Why job leveling needs a reset
Job leveling has always been foundational to pay, career paths and workforce planning. But the context has changed.
Organizations are now facing:
- Increasingly complex operating models
- Faster-changing roles and skills
- Greater expectations for transparency and fairness
- Continuous transformation driven by AI
Traditional approaches are struggling to keep up, often slowing decision-making and creating inconsistencies across the organization.
Leading organizations are rethinking job leveling by embedding AI into the process, not as a replacement but as an accelerator.
AI can:
- Build consistency across large, complex job structures
- Reduce time spent on high-volume, routine evaluations
- Strengthen the objectivity and defensibility of decisions
- Free HR teams to focus on higher-value work
The result is a faster, more scalable and more strategic approach to job leveling.
Hear from industry leaders
Learn directly from leaders applying AI to job leveling at scale:
- Adrienne Altman, Vice President, Global Total Rewards & Well-being, Kimberly-Clark
- Jessica Bürner, Global Head of Organization Health, Boehringer Ingelheim
- Catherine Hartmann, Senior Managing Director, Global Work, Rewards & Careers Practice Leader, WTW
- Anja Pempelfort, Managing Director, Global Go-to-Market Lead, Job Leveling & Architecture, WTW
They share practical lessons from real implementations including what works, what doesn’t and how to build momentum.
“If you can free people up from those things that are more routine, it gives them the opportunity to do more interesting work — the things they never have the time to do.”Adrienne AltmanVice President, Global Total Rewards & Well-being, Kimberly-Clark
What you’ll learn
In this 45-minute session, you’ll gain practical insight into how to apply AI in your own organization.
We’ll cover how to:
- Accelerate job evaluation while maintaining rigor
- Improve consistency across regions and business units
- Build trust and confidence in outcomes over time
- Integrate AI into existing workflows without disruption
- Use job leveling to support broader transformation efforts
What leading organizations are seeing
Across the discussion, a clear pattern emerges:
- Efficiency comes first especially for routine work
- Confidence builds over time through consistency and validation
- Adoption depends on trust, not just technology
- Human judgment remains critical for governance and decision-making
“Job evaluation has taken a much more strategic role. It’s no longer an expert topic in isolation, but central to how we understand roles and value across the organization.”Jessica BrunerGlobal Head of Organization Health, Boehringer Ingelheim
Most importantly, organizations are shifting job leveling from a back-office process to a strategic enabler of business decisions.
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