# Compensation Partner

**Company:** [Thinking Machines Lab](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/thinking-machines-lab)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $250k – $425k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Compensation Strategy, Market Research, Equity Compensation, Compensation Programs, Pay Analysis, Talent Market Analysis, Compensation Philosophy, High-Growth Tech Compensation, Financial Modeling, Benchmarking
**Posted:** 2026-05-04

> Designs and implements compensation frameworks, advises on pay decisions for offers/promotions/retention, builds equity strategy, and communicates comp transparently to build trust. Requires 7+ years in high-growth environments with strong POV on comp philosophy.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

- Design and implement Thinking Machines’ overall compensation framework and programs to attract and retain highly sought-after talent.
- Advise managers and leadership on pay decisions across offers, promotions, and retention.
- Establish our compensation strategy based on market research, analysis, and your own judgment, with awareness that standards benchmarks lag the reality of the talent market.
- Build the equity compensation framework in partnership with finance and leadership.
- Communicate compensation to candidates and employees in a clear way that builds trust.

## Skills and Qualifications

**Minimum qualifications:**
- 7+ years of compensation experience in a high-growth environment.
- Track record building compensation programs from the ground up, ideally in an early-stage environment.
- Experience operating in a competitive and dynamic talent market without relying on benchmarks and mature processes.
- Ability to articulate a clear point of view on good compensation philosophy.

**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Experience at an AI lab, foundation model company, or high-growth tech company where compensation moves faster than survey cycles.
- Familiarity with the compensation landscape across research (PhDs, postdocs, industry researchers), engineering, and non-technical functions, and how expectations differ meaningfully across all three.

## Logistics

**Compensation:** Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $250,000 - $425,000 USD.

**Benefits:** Generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.

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