Sr. Compensation Manager

Scope of the role

This is a hands-on, high-impact role that will effectively cover below areas and the anticipated time spent on each:

• Compensation solutioning for R&D Talent (40%)
• Managing Compensation processes through the employee life cycle (30%)
• Contributing to building and delivering enterprise-wide compensation programs/ frameworks (30%)

Requirements

Comp expertise

• Know your craft - Job architecture, Comp frameworks, Market pricing, Year-end and Midyear pay cycle, global compensation practices, pay for performance design
• Know your data - Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear outputs and recommendations. Analyze competitive trends in cash, equity, and total rewards to inform decision-making and tradeoffs. Advanced capabilities required in gSheets, excel. We’ll love it if you know tableau, SQL, python or have used AI for comp analytics though not a requirement
• Know the competition - Deep expertise in tech compensation practices, especially around new-hire and refresh equity strategies in the tech sector
• Be rational - Ability to balance comp knowledge with business solutioning from a first principles viewpoint.

Operational and partnership excellence

• Build innovatively & scale effectively - create innovative frameworks/solutions to not just solve today’s issues but also thinking ahead and anticipating future needs
• Operational capability - Ability to connect the dots between systems, players, programs to seamlessly deliver compensation programs/ products
• Savvy collaborator - Partner closely with founders and executive leadership to pre-empt, understand and solve business needs. Navigate at times competing priorities and opinions to drive the best outcomes
• Trusted advisor - Act as a trusted advisor on compensation decisions, including offers, promotions, leveling, retention and M&A scenarios. Support sensitive, high-stakes compensation decisions with sound judgment and data-backed recommendations.