Polaris Yu
Director Total Rewards at Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolPolaris Yu is a seasoned Total Rewards leader with eight years of progressive experience designing and managing compensation, benefits, and classification programs across public and private sectors, now serving as Director Total Rewards at Simon Fraser University. She has led regional total rewards strategies for transit and higher education, managed complex public-sector compensation frameworks for Nova Scotia, and delivered Asia-wide C&B programs at multinational firms including Nike and Bekaert. Polaris combines analytical rigor—rooted in hands-on job evaluation, market benchmarking and expatriate mobility management—with a consultative approach to balance employer risk and employee experience. Her background spans HR operations, talent development, and management consulting, enabling her to translate policy into pragmatic, equity-focused programs. Fluent in cross-cultural work and versed in international mobility, she often shapes total compensation decisions that consider both local market nuance and enterprise governance.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Business English, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Business English at Shanghai University of International Business and EconomicsMaster of Arts (M.A.) Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration General, Master of Arts (M.A.) Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration General at Renmin University of ChinaMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (3)
user-guide4
java3
garbage-collector2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
polariszzzz/Story_Of_Diary
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:10 PRs, 64 pushes in 1 month
polariszzzz/voice_detection
May 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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