Team Lead Compensation and Benefits - Remote

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GR8 Tech builds B2B iGaming platforms for operators who play to lead.

We deliver full-cycle, high-impact tech designed to scale — from seamless integrations and expert consulting to long-term operational support. Our platform powers millions of active players and drives real business growth. Call it what it is: the iGaming Platform for Champions.

With 1000+ GR8 people across locations and time zones, we don’t just ship technology — we help operators build success stories across brands, markets, and geos.

Our ambition drives us. Our people make it real.

If you’re a challenger in spirit and a champion in action — join us.

Why this role exists:
This role exists to own and evolve the Compensation & Benefits (C&B) function across the company, ensuring our reward strategy attracts, motivates, and retains top talent while supporting sustainable business growth. You’ll design and implement competitive compensation programs, ensure operational excellence and compliance, optimize and automate C&B processes, and maintain full control over HR budgeting to drive transparency, efficiency, and measurable impact.

What you’ll drive:

Compensation Strategy and Planning

• Develop and implement compensation strategies aligned with company goals and industry benchmarks.
• Lead the design and management of salary payments, bonus schemes, and other incentive programs.
• Present new compensation approaches to management and ensure clear communication and alignment with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with senior management to review and adjust compensation practices in line with business needs.
• Ensure fairness of compensation payments within the company.
• Ensure compliance of compensation programs with legal requirements.

Benefits Management

• Evaluate benefits and making recommendations for enhancements or changes.
• Manage relationships with benefits vendors.

HR budgeting and data analysis

• Budget Talent department expenses and managing budget execution, including analysis of deviations from budget.
• Analyse data in order to identify trends, unusual fluctuations and take data-driven decisions.

Team management

• Supervise a team of compensation and benefits specialists.
• Assign tasks, setting priorities, and monitoring team performance.
• Conduct performance evaluations and providing feedback to team members.
• Develop the skills and knowledge of team members through training and professional development opportunities.
• Define team gaps and providing action plans to address them.

Project management

• Lead the projects in order to implement new C&B programs or to enhance operational efficiency of existing C&B processes.
• Drive digital transformation initiatives within the С&B function.
• Take ownership of the reservation process for the Ukrainian site.

What makes you a GR8 fit:

Must-have

• 2+ years of experience in Compensation & Benefits as a C&B Team Lead.
• Proven track record of delivering impactful C&B projects (e.g., total rewards strategy, benefits strategy, automation of C&B processes, launch of new compensation schemes).
• Deep expertise in C&B practices, approaches, and market benchmarking.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large data sets, identify trends and deviations, and make data-driven decisions.
• Experience managing and monitoring C&B and HR budgets, including forecasting and variance analysis.
• Ability to design, implement, and administer compensation and benefits programs end-to-end.
• Solid understanding of regulatory requirements related to C&B programs.
• Experience with HRIS and advanced tools to automate and optimize C&B processes.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional C&B projects of high complexity.
• Strong level of autonomy: able to make decisions within the area of responsibility and execute independently.
• Leadership experience: managing, mentoring, and developing a team of C&B specialists.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and present insights to senior management.
• Upper-intermediate or higher level of English.
• Fluent Ukrainian.

Nice-to-have

• Knowledge of HiBob/Jira.
• Expertise in C&B practices, approaches for the Spanish market.
• Experience working with the employee reservation (military deferment) process in Ukraine.

Why you’ll love working here:

Benefits Cafeteria — annual budget you allocate to:

• Sports • Medical • Mental health • Home office • Languages.

Work-life & support

• Paid maternity/paternity leave + monthly childcare allowance.
• 20+ vacation days, unlimited sick leave, emergency time off.
• Remote-first + tech support + coworking compensation.
• Team events (online/offline/offsite).
• Learning culture with internal courses + growth programs.

Our culture & core values:

GR8 Tech culture is how we win — through trust, ownership, and a growth mindset. We move fast, stay curious, and keep it real, with open feedback, room to experiment, and a team that’s got your back.

FUELLED BY TRUST: we’re open, honest, and have each other’s backs.
OWN YOUR GAME: we take initiative and own what we do.
ACCELER8: we move fast, focus smart, and keep it simple.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED: we grow through challenges and stay curious.
BULLETPROOF: we’re resilient, ready, and always have a plan.