Overview
Job Location:
USA – New York – 1633 Broadway
Job Description:
At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
● Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
● Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
● Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.
WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
Job Title: Senior Compensation Analyst / Talent Framework Project Specialist (Contract)
A little bit about our team:
You will become an integral part of the Talent Framework program team focused primarily on the Pay and Job Architecture workstreams. You will work closely with the Global People Team to deliver the outcomes of the Talent Framework Program.
Your role:
The Talent Framework Program is one of the most significant global transformation projects across WMG. The project is being phased in over time to allow for effective integration into the fabric of the business. Phase 1 (completed), included the development of detailed job profiles that represent the areas of expertise across this iconic creative music business. The existing roles have been mapped into the new global career framework job profiles within each business and functional area and include standardized career tracks and levels across 21 job family groups.
Phase 2 of the program is under way and making great progress across several workstreams. Your role will be to drive completion of the calibration of the initial job mapping that was completed in Phase 1. The key outcome of this role is to refine the job mapping both vertically and horizontally to ensure accuracy and consistency within and across functions and business groups globally. You will work closely with members of the compensation team as well as the global People Partners in conducting analysis and recommending refinements to produce the final mapping. In addition, you will provide support for the development of new salary structures, employee impact analyses and change management content.
Here you’ll get to:
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Drive the completion of the job mapping calibration process and manage collection and analysis of changes as well as sign-offs by group
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Analyze the job family groups, job families and career levels to report on internal and external alignment by business groups
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Conduct various analyses as needed to support the People Partners in finalizing the calibration of employees into new job architecture
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Conduct market benchmarking to pressure test newly developed salary structures and support the pay architecture validation process
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Compile employee impact analyses and presentations to finalize salary structures
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Assist in documenting job evaluation processes to ensure cross-organizational fairness and consistency in aligning job descriptions to the new job architecture
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Assist in documenting the governance process for ongoing management of the new job architecture
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May get involved in Workday testing of new salary structures
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May assist with developing change management content to provide education and help implement new ways of working with the new job and pay architectures
About you:
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You have very strong data analysis skills
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You have advanced Excel skills
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You are a data driven problem solver and storyteller, able to ‘connect the dots’ for your audience and offer solutions
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You have very good business acumen and catch on quickly to new challenges
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You have strong presentation and communication skills
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You work quickly and strive to deliver more than what is asked of you
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You are organized and detail-oriented in your approach to work
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You are curious, collaborative, and committed to your work
We’d love it if you also had:
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You have played a key role on a career framework/job architecture project and have a strong understanding of what’s involved in this work
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You have experience as a compensation Specialist or comparable role and have done job evaluations, market benchmarking, salary surveys, etc.
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Successful completion of a college degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field. A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance or Economics is preferred.
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Working toward or completed Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)
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Experience using Workday HRIS
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Experience using Payfactors
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Previous experience in job evaluation in medium to large, complex organizations, preferably in the music/entertainment industry
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Experience using Google Workspace, especially Sheets, Slides, Docs and Gemini
About us:
As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.
Love this job and want to apply?
Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.
Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
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This position requires being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is important for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.
Salary Range
$45.00 to $50.00 Hourly
Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.
Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Links to relevant documents:
2025 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf
EVerify Participation Poster.pdf
