Varicent Developer

CYNET SYSTEMS INC.

Los Angeles, CA, United States

26 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience required

1 year minimum

Compensation

$145,600.0 - $156,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.dice.com

Tech stack

ASP.NET Artificial Intelligence Software as a Service Data Validation Data Governance Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Transformation Relational Databases Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) IT Management PostgreSQL Microsoft SQL Server

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Oracle (Applications) Performance Tuning Scrum Methodology Regression Testing Release Management Standard Sql Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Strategies of Testing User-Centered Design Atlassian Tools Performance Monitor Conditional Formatting Api Management

Job description

Serve as the primary client-facing lead for all Varicent initiatives, driving business discussions, requirement gathering sessions, solution workshops, and roadmap planning.
Partner with business stakeholders, compensation teams, and technology teams to translate business requirements into scalable Varicent solutions.
Lead end-to-end design, development, configuration, and support of Varicent SaaS-based Incentive Compensation Management solutions.
Design and develop Varicent data models, hierarchies, imports, calculations, workflows, reports, dashboards, outbound processes, and security configurations.
Act as the Varicent product SME, guiding business users on platform capabilities, best practices, enhancement opportunities, and solution approaches.
Lead offshore development teams, perform design and code reviews, establish development standards, and mentor team members.
Drive new feature implementations, compensation plan changes, territory and hierarchy updates, and production support activities.
Manage project delivery estimates, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications across onshore and offshore teams.
Support release planning, testing strategy, defect resolution, deployment activities, and post-production stabilization.
Collaborate with business and leadership teams to continuously improve compensation processes, operational efficiency, and reporting capabilities.
Drive issue resolution, escalation management, and ensure successful project execution while maintaining strong client relationships.
Serve as the primary Varicent subject-matter expert for executive stakeholders, Sales Ops leaders, Finance Controllers, and IT leadership.
Design AI-ready data and compensation solutions enabling business efficiencies.
Own platform health, monitor performance, resolve technical issues, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Lead the Varicent upgrade and release management strategy, including regression testing and change management.
Define and implement data governance, audit controls, and SOX-compliant configuration standards.
Mentor and coach junior analysts and developers, conducting knowledge transfer sessions.
Lead a blended team of internal staff and offshore resources.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in Incentive Compensation Management with a minimum of 5+ years hands-on Varicent platform experience.
1+ years of strong expertise in the Varicent SaaS Platform including configuration, development, administration, deployments, and production support.
Deep demonstrable expertise in both Varicent Designer data models, calculations, pipeline workflows, symbols, and Varicent Studio reports, dashboards, web forms, conditional formatting.
Proven experience delivering Varicent solutions for large-scale multinational enterprises.
Track record of leading full ICM implementation projects independently from requirements through go-live.
Advanced proficiency in Varicent Designer pipeline configuration, symbol logic, data transformation, error handling, and performance tuning.
Strong SQL and relational database skills (SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL) for data validation and integration support.
Understanding of ETL principles, API integrations (REST/SOAP), and flat-file data exchange patterns.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools such as Jira and Confluence.