
Planning and Design Principal
HP
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Spring • Connecticut • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $130,700 - $208,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the end-to-end design of global sales compensation plans across direct, indirect, overlay, and specialist roles
- Ensure plans are aligned to HP’s growth strategy, product mix, margin objectives, and channel model
- Own annual and in-year quota planning cycles across regions, segments, and roles
- Develop quota methodologies that ensure fairness, achievability, and differentiation, grounded in data and historical performance
- Establish performance analytics to evaluate plan effectiveness, quota attainment, pay-for-performance, and ROI
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior Sales and Finance leadership
Requirements
- 15+ years of progressive experience in sales compensation and quota planning
- Proven leadership experience in a large, global, matrixed organization
- Deep expertise in compensation plan design and quota methodologies across multiple sales roles and global complexity
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into executive-ready insights
- Experience leading annual planning cycles with complex stakeholder alignment
- Advanced knowledge of SPM/ICM platforms (e.g., SAP SuccessFactors, Xactly, Varicent, Forma, or similar)
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Long term/short term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Generous time off policies, including;
- 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
- 11 paid holidays
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
sales compensation designquota planningquota methodologiesperformance analyticsdata analysispay-for-performanceROI evaluationanalytical skillsexecutive reporting
Soft Skills
leadershiptrusted advisorstakeholder alignmentcommunicationstrategic thinking