Lead Associate

You will work as a key contributor to enable clients’ compensation and benefits process design and owner of a sector in Annual Compensation Survey process. You will help develop and implement innovative and practical solutions across a range of human capital activities focusing especially on compensation and benefits design (including base pay, short-term and long-term incentive design).

The Role

To be effective in this role, you will need strong business acumen along with confidence to interact with more senior colleagues and key client contacts. Comfort navigating ambiguity and uncertainty, organized thinking and communication skills, and a willingness to engage in both strategic design and tactical implementation are also critical to success in this position.

•    Partner with senior colleagues to develop and implement solutions in total rewards processes including base pay policy design, annual compensation survey processes, incentive model design (Short-Term and Long-Term)
•    Provide practical insights into how best to motivate and manage the workforce of today and plan for the workforce of tomorrow 
•    Contribute to building a trusted advisor status with key client contacts, with a focus on consultative interaction 
•    Effectively manage projects and present client deliverables 
•    Develop technical knowledge and skills across a variety of industries and human capital areas 
•    Contribute superior work product and consistent project management for assigned projects, and raise appropriate issues to Directors 
•    Act as liaison with internal support staff and the client to ensure data and materials are transmitted accurately, deadlines are clear, meetings are scheduled, and communication is consistent 
•    Contribute to new business development by drafting statements of work, project plans and budgets 
•    Contribute to the development of intellectual capital, new tools and approaches

The Requirements

•   Consulting experience is a plus, minimum 2 years work experience in a similar role
•   Experience in one of the mentioned talent management fields and experience with compensation and benefits strategy, budget process, job analysis, job families, job architecture, job requisitions and job deconstruction strongly preferred, but diverse backgrounds are also valued
•    Knowledge and experience with talent management and compensation technology systems a plus
•    A professional presence with strong written and oral communication skills in Turkish and English
•    Ability to manage competing priorities and carry out well-defined assignments according to established guidelines
•    Ability to recognize and diagnose issues, work in teams, and leverage the resources of other related practices to address client challenges
•    Ability to draw conclusions from data in a logical, systematic way 
•    Strong project management, analytical, and interpersonal skills
•    Understanding of agile principles and design thinking
•    Availability to travel on an as-needed basis
•    Bachelor’s degree (advanced degrees preferable) in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Economics or any other major with significant qualitative and quantitative course work

This role offers a hybrid work schedule, allowing for a combination of remote and in-office work to support flexibility.

We’re committed to equal employment opportunity and provide application, interview and workplace adjustments and accommodations to all applicants. If you foresee any barriers, from the application process through to joining WTW, please email candidate.helpdesk@willistowerswatson.com