Director, Data Solutions

Job Description

Director, Compensation Data Solutions

Norwalk, CT | New York Metro Area

Aon is Looking for a Director, Compensation Data Solutions

Aon is seeking a commercially focused Director, Compensation Data Solutions to help grow client relationships through custom benchmarking, compensation consulting, and market intelligence solutions. This role combines business development, strategic advisory, and deep analytical expertise, helping clients make better talent and rewards decisions through data-driven insights.

The successful candidate will lead client engagements from data collection, cleaning, validation, and market review through the delivery of actionable recommendations, while identifying opportunities to expand Aon's relationships and solutions portfolio. This role will primarily support clients across the Retail & Hospitality, Manufacturing, and Healthcare sectors.

The ideal candidate brings a strong compensation and consulting background, experience managing complex client engagements, and a proven ability to develop trusted client relationships that drive growth and long-term value.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

Client Growth, Data Advisory & Relationship Management

• Build and expand strategic client relationships across Retail & Hospitality, Manufacturing, and Healthcare.
• Identify opportunities to grow revenue through custom benchmarking, compensation consulting, market intelligence, and organizational effectiveness engagements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior HR, Total Rewards, and business leaders, providing data-driven recommendations that support talent and compensation strategies.
• Partner with consulting and sales teams to develop proposals, deliver presentations, and support new business opportunities.
• Collaborate across Aon's Human Capital practices to deliver integrated solutions that address clients' evolving workforce and rewards challenges.

Custom Benchmarking, Data Management & Market Intelligence

• Lead custom benchmarking and market intelligence engagements, overseeing the collection, cleaning, validation, and analysis of compensation and organizational data.
• Conduct market reviews to assess data quality, identify outliers, validate job matches, and ensure accurate market positioning.
• Partner with clients to normalize and validate compensation and workforce data, ensuring reliable benchmarking outcomes and actionable insights.
• Leverage Aon's proprietary databases, survey resources, public company disclosures, and market intelligence tools to deliver high-quality analyses and recommendations.
• Translate complex compensation and organizational data into meaningful business insights that support strategic decision-making.
• Ensure the integrity, consistency, and quality of data used in all client deliverables.

Project Leadership & Practice Development

• Manage multiple client engagements, ensuring timely delivery, high-quality outcomes, and exceptional client service.
• Collaborate with consulting, operations, technology, and offshore teams to support data quality and project execution.
• Contribute to the development of new benchmarking solutions, methodologies, thought leadership, and market insights.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, analytics capabilities, and client deliverables.
• Mentor and support junior team members while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment.

How This Opportunity Is Different

• Opportunity to play a key role in growing Aon's Compensation Data Solutions business.
• Direct exposure to senior HR and business leaders across leading organizations in Retail & Hospitality, Manufacturing, and Healthcare.
• Ability to combine client development, consulting, analytics, and business growth in a highly visible leadership role.
• Access to industry-leading compensation data, benchmarking resources, and Human Capital expertise.
• Significant professional growth and leadership opportunities within a global consulting organization.

Skills and Experience That Will Lead to Success

• 7+ years of experience in compensation consulting, total rewards, workforce analytics, human capital consulting, or related advisory services.
• Demonstrated success developing and expanding client relationships while identifying opportunities for revenue growth.
• Experience leading custom benchmarking, market pricing, compensation survey, and workforce analytics engagements.
• Strong understanding of compensation strategy, benchmarking methodologies, job architecture, market pricing, and rewards program design.
• Hands-on experience reviewing, cleaning, validating, and interpreting compensation and organizational data.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize quantitative and qualitative information into actionable recommendations.
• Proven project management skills and experience managing multiple client engagements simultaneously.
• Exceptional executive presence, presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and data analysis tools.
• Experience supporting clients in Retail & Hospitality, Manufacturing, and/or Healthcare sectors preferred.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Human Resources, Economics, Statistics, or a related field required.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Skills: Project Management, Project Planning, Business Strategies, Report Writing, Customer Engagement, Risk Management

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $150,000 - $200,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant's education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant's geographic location.

This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon's annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

A summary of all the benefits offered for this position:

Aon offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and regular part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions; an employee stock purchase plan; consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon's discretion; medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

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