Total Rewards Intelligence Lead (Southeast Europe)

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry is a global consulting firm that powers performance. We unlock the potential in your people and unleash transformation across your business—synchronizing strategy, operations, and talent to accelerate performance, fuel growth, and inspire a legacy of change. That’s why the world’s most forward-thinking companies across every major industry turn to us—for a shared commitment to lasting impact and the bold ambition to Be More Than.

About Korn Ferry Digital

Korn Ferry Digital is a scaled product business unit within Korn Ferry that develops and sells our suite of talent products and HR technology. The Korn Ferry Talent Suite enables organizations to align strategy and talent across the full workforce lifecycle. Rather than addressing talent challenges in silos, the platform connects insights across Organizational Strategy, Talent Acquisition, Assessment and Succession, Leadership and Professional Development, Sales and Service Effectiveness, and Total Rewards.

Job Description

Korn Ferry is seeking a Rewards Intelligence Lead, to join its Total Rewards team and help shape compensation and rewards insights across Southeast Europe.Working with leading organizations, you will combine analytics, client collaboration, and consulting expertise to deliver market intelligence and reward solutions that support business decisions across the region. You will play a key role in overseeing Korn Ferry's salary survey and rewards intelligence activities across 7 countries, ensuring the delivery of high-quality market data, insights, and client experiences.The successful candidate will bring experience in Total Rewards, compensation analytics, salary surveys, benchmarking, or related consulting work. If you enjoy working with data, clients, and business challenges, this role offers an excellent opportunity to deepen your expertise across the full Total Rewards spectrum while working on local and regional projects.

Opportunity to Enhance Your Career

The Rewards Intelligence Lead is responsible for overseeing regional reward research and survey activities, ensuring high-quality delivery, analytical excellence, and client satisfaction. The role combines project and team management, client engagement, market intelligence, and analytical insight to help organizations make informed reward decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end execution and project management of regional reward research and salary survey activities
• Plan, track, and coordinate survey timelines, milestones, and dependencies across multiple markets
• Ensure high-quality survey data through validation, analysis, and collaboration with participating organizations
• Interpret reward data, identify trends, anomalies, and risks, and translate findings into actionable client insights
• Act as a key day-to-day contact for client reward-related questions and data discussions
• Explain methodology, benchmarking logic, job grading principles, and reward implications to client stakeholders
• Support internal teams with insight-ready, decision-focused analytical outputs
• Contribute to broader Total Rewards projects, including compensation, benefits, job architecture, and reward framework design

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong analytical and project management skills
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and data interpretation skills
• Ability to build trusted client relationships at all organizational levels
• Strong attention to detail combined with a client-focused mindset
• Creative, structured, and solution-oriented approach to problem solving
• Entrepreneurial mindset with curiosity about market trends, business challenges, and reward solutions
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with organizational analytics and job architecture tools, such as OrgVue, is desirable

Professional Experience / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics/ Statistics/ Engineering or a related quantitative discipline (Master’s degree preferred)
• Experience in consulting, Total Rewards, Compensation & Benefits, salary survey benchmarking, or related analytical HR disciplines
• Experience managing complex analytical or client-facing projects
• Experience in Work & Career Architecture, job grading, job evaluation, mobility, or broader HR advisory work is desirable
• Familiarity with the Korn Ferry Hay job evaluation methodology is an advantage
• Experience mentoring, coaching, or supporting team members is desirable
• Fluent Greek and English are required; additional languages are an advantage
• Hybrid work with offices located in Athens Greece