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Nicole Paul

@nicolepaul

Visionary Total Rewards leader driving global compensation, compliance, and AI-enabled HR transformation.

United States
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I’m a Visionary Total Rewards leader with nearly 30 years of progressive experience designing compensation, benefits, and people programs that drive organizational performance and secure competitive advantage in global markets. I’ve led global Total Rewards for enterprises up to $2B in revenue across workforces up to 10,000+ employees spanning 12 countries.

Trusted by the C-Suite and Compensation Committees, I advise on executive compensation design, governance, and enterprise people strategy. In parallel, I build P&L-aligned compensation modeling and global compliance frameworks that help organizations reduce risk and improve decision-making.

I’m also a recognized change agent who leads AI adoption within HR—designing AI training programs and internal AI labs, and facilitating responsible AI integration into HR workflows to deliver measurable efficiency gains. Most recently, I consolidated fragmented Total Reward programs into a unified global framework supporting a $300M international revenue stream while improving pay equity across markets.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Director of Global Total Rewards

Balsam Brands

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 5 months)

Led AI transformation in the People function, creating internal AI literacy trainings/labs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) and enabling responsible AI HR workflows. Consolidated global total rewards into a unified framework supporting $300M international revenue, improved pay equity, reduced recruiting cycle time 7%, and decreased regrettable attrition 5%.

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Director of Total Rewards & Compliance

S&ME

Jan 2020 - Jan 2023 (3 years)

Restructured health and welfare plans through plan design and vendor negotiations, saving $3.5M annually while preserving coverage. Built enterprise risk/compliance infrastructure, provided executive governance and oversight for sensitive investigations, and directed P&L-aligned total rewards strategy with multi-year cost containment.

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Total Rewards Partner/Compliance

Logan Aluminum

Jan 2017 - Jan 2020 (3 years)

Redesigned health and welfare plans using data-driven analysis, reducing total annual benefit spend 21% while maintaining workforce coverage. Owned a $20M departmental budget and led workforce wellness strategy, including oversight of an onsite medical facility for 4,200 employees and dependents.

Education

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Old Dominion University logoOU

Old Dominion University

Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration

Earned a degree in Business Administration from Old Dominion University.

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