Compensation & Benefits Specialist

We are looking for a Compensation & Benefits Specialist with 5+ years of hands-on experience to support, evolve and operate our global C&B programs. This is a hands-on role with real ownership, sitting at the intersection of rigorous analysis and day-to-day operational delivery, mixing 60% run 40% projects.

You will be the C&B specialist of the People team, reporting directly to the Head of Talent, Culture & Performance. You will partner closely with the DRH, the Remuneration Committee, People Ops, and local HR teams to ensure BlaBlaCar's compensation programs are competitive, equitable and compliant — and ready for the EU Pay Transparency Directive (effective 2027).

The role covers the full C&B spectrum across BlaBlaCar's international footprint (France, Brazil, Poland, Ukraine, Spain and beyond): base salary architecture, variable compensation, equity programs (AGA / BSPCE / O-shares / M-shares), employee savings (PEE/PERCO, intéressement), and benefits.

Participate in designing, then implementing and managing the Compensation & Benefits strategy across BlaBlaCar

Update and maintain BlaBlaCar's salary grid and grading system (L1–L7) per job function, ensuring it remains grounded on relevant external surveys and benchmarks (AON Radford / Ravio)

Review and enhance variable compensation programs, leave & benefits across all geographies (France, Brazil, Poland, Ukraine, Spain)

Participate in budget creation and follow-up its consumption

Lead the annual End-of-Year compensation review process globally

Prepare meetings, minutes, presentations and data for the Remuneration Committee (RemCo)

At BlaBlaCar, this also means:

Supporting the administration of all equity programs (O-shares, M-shares, AGA, BSPCE): contributing to pool design and grant calibration under the Head of TCP's oversight, applying vesting rules and reconciling the Comuto transaction ledger

Configuring and operating the Workday Advanced Compensation module: salary ranges, cycle setup, reporting and dashboards

Contributing to pay transparency readiness ahead of the EU Directive (2027): conducting pay equity analyses and supporting compliance mapping and the remediation roadmap

Overseeing employee savings programs (PEE/PERCO, intéressement) and the international C&B policy roadmap

Required

5+ years of hands-on experience in Compensation & Benefits, in an international environment

Strong expertise in job architecture, salary range design and market benchmarking (AON Radford, Mercer, Ravio or equivalent)

Experience with EU Pay Transparency Directive readiness or pay equity analysis

Experience supporting equity programs (AGA, BSPCE, RSU or equivalent), including grant cycle administration

Solid command of French C&B regulatory frameworks: AGA/BSPCE, intéressement, PEE/PERCO, working time compliance

Advanced analytical skills — comfortable managing large datasets; experience with Workday Advanced Compensation strongly preferred

Demonstrated experience in a Tech scale-up or company with multi-sites, multi-country and/or multi-collective agreements C&B scope

Rigorous and comfortable preparing materials and contributing to discussions with senior stakeholders (RemCo, DRH, ExCo)

Full professional proficiency in English and French

Nice to Have

Familiarity with Workday-to-benchmark API integrations or HRIS automation projects

Prior experience with Ravio, Pigment or similar compensation intelligence tools