Pay Transparency Readiness:What Your Organization Needs Before the Deadlines Hit What the session covers This panel runs approximately 59 minutes. The discussion is structured around four practitioner perspectives, followed by a live Q&A from the audience. Job architecture as the foundation: why most organizations skip it and what happens when they do Data consolidation and governance: where the actual bottlenecks are, across payroll systems, local benefit structures, and fragmented HR tech stacks The U.S. versus EU split: different legislative timelines, different levels of organizational readiness, and what global teams need to account for Manager enablement: why frontline managers are the most important and most underprepared part of any pay transparency rollout The employee experience gap: why salary ranges alone do not build trust, and what employees actually need to feel fairly compensated Explaining past pay decisions: how to approach the conversation honestly without overpromising or pretending historical pay practices were flawless If you’d like to explore this further, you can get the Manager’s Guide to the Strategic Pay Conversation get the guide Meet the speakers Jim Bagley Compensation Strategies Manager, Deloitte Read bio × Bio: Jim Bagley is a Compensation Strategies Manager at Deloitte Consulting, focusing on compensation strategy, pay equity, and job architecture for large enterprises. He has experience across industries with a specialization in Healthcare Payers. Prior to Deloitte, Jim held compensation and HR systems roles at a leading health and wellness company, where he managed pay equity assessments, compensation accruals, and regulatory compliance. He is a speaker at the WorldatWork Total Rewards Conference and co-author of research on optimizing compensation through business cycles. Jim has also been featured on the HRCI Capital H podcast discussing HR transformation and strategic HR. 🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
 Sophie Janke Implementation Specialist, gradar Read bio × Bio: Sophie Janke is an Implementation Consultant at gradar, specializing in job evaluation, gender pay gap reporting, and change management. She works directly with organizations to implement job architecture and compensation structures that bring transparency, fairness, and equity to their pay practices. Sophie focuses on helping companies navigate the people side of compensation transformation – supporting HR teams and employees through the changes that come with building defensible pay structures. She has been featured on the CompTeam podcast discussing change champions and employee wellbeing during organizational transitions. 🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
 Luca Valerii Total Rewards Consultant Read bio × Bio: Luca Valerii is an independent Total Rewards consultant with over 20 years of experience in compensation, benefits, and HR leadership. He began his career at Towers Perrin in London as a Performance Management and Reward consultant. In 1999 he joined Microsoft as Compensation and Benefits head for Southern Europe, later expanding to lead C&B for all of EMEA. From 2005 to 2014, he served as HR Director of Microsoft Italia, where his team won Best Place to Work (2006, 2010, 2013) and Best HR Team 2013 for their Smart Working initiative. Luca specializes in innovative people management systems that connect individual productivity, business results, and organizational wellbeing. 🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
 Kristijan Manasievski Strategic Solution Advisor, Semos Cloud Read bio × Bio: Kristijan Manasievski is a Strategic Solution Advisor at Semos Cloud with over 8 years of experience in the B2B SaaS space. As a founding member of Semos Cloud’s Solution Advisory team, he led the development of core presales processes and works closely with CxOs to align HR technology solutions with business needs. Kristijan specializes in enterprise solution consulting, helping organizations design scalable Total Rewards and employee experience architectures. He has conducted product demonstrations for C-level executives across IT and HR functions and has played a key role in expanding Semos Cloud’s market footprint, including strategic partnerships with SAP as a Spotlight Partner. 🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
 Moderator Filip Misovski CEO, Semos Cloud Read bio × Bio: Filip Misovski is CEO of Semos Cloud and Founder of Semos.ai, based in Frankfurt, Germany. With over 20 years of experience at SAP and Oracle, Filip brings deep expertise in HCM and ERP systems. He holds 10+ patents in UI design and cloud deployment, and led the creation of SAP Discovery Center. Under his leadership, Semos Cloud has achieved SAP Spotlight+ status and Workday Innovation Partner designation, serving 150+ enterprise customers with 2M+ active users globally.. 🔗 Connect on LinkedIn
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