Brandon Zell
Senior Director of Compensation | Driving Pay Strategy That Attracts, Rewards, and Retains Top Talent
- Role
- Sr Director of Compensation at Transamerica
- Location
- Charleston, SC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brandon Zell
Senior Director of Compensation | Certified Compensation Professional CCP | Executive and Total Rewards LeaderSenior compensation leader with deep expertise designing and leading enterprise level compensation and total rewards strategies across large, complex organizations. Proven success driving executive compensation, sales compensation, and incentive programs that align pay strategy with business performance, risk management, and talent outcomes.Extensive experience partnering with CHROs, Finance, Legal, and senior executives to support executive and board level compensation decisions, long term incentive design, and enterprise compensation governance. Known for building scalable sales incentive programs, modernizing commission and incentive platforms, and developing job architecture and market pricing frameworks that improve clarity, equity, and pay decision quality.Highly data driven with strong fluency in compensation analytics and AI enabled insights. Leverage AI and advanced analytics to improve market pricing accuracy, pay equity analysis, incentive modeling, and workforce decision support. Focused on using AI responsibly to strengthen compensation governance, accelerate decision making, and deliver measurable business value without sacrificing judgment or employee trust.Recognized for operating effectively in highly regulated, performance driven environments where innovation, compliance, and employee experience must coexist. Passionate about building compensation programs that are competitive, defensible, transparent, and aligned with long term enterprise strategy.Key Expertise:Executive Compensation, Total Rewards Strategy, Sales Compensation, Incentive Compensation, Long Term Incentives, Job Architecture, Market Pricing, Pay Equity, Compensation Analytics, AI in Total Rewards, Compensation Technology, Governance, HR Transformation, Enterprise Leadership
Experience
Sr Director of Compensation
Feb 2026 — Present · Charleston, SC, US
Education
East Carolina University - College of Business
MBA, Business Administration
2002 — 2003
East Carolina University - College of Business
BSBA, Marketing
1998 — 2002
Skills
- Job Descriptions
- Account Management
- Hris
- Team Building
- Management
- Analysis
- Process Improvement
- Compensation & Benefit
- Incentive Programs
- Leadership
- Training
- Deferred Compensation
- Sales Compensation Design
- Compensation Review
- Human Resources
- Sales Compensation
- Sales Commission
- Compensation & Benefits
- Onboarding
- Personnel Management
- Stock Compensation
- Sales Compensation Plans
- Crm
- Customer Service
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