Nicholas Vollrath
Head of Global and Executive Compensation
Merck
CCP®, GRP®, CSCP®, CECP®

Nick Vollrath is a Total Rewards leader with extensive consulting and corporate experience in compensation and benefits design, administration, and mergers and acquisitions. He is currently Head of Global and Executive Compensation for Merck, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with over 70,000 employees and $60 billion in revenues. Previously, Nick held leadership positions in compensation with Siemens and Aon.

A WorldatWork faculty member since 2015, Nick is on the board of the New Jersey Compensation Association and a former board member of the Northern New Jersey chapter of the International Foundation of employee Benefit Plans. He earned a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Temple University's Fox School of Business and is a WorldatWork Certified Compensation Professional (CCP®), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®), Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP®), and Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP®).

Professional Designation Professional Designations/ Accreditations:
  • Certified Compensation Professional (CCP®)
  • Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®)
  • Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP®) 
  • Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP®)
Education Education

  • MBA from Temple University's Fox School of Business
  • BA from St. Lawrence University

Nick Vollrath is a Total Rewards leader with extensive consulting and corporate experience in compensation and benefits design, administration, and mergers and acquisitions. He is currently Head of Global and Executive Compensation for Merck, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with over 70,000 employees and $60 billion in revenues. Previously, Nick held leadership positions in compensation with Siemens and Aon.

A WorldatWork faculty member since 2015, Nick is on the board of the New Jersey Compensation Association and a former board member of the Northern New Jersey chapter of the International Foundation of employee Benefit Plans. He earned a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Temple University's Fox School of Business and is a WorldatWork Certified Compensation Professional (CCP®), Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®), Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP®), and Certified Executive Compensation Professional (CECP®).