Global Job Architecture Director

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WHERE YOU’LL FIT WITHIN THE TEAM

As our Director of Global Job Architecture, you’ll lead the design and governance of Bain’s global job architecture strategy—ensuring consistency, equity, and scalability across our growing global footprint. Reporting to the VP of Global Compensation Enablement & Operations, you’ll serve as the firm’s subject matter expert for job families, levels, titles, and evaluation systems, while supporting decision-making across our people and systems landscape. This is a cross‑functional, high‑impact role that sits at the center of Bain’s people infrastructure.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead Bain’s global job architecture strategy and governance, aligning global principles with local market needs.
• Maintain and evolve job families, titles, and leveling frameworks to ensure consistency across functions, regions, and business units.
• Guide HR and business leaders on complex evaluations and titling decisions, acting as a trusted advisor on internal equity and role design.
• Own Bain’s global job catalog and lead catalog maintenance across geographies and functions.
• Monitor internal needs and external trends to ensure job structures remain relevant, scalable, and competitive.
• Manage Bain’s job evaluation methodology, governance processes, and vendor relationships.
• Serve as the primary bridge between the Compensation CoE and Workday teams to ensure accurate data configuration and system integrity.
• Drive systems integration, testing, and innovation—ensuring Bain’s architecture tools are modern, efficient, and future‑ready.
• Develop and deliver training, communications, and workshops to promote understanding of job architecture frameworks across HR and Talent teams.
• Establish and lead a formal process for resolving job titling or leveling disputes in a fair and data‑driven way.
• Partner closely with regional HR leaders to ensure local frameworks and compliance requirements are aligned with Bain’s global structure.

ABOUT YOU

U.S. COMPENSATION INFORMATION

Compensation for this role includes base salary, annual discretionary performance bonus, 401(k) plan with an annual employer contribution based on years of service, and Bain’s best‑in‑class benefits package.

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Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Human Resources

Industries

Business Consulting and Services

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