Senior Manager Total Rewards

Are you ready for a Game-Changing Career Experience?

Join us in shaping the future of esports and gaming! If you're ready to lead, innovate, and inspire, we want to hear from you.

At EFG (ESL FACEIT Group), we create worlds beyond gameplay where players and fans become a community. We pride ourselves in having a corporate social responsibility: "IT’S NOT GG UNTIL IT’S GG FOR ALL”. Our passion, craft, and DNA are aligned to create and shape the world of esports, gaming tournaments, leagues, events, and holistic ecosystems through our millions of players, fans, and heroes, as well as through our people and culture.

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Total Rewards to join our People, Culture, & Sustainability (PCS) team. Our PCS team is dedicated to building an environment where talent thrives. They focus on attracting, developing, and rewarding great people while fostering a positive and dynamic organizational culture. Passionate about creating an impactful workplace? Join us!

The Senior Manager, Total Rewards plays a key role in shaping EFG’s total rewards strategy, ensuring that compensation and benefits programs are competitive, equitable, and aligned with business objectives. This role will drive compensation structures, incentive plans, pay equity, and benefits programs to attract, retain, and motivate top talent globally.

Working closely with HR leadership, Finance, People Analytics, and external vendors, this position will oversee market benchmarking, compliance, and innovative rewards programs that enhance the employee experience. The Senior Manager, Total Rewards will also provide strategic guidance on executive compensation, salary reviews, and incentive plans, while ensuring compliance with global and regional pay regulations.

The ideal candidate will be based in the CET time zone (+/- 1 hour). This position reports directly to our Head of PCS Product.

What You’ll Do:

• Compensation Strategy & Execution: Develop and implement base salary structures, incentive plans, and total rewards strategies aligned with business goals.
• Market Benchmarking & Pay Equity: Conduct salary benchmarking and pay equity analysis to maintain competitive and fair compensation practices.
• Salary Review & Job Architecture: Manage annual salary review cycles, job leveling, and career frameworks to ensure consistency and transparency.
• Short- & Long-Term Incentives: Design and administer bonus structures, commission plans, and equity-based rewards to drive performance and retention.
• Global Benefits & Well-Being Programs: Partner with HR and external benchmarking providers to design competitive health, retirement, and well-being benefits.
• HR Compliance & Governance: Ensure all compensation and benefits programs comply with regional labor laws, tax regulations, and internal policies.
• People Analytics & Compensation Insights: Use data-driven insights and HR technology to track compensation trends and optimize rewards programs.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with HRBPs, Finance, and Talent teams to align rewards strategies with business needs.
• Executive & Leadership Compensation: Provide support for executive pay benchmarking, LTIP plans, and Board-level reporting.
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation: Stay ahead of industry trends to enhance EFG’s rewards programs and total rewards philosophy.