upGrad
Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
upGrad is an online education platform building the careers of tomorrow by offering the
most industry-relevant programs in an immersive learning experience. Our mission is to
create a new digital-first learning experience to deliver tangible career impact to
individuals at scale. upGrad currently offers programs in Data Science, Machine
Learning, Product Management, Digital Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, etc. upGrad is
looking for people passionate about management and education to help design learning
programs for working professionals to stay sharp and stay relevant and help build the
careers of tomorrow.
● upGrad is the No.1 Start-up in India, as per the LinkedIn Top Start-ups 2020
list. This is the third year in a row that upGrad has been featured as one of the
Top Start-ups by LinkedIn after 2018 and 2019
● upGrad has won the title of ET Best Education Brand 2020
● upGrad made it to the GSV Global EdTech 50 List 2020
● upGrad won the 'Best Communication and Teaching Platform' in the Education
Innovation Awards 2020 by Entrepreneur India
● Received 'Takshila Award' by the 3AI Pinnacle Awards 2020 for upGrad's
programs in AI, Analytics and Data Sciences
● Received 'Best Corporate Training Programme' by the 10th Annual Indian
Education Awards 2020
● upGrad's Android App received the award under 'Innovative Initiative' at the
mBillionth Awards 2020
● Received IAMAI 'Best Tech for Education' 2019
● Awards under the 'Best Education Brands' by Economic Times in 2018
● Most Innovative Companies in India' by Fast Company in 2017
● upGrad ranks as the fastest-growing Ed-tech company and overall 7th among all
Indian industries, in terms of revenue, as per The Economic Times and Statista
ranking
● upGrad has ranked amongst the Top 50 in the FT Asia-Pacific High-Growth
Companies 2021 List. Job
Description
Role and responsibilities:
• Supports the annual compensation review planning process, pay equity
implementation and compliance.
• Stay abreast of existing and proposed statutory and legal requirements, and
work on appropriate course of action as needed
• Validate final payroll inputs relevant to compensation team – data consistency
check, corrections, and conduct regular audits
• Support special projects with regard to job role architecture, compensation
framework and guidelines. International market pay parity and benefits.
• Benchmarking compensation and incentive programs with our peer group and
companies adopting best practices in this space.
• Accountable for overall performance management, including timely and quality
execution.
• Drive change towards data-led performance management.
• Design and execute a real-time OKR & KPI monitoring framework, publish
dashboards and drive closure.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to evaluate performance and identify trends.
• Partnering with BHRs to understand business-specific scenarios and support in
solutions on performance and rewards.
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Partner and work closely with stakeholders to manage the delivery of market
benchmarking exercises for India and internationally, total rewards statement updation, salary
planning, promotion fitment, offer governance & and dashboarding.
Strong analytical mindset, knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research
methods and advanced experience in Microsoft Excel / PowerPoint tools
Certification in compensation/rewards – not mandatory but good to have
Typically requires 5- 10 years of relevant experience with at least 4 or more years of
experience within the compensation space
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