Associate Director, Customer Compensation & Policy

h2 About the Role nbsp; /h2 p Within Global Customer Experience (GCX), our mission is to advance the HelloFresh customer relationship from reactive resolution to proactive, trust-building service. The compensation function sits at the heart of that mission: it is the mechanism through which the business acknowledges failures, restores customer confidence, and, when done well, turns a bad experience into a reason to stay. /p p The Associate Director, Customer Compensation amp; Policy is responsible for the global strategy, architecture, and governance of how HelloFresh compensates customers across all markets and brands. This is not a policy maintenance role. It is a strategic function that sits at the intersection of customer economics, operational data, behavioral experimentation, and cross-functional influence. /p p You will own one of the most financially material and customer-sensitive levers in the business. You will shape a multi-year roadmap and hold peers in Operations, Technology, Finance, and Market Leadership accountable for the quality of inputs that determine how well and how efficiently we recover customer trust. /p p em The ideal candidate brings a rare combination: analytical rigor sharp enough to architect a global compensation engine from first principles, and the executive presence to drive adoption across a complex, multi-market organization without formal authority over most of the people they need to move. /em /p h2 What You'll Own nbsp; /h2 p strong nbsp;Global Compensation Strategy amp; Engine Architecture /strong /p ul li Own the end-to-end strategic vision for how HelloFresh categorizes customer errors and determines compensation across all markets, brands, and contact channels. /li li Lead the design and continuous evolution of the compensation engine: along with Tech, you’ll define the the rules, thresholds, segmentation logic, and automation frameworks that govern recovery decisions at scale. /li li Define the principles that govern trade-offs between customer generosity and cost discipline and translate those principles into operational rules that hold across market complexity and brand variation. /li li Partner with Technology to ensure the compensation engine is scalable, auditable, and capable of supporting dynamic, AI-assisted decisioning as the product evolves. /li /ul p strong Experimentation amp; Behavioral Economics /strong /p ul li Set the global roadmap for compensation experimentation: A/B testing across offer types, value levels, channel timing, and segmentation variables. /li li Apply behavioral economics frameworks to compensation design understanding how recovery offers shape long-term retention, repurchase behavior, and brand perception, not just immediate satisfaction. /li li Define the measurement framework for experimentation: what constitutes a successful test, what confidence warrants global rollout, and how results are synthesized into durable policy change. /li li Partner with Analytics amp; Insights to ensure test design, sample integrity, and rollout analysis meet a rigorous standard of evidence. /li /ul p strong Financial Stewardship amp; Cost Governance /strong /p ul li Own the global compensation P amp;L line: tracking spend by market, error category, customer segment, and channel — and holding yourself accountable to defined cost-per-incident and avoidable-contact targets. /li li Identify and close financial leakage: cases where compensation is being issued without policy justification, at incorrect values, or at the wrong frequency. /li li Build the reporting infrastructure that makes compensation economics visible to GCX leadership, market GMs, and Finance — with the granularity and context needed to drive decisions. /li li Define the right balance between cost optimization and customer lifetime value investment: not just 'spend less' but 'spend where it earns back. /li /ul p strong Fraud Policy amp; Global Governance /strong /p ul li Own the global fraud and abuse prevention framework: the policies, detection logic, thresholds, and escalation paths that protect the business without creating friction for genuine customers. /li li Lead the governance rhythm for policy: quarterly reviews, market exception management, escalation adjudication, and framework versioning across a multi-brand, multi-market environment. /li li Act as the final authority on complex, cross-market policy gaps — resolving ambiguity with speed, consistency, and strategic clarity rather than routing decisions upward by default. /li li Maintain global standards while creating principled space for market-level adaptation where local context genuinely requires it. /li /ul p strong Cross-Functional Leadership amp; Stakeholder Accountability /strong /p ul li Represent the compensation function in senior forums translating customer economics into requirements that peers in Operations, Technology, Finance, and Market GMs must respond to. /li li Hold cross-functional partners accountable for the upstream data quality, operational accuracy, and system reliability that the compensation engine depends on. /li li Drive adoption of policy changes across markets and brands, building communication and change management plans that make new frameworks land — not just launch. /li li Influence at VP and Director level across multiple functions; escalate only strategic blockers, not routine alignment. /li /ul h2 What You'll Bring nbsp; /h2 p strong Education /strong /p ul li MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification required. /li li Undergraduate degree in Economics, Business, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline. /li /ul p strong Experience /strong /p ul li 8–12 years of progressive experience in customer strategy, pricing, operations, or a directly adjacent domain with meaningful exposure to global, multi-market environments. /li li Demonstrated track record of owning a financially significant operational lever and managing it with both analytical precision and strategic judgment. /li li Prior experience leading and developing teams; comfort operating as a senior individual contributor and a people leader simultaneously. /li li Background in subscription commerce, logistics, or consumer-facing operations strongly preferred. Familiarity with the economics of customer recovery in high-volume, low-margin environments is a distinct advantage. /li /ul p strong Technical amp; Analytical /strong /p ul li Advanced proficiency in SQL and data analysis; able to build and pressure-test the analytical models that underpin policy decisions without delegating the logic to others. /li li Fluency with experimentation methodology: test design, statistical significance, holdout analysis, and the translation of results into policy not just reporting. /li li Experience working with or alongside engineering teams to define product and system requirements for rules-based or AI-assisted decisioning tools. /li li Comfort with financial modeling: building the business case for compensation investment, forecasting spend impact, and tracking actuals against plan. /li /ul p strong Leadership amp; Influence /strong /p ul li Senior executive presence: able to walk into a GM, COO, or CFO conversation with a clear point of view, defend it under pressure, and leave with alignment. /li li A credible voice with peers and upward stakeholders not because of title, but because of the quality of analysis and clarity of communication. /li li Structured and decisive under ambiguity: able to make a defensible call with incomplete information and adjust as evidence develops. /li li Genuinely collaborative across markets and functions able to hold people to standards without damaging the relationships needed to sustain them. /li /ul h2 What we offer /h2 ul li em Modern and comfortable working space with great co-workers in Berlin-Kreuzberg /em /li li em Discount for HelloFresh boxes and Convini products /em /li li em Development possibilities along with internal trainings and a yearly Learning amp; Development budget /em /li li em Flexible working hours including Work From Home/Work from Abroad/Sabbatical Policy, as well as a home office set up budget nbsp; /em /li li em Extensive Onboarding and Buddy Program /em /li li em Social events including team events, Friday beers, company runs, book club, etc. /em /li li em Discounted fitness offers with our Urban Sports Club and John Reed partners and yoga classes /em /li li em Well-being initiatives in cooperation with Headspace and Spill /em /li li em Childcare and company pension scheme benefit /em /li li em Monthly transportation budget via NAVIT /em /li /ul p nbsp; /p h2 nbsp; /h2 p style= text-align: justify; nbsp; /p p style= text-align: justify; nbsp; /p h2 nbsp; /h2 h2 nbsp; /h2 h2 nbsp; /h2 Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow