Organizational Architecture, Compensation, Benefits and Employee Relations Manager

IPIRANGA

. Lead Ipiranga’s Compensation, Benefits and Employee Relations strategy, ensuring competitiveness, internal equity, financial sustainability, legal compliance and alignment between people practices and business strategy.

Posted 10/13/2026full-timeSão Paulo • BrazilMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Compensation, Benefits, and Employee Relations strategy, with a strong focus on executive compensation, variable pay, and long-term incentives. Proven ability to lead teams, manage complex negotiations, and develop data-driven insights for strategic decision-making.

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Compensation Strategy DevelopmentExecutive Compensation ManagementEmployee Relations ExpertiseFinancial Analysis SkillsPeople Leadership

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Hard Skills

Compensation BenchmarkingVariable Compensation DesignLong-Term Incentive Program ManagementLabor Legislation KnowledgeJob EvaluationOrganizational ArchitectureFinancial Business Case DevelopmentData AnalysisAdvanced ExcelPower BI

Soft Skills

Influence SkillsNegotiation SkillsAnalytical ThinkingResults OrientationConflict Management

Industry Keywords

Human ResourcesCollective BargainingEmployee RelationsStrategic ManagementOperational ExcellenceGovernanceUnion RelationsExecutive CommunicationOrganizational TransformationComplex Organizational Environments

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Ipiranga’s Compensation, Benefits and Employee Relations strategy, ensuring competitiveness, internal equity, financial sustainability, legal compliance and alignment between people practices and business strategy.
Serve as the technical and strategic authority on executive compensation, variable pay and long-term incentives, supporting senior leadership in decisions regarding the attraction, retention and recognition of strategic talent.
Lead people, projects and relevant negotiations in high-pressure, complex environments involving multiple interests.
Lead the Fixed and Variable Compensation and Executive Compensation strategy, including base salary, short-term incentives (STI), long-term incentives (LTI) and other components of the executive compensation package.
Conduct studies, salary benchmarking, market analyses and compensation recommendations for executive positions.
Design, review and manage variable compensation and Long-Term Incentive (LTI) programs, including criteria, targets, eligibility, vesting, metrics, governance, calculation and payment.
Develop and review compensation policies and practices, merit cycles, promotions, salary adjustments and incentive programs.
Ensure governance of the job, salary and organizational-level structure.
Lead the Benefits strategy, assessing competitiveness, employee experience, financial sustainability and business needs.
Lead the Employee Relations agenda, ensuring compliance with legislation, conventions, collective bargaining agreements, internal policies and applicable obligations.
Develop the strategy for and conduct negotiations with unions and representative organizations, while managing employee-relations risks.
Work with Legal, Finance, Controllership, HRBPs and corporate functions to develop solutions.
Support senior leadership in decisions related to organizational structure, compensation, benefits, employee relations and personnel costs.
Build financial analyses and business cases for compensation, benefits and collective bargaining agreement proposals.
Lead strategic and transformational projects, ensuring planning, execution, governance and results.
Develop management metrics and dashboards, translating data into decision-making insights.
Manage consulting firms and specialized partners.
Ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Lead, develop and engage the team by establishing priorities, goals, direction and accountability.
Develop successors and strengthen the team’s technical and leadership capabilities.
Act as an internal advisor to leadership and manage critical situations and complex negotiations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Human Resources, Law, Accounting or a related field.
Graduate degree/MBA in People Management, Compensation, Finance, Labor Law or a related field is a plus.
At least 3 years of experience in a managerial role, with responsibility for leading and developing teams.
Strong experience in Compensation, Benefits and Employee Relations, preferably with strategic and integrated responsibility across all three areas.
Proven experience with executive variable compensation, including the design, review and management of short-term incentive (STI) programs.
Proven experience structuring and managing Long-Term Incentive (LTI) programs for executive positions.
Experience in executive compensation, including market benchmarking, competitiveness analysis, compensation proposals and support for senior leadership decision-making.
Knowledge of job and salary structures, organizational architecture, job evaluation and compensation surveys.
Strong knowledge of labor legislation, union relations, collective bargaining and the management of highly complex employee-relations matters.
Experience in the strategic management of corporate benefits, including policy design, market competitiveness, costs and governance.
Ability to conduct financial analyses and build compensation and benefits business cases.
Experience in highly complex organizational environments with multiple stakeholders, pressure for results and the need for rapid decision-making.
Experience working closely with senior leadership and/or Executive Committees, with the ability to present analyses and recommendations on sensitive people and compensation matters.
Experience managing consulting firms and specialized partners in executive compensation, salary surveys, benefits and employee relations.
Advanced Excel and data analysis skills; Power BI is a plus.
Advanced English is a plus.
People leadership and development.
Strategic and business acumen.
Influence and negotiation skills.
Resilience.
Maturity to operate in highly complex environments.
Analytical thinking.
Results orientation.
Executive communication skills.
Conflict management and negotiation skills.
Sense of urgency and prioritization without compromising quality or governance.
Ownership and autonomy to lead strategic agendas and make decisions.
Ethics, confidentiality and discretion.
Preferred qualifications: experience at large companies and in highly complex operational environments; experience in the energy, oil and gas, industrial, retail, logistics, distribution or other businesses with a strong operational presence; experience at companies with strong union representation and complex collective bargaining; broad organizational structures and diverse employee categories; organizational transformation, reorganizations and changes to compensation models; close experience working with senior leadership and/or Executive Committees; international experience or experience in organizations with robust corporate governance; advanced English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Horário flexível
Auxílio filho com deficiência
Programa de Remuneração Variável
Previdência Privada
Adicional por tempo de serviço
Terapia Online & Orientação Nutricional
Cesta natalidade
Universidade corporativa
Gympass
VR/VA
VT
Plano de Saúde e Odontológico
Seguro de vida