Sr. Compensation Manager GTM
Sr. Compensation Manager partnering with GTM leadership at Databricks to design competitive compensation models, manage pay processes across the employee lifecycle, and build enterprise compensation frameworks, with deep expertise in tech equity strategies and data-driven recommendations.
About the job
Impact You Will Have
- Compensation solutioning for GTM talent (40%)
- Managing Compensation processes through the employee life cycle (30%)
- Contributing to building and delivering enterprise-wide compensation programs/frameworks (30%)
What We Look For
Compensation Expertise
- Job architecture, comp frameworks, market pricing, year-end and midyear pay cycles, global compensation practices, pay for performance design
- 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 in Google Sheets, Excel (Tableau, SQL, Python, or AI for comp analytics preferred)
- Deep expertise in tech compensation practices, especially new-hire and refresh equity strategies in the tech sector
- Ability to balance comp knowledge with business solutioning from a first principles viewpoint
Operational and Partnership Excellence
- Create innovative frameworks/solutions to solve today’s issues while anticipating future needs
- Connect the dots between systems, players, and programs to seamlessly deliver compensation programs/products
- Partner closely with founders and executive leadership to pre-empt, understand and solve business needs; navigate competing priorities
- Act as a trusted advisor on compensation decisions including offers, promotions, leveling, retention, transfers, and org changes
- Support sensitive, high-stakes compensation decisions with sound judgment and data-backed recommendations
Skills
Compensation Frameworks, Job Architecture, Market Pricing, Pay For Performance, Equity Compensation, Total Rewards Analysis, Excel, Google Sheets, Tableau, SQL, Python, Compensation Analytics
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