Senior Compensation & Benefits Manager

Do you want to take full ownership of Compensation & Benefits and build a modern, scalable reward framework from the ground up? Are you motivated by strategic influence, high professional standards, and the opportunity to shape how a fast-growing organisation attracts, rewards, and retains talent? Then this could be a unique opportunity for you at atNorth.

About The Role

atNorth is on a hyper scale journey across the Nordic region and is entering a new phase of professionalisation within People & Culture. As part of this journey, the company is establishing the role of Senior Compensation & Benefits Manager – a newly created, central specialist position.

You will be the first dedicated Compensation & Benefits professional at atNorth, with full end-to-end responsibility for designing, implementing, and continuously developing the company’s reward framework. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, you will help ensure that compensation and benefits are competitive, transparent, compliant, and aligned with business strategy in a highly competitive market.

You will be part of the People & Culture function, reporting to the Director of People & Culture, and will work closely with P&C Business Partners and senior stakeholders across countries.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and own atNorth’s Compensation & Benefits framework from the ground up
• Design, develop, and govern salary structures, salary bands, and job architectures
• Develop and manage short-term incentive schemes and long-term incentive plans (LTIP)
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including equal pay requirements and the EU Pay Transparency Directive
• Build and maintain compensation dashboards, analytics, and people data insights
• Provide strategic advisory support to senior leadership on reward, governance, and benchmarking
• Support annual salary review processes and compensation budgeting
• Act as subject-matter expert within compensation and reward in a fast-evolving organisation
  
  

The role has a strong analytical and strategic focus, with emphasis on structure, governance, and advisory rather than day-to-day employee support.

Your background

We imagine that you:

• Have solid experience within Compensation & Benefits, ideally from a larger, international organisation (+1,000 employees)
• Have hands-on experience designing and implementing salary structures, incentive programmes, and governance frameworks
• Possess strong knowledge of compliance, equal pay, and regulatory requirements
• Thrive in building something from scratch and being the go-to expert in your field
• Are highly analytical, structured, and data-oriented, while also being collaborative and relationship-driven
• Feel confident presenting and advising in English at Executive Committee and potentially Board level
  
  

Experience with taxation and international reward structures is considered an advantage, but not a requirement.

What atNorth offers

• A key role in a fast-growing, international, and sustainability-driven company
• A unique opportunity to shape the Compensation & Benefits agenda from the very beginning
• High degree of autonomy, trust, and influence
• Short decision-making paths and strong leadership commitment
• An ambitious and professional People & Culture team
• Competitive compensation and flexible working conditions
• A Nordic role with cross-border collaboration
  
  

Interested?

The recruitment process is carried out in collaboration with the consulting company Compass Human Resources Group. If you want to learn more about this position before submitting your CV, please do not hesitate to contact Partner, Oliver Hauberg-Jensen at [email protected]. As we process CVs continuously, we encourage you to submit your CV at your earliest convenience if you are interested. Please note that all enquiries will be handled with confidentiality and that we will reply to the email address from which you send your CV.

Deadline for application: As soon as possible