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DropboxDropboxUnited States

Senior Compensation Business Partner

Serve as a trusted Compensation Business Partner to HR partners, business leaders, and executives. Design, advise on, and improve compensation programs, philosophies, and processes using data-driven analysis, market benchmarking, and strategic alignment to business goals.

134k – 203k/yr
Remote7+ YOEPeople Ops

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Drive Dropbox’s compensation philosophy, design and programs for your client teams.
  • Build a consultative and collaborative relationship with HR business partners, business leaders, and executive leadership on compensation programs evolution and compensation initiatives.
  • Act as a trusted advisor on compensation decisions. Support decisions with sound judgement and data-backed recommendations.
  • Proactively research compensation best practices and trends. Perform analysis on effectiveness, competitiveness and fairness of existing programs. Present findings and thoughtful alternative solutions that are aligned with Dropbox’s philosophy.
  • Contribute to the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide compensation programs and processes, including job architecture, market benchmarking, compensation review cycles, and global compensation practices.
  • Design and implement programs with an understanding of fulfilling business need and impact on global employee base.
  • Build and deliver compensation-related training and education materials to your client teams.
  • Work with the Recruiting team to deliver a delightful new hire process by applying Dropbox compensation policies in fair and equitable ways. This includes new hire offer package consultation to ensure alignment to market and internal peers.

Requirements

  • BA/BS in related field
  • 7+ years of experience in-house or advising, preferably for the technology industry or compensation consulting firm
  • Experience with job evaluation, market matching, job pricing, compensation review cycles, and global compensation practices
  • Demonstrated adaptability and experience in a fast-paced environment
  • Solid eye for business and the ability to influence and develop strong working relationships with multiple partners, including executives, line management, and peers.
  • Experience in a client-facing role working and supporting Corporate Groups or EPD teams
  • Strong change management and project management skills
  • Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear outputs and recommendations to inform decision-making.
  • Advanced Excel skills (interview process may include an Excel test).

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience using data visualization tools, such as Tableau, to communicate compensation insights and trends to business and HR stakeholders.
  • Working knowledge of SQL, Databricks, or similar tools to analyze large or complex compensation datasets.
  • Experience using AI tools for compensation analytics and reporting.
  • Knowledge of Tableau, SQL, or AI for compensation analytics.

Skills

compensation strategyjob evaluationmarket benchmarkingjob pricingcompensation review cyclesglobal compensationExcelTableauSQLDatabricksai analyticsChange ManagementProject Management

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