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WHAT WE ARE ABOUT:
Duck Creek is an insurance industry leader, driving transformation and delivering modern SaaS solutions that help insurers set a new standard and revolutionize how consumers interact with insurance companies.
As a leading technology provider to the insurance industry, we don’t just build great software to help insurers conduct business. We deliver software with a fully managed service model that empowers insurance companies to transform their business. With Duck Creek OnDemand, insurers are introducing groundbreaking new products faster than ever before, making smarter data-driven decisions, enhancing the customer experience to meet evolving expectations, and adapting to shifting market conditions and regulatory requirements.
Duck Creek is proud to be a Remote-First employer, empowering our employees with the choice to work from an office, from home or on a hybrid schedule. Our remote-first environment fosters inclusion, collaboration, and ensures a consistent employee experience regardless of location. We support our employees in making a decision that allows them to be the most productive, they can be both at work and at home.
If working in a fast paced, rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the world’s oldest and largest industries into a standard for innovation and open exchange sounds exciting, let us know. We are excited about your career to be Made on Duck Creek.
Title: Compensation Associate Manager
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
The Compensation Associate Manager plays a critical role in the operational execution and continuous improvement of Duck Creek Technologies’ global compensation programs, with limited responsibility for rewards program administration and reporting. This individual contributor role is responsible for day-to-day compensation operations, analysis, and administration, while contributing to select strategic initiatives related to job architecture, market pricing, pay structures, and rewards effectiveness. The role operates with a high degree of autonomy within established frameworks and partners closely with Total Rewards leadership, HR Business Partners, Finance, and People Operations to ensure compensation and rewards programs are applied consistently, compliantly, and in alignment with Duck Creek’s business strategy.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as first level operational resource for global compensation activities, including job evaluations, job matching, and market pricing.
- Conduct job matching and leveling using established job architecture frameworks and external market data sources.
- Analyze salary survey data and assess market trends to support pay structures, range design, and compensation recommendations.
- Maintain and support global salary structures, pay ranges, and compensation guidelines.
- Prepare and deliver ad hoc and recurring compensation reports, dashboards, and analyses to support business and leadership decision-making.
- Support annual and off-cycle compensation planning processes, including data preparation, validation, audit controls, and documentation.
- Partner with HR Business Partners to provide compensation guidance on offers promotions, adjustments, and internal equity considerations.
- Support global pay transparency requirements by ensuring accurate range data, documentation, and process adherence.
- Perform compensation benchmarking exercises and external salary survey participation.
- Provide administration support for global rewards programs, including tracking, reporting, and operational coordination with vendors or internal partners.
- Monitor rewards program utilization and prepare summary reporting to assess effectiveness and alignment with program objectives.
- Contribute to compensation and rewards-related projects and initiatives, including system enhancements, policy updates, training and process improvements.
- Perform all other duties and activities as required.
- Act in accordance with and as a good steward of Duck Creek Technologies mission, vision, and core values:
- Mission: To empower insurers to reimagine the future of insurance
- Vision: To transform insurance technology, helping insurers be smarter, faster, and more efficient, and ultimately provide the best protection for people and businesses
- Values: We Prioritize Respect, We Listen, We Care, We Add Value, and We Lead
Competencies:
- Core Employee:
- Communication: Effective communication, both verbal and written; includes ability to express ideas clearly, listen actively, and collaborate with colleagues and clients.
- Collaboration: Work effectively in teams, build positive relationships, and contribute to achieving common goals; includes the ability to recognize and incorporate a broad range of diverse perspectives
- Problem Solving: Can analyze complex situations, identify problems, ask important questions, and generate creative solutions; involve critical thinking, adaptability, and the ability to make informed decisions
- Accountability: Willingness to accept responsibility for your actions and work; ability to set and achieve meaningful outcomes for oneself
- Adaptability: Can adapt to change, embrace new technologies, and learn quickly; embracing a growth mindset, being flexible and open to different approaches is highly valued
- Integrity: Conduct themselves with integrity and professionalism, understand and model our core values, and is obsessed with doing the right thing; incorporate this mindset in how they behave, in the products or services they provide, and how they treat others
- Cultural Agility: Ability to effectively and comfortably adapt to different cultural contexts. It involves the capacity to understand, communicate, and interact with people from diverse cultural backgrounds in a respectful and inclusive manner.
WHAT YOU’VE DONE:
REQUIRED:
- High School diploma or GED equivalent
- 3-5 years of progressive experience in compensation or total rewards, with a strong emphasis on operational execution and analytics
- Demonstrated experience with job matching, salary surveys, market pricing, and pay structure administration.
- Experience supporting compensation and/or rewards programs in a global or multi-country environment.
- Previous experience with HRIS systems (Oracle, Workday, SAP, etc.)
PREFERRED:
- Associate’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Finance, or related field or commensurate years of applicable experience in role
- Professional certification such as CCP, GRP, or equivalent.
- Experience in a technology or software organization.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Behaviors:
- Strong knowledge of compensation fundamentals, including job architecture, market pricing, and pay structures.
- Working knowledge of employee rewards and recognition program administration and reporting.
- Advanced analytical skills with the ability to interpret and translate data into actionable insights.
- High attention to detail and accuracy in compensation and rewards data management.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain compensation concepts clearly.
- Proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools; comfort working with large datasets.
- Sound judgment when handling sensitive and confidential compensation and rewards information.
- Ability to operate independently while aligning work to established frameworks and governance.
- Collaborative approach to partnering with HR, Finance, and business stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on practical, scalable solutions.
- Understanding of global compensation and rewards practices and regulatory considerations.
- Process-oriented mindset with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement.
- Ability to apply policies and guidelines consistently while exercising discretion.
- Demonstrated professionalism, accountability, and integrity in all aspects of work.
Work Environment & Other Requirements:
- Travel: [X] 0-10% [] 11-25% [] 26-50% [] 51-75% [] 76-100%
- Special Hours: Some periods of specialized hours to meet global needs during cyclical periods (Open Enrollment, meet with global teams, etc)
- Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in the country of the job location
- Physical Requirements: [X] Sedentary Work [] Light Work
- Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
- Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Our global company celebrates & leverages the differences each employee brings to the table. Our success is a direct result of an inclusive culture where opportunities to learn from one another occur regardless of title, seniority, or background. This collaborative and team-oriented approach is at the core of how we operate and continuously improve our products, services, and systems. As such, Duck Creek is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants – to recruit, hire, train, and reward employees for their individual abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital, military, or any other protected status.
We strive to be an example to the world of inclusion, diversity, and equity in all things – where employees are free to be their authentic selves in the workplace and in the communities in which we live. We believe in leading by example and are proud of the diversity of our team and our shared commitment to our Core Values: We Prioritize Respect; We Listen; We Care; We Add Value; and We Lead.
To learn more about our inclusive company culture, values, DE&I initiatives, and people, please visit: https://www.duckcreek.com/life-at-duck-creek/
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