Senior Sales Compensation Manager

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Global compensation team is responsible for global payments, sales support, strategy, design and administration of the worldwide sales compensation program at Motorola Solutions.

The team sits within global operations, whose aim is to leverage best practices, data, automation and communication to deliver an outstanding experience to our sales teams and external customers.

Job Description

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• You will partner closely with executive sales leadership worldwide, Finance and HR business partner communities, business unit leaders, field teams and sales operations leaders to design and administer our sales compensation program.

• You will play a critical role in enhancing our compensation operations. Early initiatives will include developing new tools and reporting capabilities, standardizing our sales support structure, streamlining the payments process and working towards continued alignment of our plans to the company ecosystem strategy

• As we make operational enhancements and plan design changes, you will be expected to train and communicate to large audiences of our salesforce across the globe

• A successful person in this role will be able to present key sales performance and payment metrics to our sales leaders worldwide while also succinctly summarizing trends underlying the results

• Sales support is a large chunk of how we spend our time, delivering support with an emphasis on great "customer" experience is critical to succeed in this role

• The role is expected to play a key part in the processing of our sales incentive payments to our sales representatives across the globe

• As we continue to expand our product portfolio, we will constantly assess the effectiveness of our plans to help drive growth in key business areas

• This role will not immediately manage people but as the business grows, we are seeking someone comfortable with and possessing previous people leadership experiences

Basic Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in compensation management, consulting, finance, audit, sales operations, business operations, human resources, order management, or related fields

• Excellent business acumen; strong strategic planning and analytical skills

• Comfortable communicating and presenting to large audiences or senior leaders

• Above all else, a hunger and tenacity to learn. It is not critical that you possess prior sales compensation experience. We value a willingness to dive into challenging problems, a curious mind and an enthusiastic learner

Travel Requirements

10-25%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.