives and senior stakeholders.

Strategic and analytical mindset with strong business acumen;

Ability to connect people, numbers and operations;

Credibility and discretion in high-level matrix environments;

Influencing skills and ability to operate without direct authority;

International mindset and cultural sensitivity.

Education & Languages

Master’s degree in economics, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent;

MBA or Executive MBA preferred;

Fluent English required; Italian highly recommended.

Additional information: LVMH is committed to non-discrimination and respect of each person’s singularities. We recognize and recruit all types of talent.

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