# Compensation Manager

**Company:** [Abridge](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/abridge)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $179k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Excel, vlookup, index/match, compensation benchmarking, market pricing, job architecture, sales compensation, ote design, bonus structuring, equity frameworks, salary structures, incentive plans, compensation modeling
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Owns compensation strategy and program design for a fast-growing AI healthcare company, including market benchmarking, salary structures, equity, executive compensation, and sales incentives. Requires 6+ years of compensation experience and strong Excel, modeling, and communication skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Conduct market benchmarking and modeling using appropriate peer groups to support compensation program design and decision-making.
- Set the cadence for refreshing compensation bands and own the process end-to-end.
- Provide informed guidance on compensation, including executive compensation and frameworks.
- Turn compensation data into clear recommendations for executives and hiring managers.
- Advise on sales and other go-to-market compensation design, including on-target earnings (OTE) structuring.
- Partner with Finance and Recruiting to design and govern salary structures, incentive plans, and exception criteria.
- Ensure accurate compensation data flows to Finance for budgeting.
- Build the frameworks, tools, and governance needed to scale compensation programs.
- Track market movement and compensation trends in the AI sector.

## Requirements
- 6+ years of compensation experience, ideally at a high-growth technology or AI company.
- Experience owning compensation program development, beyond purely analytical work.
- Deep Excel fluency, including modeling, VLOOKUP, and INDEX/MATCH.
- Experience building defensible benchmarking approaches and peer groups.
- Strong sales compensation experience, including OTE design and bonus structuring.
- Knowledge of compensation fundamentals, including job matching, market pricing, leveling, job architecture, and cyclical programs.
- Experience designing and owning compensation and equity frameworks, including executive-level programs across public and private companies.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to make complex analysis accessible to business leaders.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary range of $178,500–$210,000.
- Competitive compensation and equity grants for full-time employees.
- 14 paid holidays and flexible paid time off for salaried employees.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees and their families.
- Health Savings Account contributions for eligible employees.
- Paid parental leave.
- Family-forming benefits.
- 401(k) matching.
- Personal device allowance.
- Flexible Spending Accounts and commuter benefits.
- Monthly lifestyle wallet contributions for fitness, professional development, coworking, and more.
- Mental health support, including therapy and coaching.
- Paid sabbatical leave after five years of employment.

## Similar roles

- [Senior People Business Partner, GTM](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/38f5903b-0e2d-4bf3-941b-6ec568be3eeb) - Baseten - San Francisco, CA - $180k – $230k/yr
- [Senior HRBP - G&A](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/4b061ba0-9f72-4c2e-8778-793d0525ce1b) - Vercel - San Francisco, CA - $180k – $220k/yr
- [Manager, Compensation](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/05f52b60-160d-407b-bf56-5257e2f77741) - Baseten - San Francisco, CA - $180k – $230k/yr
- [Sr. Manager, HR Business Partner](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/cd8192f8-4a7e-437a-bd71-3fbf50a3720e) - Headway - New York, NY - $180k – $250k/yr
- [HR Business Partner](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/ffb7a988-9a3e-4d17-a50a-4af5a7ff02d3) - Coinbase - Remote - $176k – $207k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/0eeb1e8f-ee6e-4fff-926a-e82235684201
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/0eeb1e8f-ee6e-4fff-926a-e82235684201