Total Rewards Director

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress. Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Job Responsibilities

Syneos Health is seeking an experienced EMEA Compensation & Benefits contractor to provide hands-on support during a critical period of Rewards team transformation. Reporting to the Global Compensation Lead, this role will focus on EU regulatory readiness, EMEA C&B compliance, and advisory support to shape the future-state Rewards operating model.

Key Responsibilities

• EU Pay Transparency Directive — Lead support for implementation planning, including a readiness assessment and action plan to ensure compliance with the Directive's requirements.
• EMEA C&B Compliance — Conduct a comprehensive compliance assessment across EMEA markets, identifying risks and delivering prioritized recommendations.
• Rewards Team Design Advisory — Assess the current EMEA compensation and benefits landscape to inform the design of the future-state Rewards team structure.
• Ad Hoc Advisory — Provide strategic and operational guidance aligned to the broader Rewards initiatives.

Key Deliverables

• EU Pay Transparency readiness assessment with clear required actions
• EMEA compliance risk assessment with prioritized recommendations
• Practical insights and recommendations to support the interim and longer-term Rewards operating model

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Extensive EMEA Compensation & Benefits leadership experience
• Deep experience supporting a global enterprise organization
• Strong, hands-on compensation and benefits expertise within the pharmaceutical industry, including global transformation programs
• Direct experience with EU regulatory and pay transparency requirements

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment.

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.