In today's fast evolving technology landscape, organizations face increasing pressure to balance business growth, talent retention and employee engagement. Short-Term Incentive (STI) programs can play a critical role in aligning employee performance with organizational priorities, but designing an effective plan requires thoughtful consideration of business strategy, workforce dynamics, and performance measurement.
This session presents a real-world case study of an IT organization that redesigned its Short-Term Incentive framework to strengthen performance accountability, enhance employee motivation, and support business transformation objectives. Participants will gain insights into the organization's approach to setting performance metrics, differentiating rewards, balancing individual, and team outcomes, and ensuring transparency and fairness in the incentive process. Through practical examples and lessons learned, the session will explore the challenges encountered during implementation, stakeholder considerations, communication strategies, and the measurable impact of the program on business and talent outcomes.
Key Takeaways:
- Understand different types of Short-Term Incentive programs in prevalence and target employees for the same.
- Understand the key principles of designing an effective Short-Term Incentive program in a technology-driven environment.
- Creating framework for assessing the effectiveness on Shirt-Term Incentive for different type of roles.
- Learn how to align incentive metrics with business priorities while maintaining employee engagement and motivation.
- Explore practical approaches to performance differentiation, governance, and communication.
- Gain insights from implementation challenges, lessons learned, and outcomes achieved.
Whether you are reviewing an existing incentive program or designing a new one, this session will provide actionable ideas and practical insights to help create a more effective and business-aligned STI strategy.
Ishaan Gautam is a Total Rewards leader with a decade of deep expertise in compensation, performance management, and employee listening across high-growth technology, global banking, and consulting environments. He currently serves as Associate Director — Total Rewards, Performance Management & Employee Listening at Myntra, where he leads an integrated charter spanning rewards strategy, performance, and engagement across all business units. His background sits squarely at the intersection of incentives and technology organizations. At Citibank N.A., he led APAC compensation for technology and front-office businesses — advising executive management across 13 countries on compensation strategy. As a Senior Consultant at WTW (Willis Towers Watson), he led short-term incentive design and benchmarking for a mid-size IT firm, alongside LTI benchmarking and job-architecture projects across IT, manufacturing, and FMCG clients. Ishaan is an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur and a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP®) and Global Remuneration Professional (GRP®) from WorldatWork.
