Sephora Director, Total Rewards and Organization Development
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About Sephora
Sephora is a global prestige beauty leader, renowned for redefining the retail experience through creativity, inclusivity, and expert service. Founded in France and now part of LVMH, the company brings together an exceptional portfolio of beauty brands with a distinctive culture of discovery and innovation. As an employer, Sephora offers a dynamic, customer-centered environment where talent is encouraged to learn, experiment, and grow across retail, digital, merchandising, operations, and corporate functions. Its teams are united by a passion for beauty, entrepreneurship, and belonging, making Sephora a compelling workplace for professionals seeking impact within a fast-moving international brand.
Director, Total Rewards and Organization Development at Sephora Singapore. Lead compensation, benefits, and workforce strategy across Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Role & Responsibilities
- Shape and elevate the SEAO Total Rewards philosophy, building competitive pay structures, incentive design, and reward frameworks that support business growth and talent retention
- Strengthen Total Rewards governance across SEAO by leading annual compensation cycles, market data strategy, policy creation, and regulatory compliance
- Lead the SEAO Total Rewards centre of excellence, driving consistent methodologies and locally relevant solutions across diverse markets
- Lead and drive compensation strategies that reinforce Sephora's Total Rewards philosophy while ensuring competitiveness, equity, and relevance across local markets
- Lead the regional annual compensation review cycle, including market surveys, pay positioning, merit reviews, and compensation decisions
- Drive, track, and govern compensation-related requests across markets, ensuring disciplined follow-through and consistent decision-making
- Design, review, and evolve benefits programs that strengthen employee experience while balancing global guidelines, local relevance, and affordability
- Lead annual benefits renewals and negotiations across the region, driving stronger vendor value and benefits analysis
- Lead the HR budgeting cycle across SEA and Oceania, ensuring disciplined and consistent process management
- Develop payroll budget forecasts and scenario analyses to support compensation and benefits investment planning
- Track budget spend, monitor variances, and provide actionable insights to leadership
- Lead targeted organization development initiatives to strengthen engagement and embed a high-performing culture
- Design and implement programs such as organization health reviews and capability mapping to strengthen team effectiveness
- Build and lead regional workforce planning capabilities to support growth and transformation across functions and markets
- Translate resource requirements into demand and supply forecasts and capability gap analyses
Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of Total Rewards experience across compensation, benefits, governance, and reward frameworks, ideally within a regional or multi-market environment
- Proven experience leading compensation review cycles, benefits renewals, benchmarking, budget planning, and data-led rewards decision-making
- Demonstrated understanding of organization development, workforce planning, capability building, and change adoption in fast-moving business contexts
- Highly analytical and commercially minded, with the ability to turn market data and workforce insights into practical people solutions
- Ability to thrive in complex, matrixed, multi-country environments and confidently influence senior leaders, market HR, Finance, and global stakeholders
Skills
Experience
Minimum 10 years of Total Rewards experience in a regional or multi-market environment, with demonstrated expertise in compensation review cycles, benefits renewals, benchmarking, budget planning, and data-led rewards decision-making. Experience in organization development, workforce planning, and change adoption in fast-moving retail or luxury goods businesses is highly valued.
Education
Not specified
Workplace
This position is based in Singapore, Central, Singapore.
Culture
Sephora fosters a dynamic, inclusive workplace where creativity, curiosity, and a passion for beauty are encouraged at every level. As an employer, it is distinguished by its focus on empowerment, continuous learning, and a collaborative retail culture that celebrates individuality and client-centric innovation.
About Cerulean
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