Compensation and Benefits Specialist - Group Role
Location: Doha, Qatar
Reporting to: Group Diversity Director
Visa/Sponsorship: Relocation support available for candidates outside Qatar
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Compensation and Benefits (C&B) Specialist to lead and manage C&B activities across the organisation. This role combines hands-on C&B management at the head office with Group-wide advisory responsibilities, supporting multiple business units on compensation, benefits, and performance management matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage job architecture and conduct job evaluations and grading for new or revised positions using recognised methodologies (e.g., HAY)
- Develop, review, and update compensation and benefits policies, procedures, and employee handbooks
- Advise managers and employees at head office on compensation topics including job grading, job evaluation, remuneration, and HR policy application
- Prepare head office staff budgets, coordinate, and execute annual merit and bonus cycles
- Advise and support HR managers in business units on C&B projects, including policy design, salary structures, and pay frameworks
- Coordinate and implement Group-wide C&B initiatives in collaboration with local HR teams
- Analyse staff planning and organisational structures and recommend improvements
- Consolidate annual staff plans across entities and prepare related presentations
- Prepare monthly HR reports, analyse HR data, and maintain HR dashboards
- Monitor performance management processes (goal setting, reviews, development plans) and report Group-wide results
- Ensure compliance with labour laws and internal policies related to compensation, benefits, and performance management
- Keep up to date with market and regulatory developments in C&B and performance management and translate them into recommendations
Candidate Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field
- At least 8 years of experience in a Compensation and Benefits role
- Subject matter expertise in job evaluation and job grading methodologies such as HAY
- Experience in developing and implementing HR policies
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive, hands-on approach
- Excellent analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
- Advanced skills in Excel and data analytics tools such as Power BI
- Familiarity with HRIS or compensation modules, ideally Oracle
- Ability to work independently, take ownership of projects, and drive them to completion
- High attention to detail, accuracy, and reliability
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
- Proficiency in English, written and spoken