Global Reward, Compensation & Benefits Lead

About Aerogen:

Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards and ten-time winner of the Zenith award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, collectively our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having already reached 20 million patients in over 80 countries.

Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work. We lead the way, finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient care.

Our business is growing rapidly across the globe and as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers. Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.

What is the role?

This newly created role will lead the Reward, Compensation & Benefits Centre of Excellence in the People & Organisational Development function. It partners closely with Aerogen Leaders, People Business Partners, People Operations and Talent Acquisition to shape a competitive, equitable and globally consistent reward and benefits strategy that supports our growth, ambition and “We Care” culture.

What are the key responsibilities?Benefits Management:

• Lead and design the global benefits strategy aligned to Aerogen’s “We Care” culture, ensuring competitive, compliant and culturally relevant programmes across our global footprint.

• Design and maintain core benefits including health, retirement/pension and life plans, partnering with the finance department, balancing global consistency with local regulatory and cultural requirements.

• Partner with People Operations and People Business Partners to streamline benefits administration and improve overall employee experience across all markets.

• Manage benefits vendors (brokers/insurers/providers), including selection, renewals, performance governance and commercial negotiation to ensure quality, value and consistency.

• Drive benefits communications and education to improve employee understanding and utilisation.

Compensation & Reward

• Lead the design and governance of Aerogen’s global compensation framework, ensuring fairness, competitiveness and transparency.

• Own core compensation programmes including salary frameworks, variable pay and job architecture.

• Partner with People Business Partners and Leaders on annual reward cycles with strong governance and pay equity focus.

• Provide expert advice on job evaluation, benchmarking and market pricing to support growth and capability planning.

• Work with Talent Acquisition to ensure competitive, market aligned offer design globally.

• Enhance reward processes, systems and tools to improve accuracy, fairness and employee experience.

• Monitor pay transparency, gender/minority pay and wider regulatory developments, recommending updates where needed.

Compliance, Analytics & Communication

• Ensure global compliance with all reward, compensation and benefits regulations.

• Conduct regular pay equity and transparency analyses and provide insights to support responsible decision making.

• Produce clear, data driven reward and benefits reports for leaders and stakeholders.

• Translate complex reward topics into practical guidance for leaders, stakeholders and employees.

What education and experience are required?

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.

• Experience in compensation, benefits or total rewards in a global environment.

• Strong understanding of salary structures, market benchmarking and reward cycles.

• Proven ability to analyse data, interpret insights and support decision making.

What key skills will make you great at the role?

• Strong analytical skills with confidence in data interpretation, Excel and HR systems.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative, solutions focused approach.

• Teamwork: Works collaboratively across teams, building strong partnerships and shared ownership.

• Ambition: Sets high standards and consistently drives for strong outcomes.

• Innovation: Creative and forward-thinking, always seeking new and effective ways to enhance processes in particular in relation to compensation and benefits.

What is it like to work in Aerogen?

Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to #discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:

• Excellent medical care.

• Bonus & Pension

• 'Aerogen Connect'– our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.

• We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations. .

Visit our careers website for more information about life at Aerogen.

Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace. If you have difficulty using our application process, please contact us via email at careers@aerogen.com. Please provide your name and preferred contact method.