Oct 9, 2025

Managing Workforce Strategically with AI: Transforming Compensation & Budgeting

Managing Workforce Strategically with AI: Transforming Compensation & Budgeting
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ExtraMile by WisdomPlexus is a globally watched interview series that highlights visionary founders, C-suite leaders, and trailblazers across diverse industries. Every episode is designed to make an impact on our audience with wisdom and insights on the tech world.

In today’s discussion, we’re joined by Haris Ikram, Co-Founder and CEO of CandorIQ, an end-to-end compensation management and workforce planning platform that helps companies align headcount, budget, and pay decisions in one place.

With a background leading product management at unicorns like Salesforce, Blend, and Checkr, Haris is a true pioneer. In this insightful talk, Haris shares the experience that inspired the building of CandorIQ, alongside insights into how AI is revolutionizing HR tech, enabling transparency in total rewards, CandorIQ’s AI agent in workforce planning, and the future of HR tech.

Explore the complete conversation to discover how high-growth companies rely on CandorIQ for informed workforce decisions.

Key Takeaways:

In the next 15 minutes, our audience will attain knowledge and insights on how CandorIQ is reshaping modern workforce planning:

  • Building of CandorIQ: How Haris’ experience of managing global teams formed the basis of coming up with a unified compensation management platform.
  • Challenges with Compensation Management: Fragmented data through the HR, Finance, and Business teams – and how CandorIQ solves it.
  • Global Benchmarking Benefit: The way CandorIQ uses benchmarking data to attract and retain the best talent in its organizations globally.
  • Transparency in Total Rewards: The increasing importance of pay-transparency rules and the way in which CandorIQ assists firms in this regard.
  • AI in Workforce Planning: Explore the AI-driven agents of CandorIQ that reveal hidden labor knowledge, point out areas of employee turnover, and automate payroll functions.
  • Future of HR Tech: Why AI is turning HR into a more strategic business partner.