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DatadogDatadogNew York, NY

Engineering Compensation Partner

Compensation Partner collaborating with recruiting, HRBPs, and leadership on offers, strategy, and job catalogs for Go-to-Market, Technical Solutions, and G&A teams. Requires 5+ years compensation experience in high-growth SaaS, strong data analysis, and business influence skills.

143k – 209k
Hybrid5+ YOEPeople Ops

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Collaborate closely with global business recruiting team on offers in real time as a trusted advisor
  • Consult with and influence HR Business Partners, Recruiting, and Managers + Leadership to help drive compensation decisions and strategy critical for our Go To Market functions (sales, marketing)
  • Use external data and a strong understanding of our business, maintain a competitive and current job catalog for all of our Technical Solutions and General & Administration teams
  • Provide regular updates on industry trends and best practices, especially with respect to stock, to help ensure our overall Compensation strategy is highly competitive
  • Partner with compensation colleagues to support the compensation team’s internal data gathering, modeling, analytics, reporting, and insights, using recruiting intelligence, manager knowledge, and benchmarking surveys to make sure our compensation approach is market-leading, scalable, and internally aligned
  • Identify when our standard program is not meeting the needs of the business and proactively suggest improvements

Who You Are

  • 5+ years of Compensation work, with expert-level understanding of compensation survey data and providers, and industry best practices
  • Supported technical solutions and/or general administration teams to align compensation strategies to drive performance and retention
  • Worked in public or high-growth SaaS/technology companies, ideally supporting global teams including Technical Solutions organizations
  • Both analytically rigorous and business savvy, able to translate data into actionable insights and influence decisions across cross-functional stakeholders

Skills

Compensation StrategySurvey Data AnalysisBenchmarkingJob Catalog MaintenanceCompensation ModelingAnalytics And ReportingStock CompensationHrbp CollaborationRecruiting SupportSaas Compensation

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