Gargee Kotwal
Bengaluru
Summary
Global Rewards and Compensation expert with experience across consulting, large enterprises, and SaaS environments. Expert in job architecture, market pricing, executive compensation benchmarking, and variable pay across multi-country populations. Trusted advisor to senior leadership on pay governance, risk mitigation, and defensible compensation decisions.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Global Compensation Specialist
Granicus
01.2025 - Current
- Lead end-to-end job evaluation, leveling, and market matching for complex and ambiguous roles, directly influencing hiring, promotion, and pay decisions.
- Directed compensation governance as the design authority, providing guidance to HRBPs and business leaders on internal equity, external competitiveness, and role scope to improve compensation strategies.
- Managed global job architecture and market pricing for roles across multiple geographies, ensuring alignment with industry standards for professional, managerial, and director-level positions.
- Partner with Finance and People leadership during annual compensation cycles, structural reviews, and budget planning.
- Facilitated workforce structuring and role design discussions by translating business requirements into defensible compensation frameworks that support organizational objectives.
Rewards Specialist
CompUp (YC S22)
03.2023 - 07.2025
- Owned compensation benchmarking and rewards advisory for 150+ high-growth startups across technology, SaaS, and consumer sectors.
- Led salary increment, ESOP, and benefits benchmarking surveys, influencing rewards decisions for thousands of employees across client organisations.
- Advised founders and HR leaders on pay philosophy, internal equity, and bias mitigation during rapid scale-up phases, driving equitable compensation practices.
- Designed and institutionalised a scalable compensation benchmarking framework used as CompUp’s core methodology.
- Collaborated with Product and Tech teams to translate client rewards needs into platform features and analytics, improving service delivery.
Lead – International Compensation
L&T Technology Services
04.2021 - 03.2023
- Led global sales variable compensation design and execution for 200+ sales employees across 15+ countries.
- Designed and governed sales incentive plans aligned to business objectives, partnering directly with CEO, CFO, CHRO, CSO, and Sales Heads.
- Led budgeting, established annual compensation review guidelines, coordinated promotion cycles, and executed variable pay for European geographies to align compensation with organizational goals.
- Defined policies for large deal incentives, new account bonuses, and special sales programs to support growth while managing costs.
- Developed compensation design for 15+ European countries, including deputation grids, statutory alignment, benchmarking, and allowance structures, ensuring compliance and competitiveness.
Associate Consultant – Rewards & OE
Aon Consulting
04.2020 - 01.2021
- Delivered rewards advisory and compensation benchmarking for 20+ clients in Life Sciences and FMCG sectors, enhancing their competitive positioning.
- Supported executive compensation benchmarking and advisory, conducting peer group analysis and leadership pay positioning to inform strategic decision-making.
- Contributed to Aon’s Annual Salary Increase Survey (1,000+ companies) and Annual Campus Survey (800+ companies).
- Built and maintained knowledge management repository for Executive Compensation & Governance practice, streamlining access to critical data and insights.
Education
MA - Human Resources Management & Labour Relations
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Mumbai04-2020
BTech - Polymer Engineering & Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)
Mumbai05-2018
Skills
- Global Compensation & Rewards Strategy
- Job Architecture
- Job Evaluation
- Market Pricing
- Executive Compensation Benchmarking
- Incentive Analysis
- LTI Analysis
- Variable Pay Design
- Sales Incentive Design
- Pay Equity
- Compensation Cycles
- Budgeting
- Rewards Governance
- Compliance
- Compensation communication
- Executive Stakeholder Partnering
- CFO Partnering
- CHRO Partnering
- LTI plans
Certification
- Certified Job Evaluation Expert, Aon HR Learning Centre, 2026
- Aon Certified Rewards Ready, 2022
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Native
Native
Accomplishments
India Innovation Growth Programme 2.0, University Challenge' National Award by Department of Science and Technology, Delhi
Timeline
Global Compensation Specialist
Granicus
01.2025 - Current
Rewards Specialist
CompUp (YC S22)
03.2023 - 07.2025
Lead – International Compensation
L&T Technology Services
04.2021 - 03.2023
Associate Consultant – Rewards & OE
Aon Consulting
04.2020 - 01.2021
MA - Human Resources Management & Labour Relations
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
BTech - Polymer Engineering & Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT)