Senior Compensation & Benefits Specialist / HR Operations Lead

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

KLA's Human Resources team drives business success by mobilizing our global talent to achieve both short- and long-term objectives. Our strategic areas of focus encompass HR business partnerships, learning and development, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, inclusion, and HR systems and operations.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

Senior Compensation & Benefits Specialist / HR Operations Lead

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – up to 2 days of WFH per week

 

§   Key Responsibilities

• Lead Korea Compensation & Benefits programs, including compensation planning, annual salary review, incentive programs, market benchmarking, benefits management, and continuous program enhancement.
• Manage new hire and internal transfer compensation analysis, considering market competitiveness, internal equity, salary positioning, and overall compensation structure.
• Partner with Payroll and Finance to ensure accurate and timely compensation-related payroll inputs, data validation, and issue resolution.
• Manage and continuously review Korea employee benefit programs, identifying opportunities to enhance competitiveness and employee experience.
• Develop and maintain Korea C&B policies and programs in alignment with local requirements and global guidelines.
• Partner with regional/global C&B teams and provide effective C&B communication and training to managers and employees. Current Korea C&B work includes manager education covering Total Rewards, compensation philosophy, salary structure and compensation decisions.
• Lead HR Operations improvement initiatives, including process standardization, Workday utilization, automation, and operational excellence. Korea HR's current strategic direction includes Workday as a unified data source and automation of onboarding, payroll and reporting processes.
• Leverage HR data and analytics to identify trends, provide actionable insights, and support HR and business decision-making.

Minimum Qualifications

§   Qualifications

Required

• 10+ years of relevant HR experience, with strong hands-on experience in Compensation & Benefits and/or HR Operations.
• Solid knowledge of compensation practices, benefits programs, and HR operational processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex HR data into meaningful insights and recommendations.
• Proven ability to take ownership of projects and drive process improvements.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Korean and English.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred

• Experience working in a multinational company and collaborating with regional/global HR teams.
• Broad experience across both Compensation & Benefits and HR Operations.
• Experience with compensation benchmarking, offer analysis, and annual compensation cycles.
• Experience driving HR process improvement, automation, or transformation.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with HR systems such as Workday.

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.