Dawn Edwards

About Dawn Edwards

An accomplished Compensation professional with extensive experience directing various initiatives within Media, Entertainment, Tech, and Luxury Fashion industries. Demonstrated ability to drive business results by exhibiting excellent consultative skills to build effective and trusted relationships with leadership, human resource business partners, and key organizational stakeholders, developing solutions to complex problems across the enterprise. Proactive partner in aligning compensation strategies with business goals, enabling organizations to recruit, recognize, promote, and retain critical talent globally and mitigate risks. Expertise in the following areas:Strategic Planning & Leadership ∣ Compensation Salary Planning ∣ Analytics & Structures ∣ Sales Commission Administration ∣ Short & Long-Term Incentive Management ∣ Succession Planning ∣ Market Pricing & Research ∣ Trend Analysis ∣ Process Development, Optimization & Automation ∣ Executive & Business Partnerships ∣ Team Leadership ∣ Performance Management ∣ Union and Non-Union support

Experience

1. Senior Director, Compensation

   Circana

   Apr 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Leading and developing compensation strategies, managing compensation programs, and ensuring compliance, while aligning with the company\'s overall business goals and providing expert advice to senior management.Building strong relationships with HR professionals and business leaders to drive innovative and effective global compensation programs.

Education

• Fashion Institute of Technology

  Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Advertising & Communications

• State University of New York College at Oneonta

  Bachelor of Science, Clothing and Textiles

Skills

• Sales Compensation
• Education and Training
• Strategy
• Succession Planning
• Management
• Payroll
• Equity Plan Administration
• Oracle Database
• Coaching
• Budget Analysis
• Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
• Executive Pay
• Recruiting
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Office Suite 2010
• Executive Compensation Administration
• Peoplesoft
• Performance Management
• Talent Management
• Deferred Compensation
• Marketpay Compensation Software
• Hris
• Compensation Supervision
• Compensation Plan Design and Administration
• Compensation Plan Communication
• Market Pricing
• Personnel Management
• Salary