# Compensation Business Partner

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Seattle, WA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $160k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Compensation Analysis, Incentive Plan Design, Market Benchmarking, Job Architecture, Equity Compensation, Data Analysis, Financial Modeling, ROI Analysis, Sales Compensation, Compensation Software
**Posted:** 2026-02-23

> Designs and delivers compensation programs including salary structures, incentives, and variable pay for Customer Experience. Partners with leadership, Revenue Ops, and Finance to align with business goals. Requires 6+ years in compensation, tech preferred.

## Job Description

## What you will do
- Partner closely with Revenue Operations and Finance to design, implement, and govern salary structures, incentive plans, and other compensation frameworks.
- Benchmark compensation practices against competitive companies and apply insights to strengthen Rippling’s pay positioning.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing consultation on pay-for-performance strategies, quota alignment, and competitive practices.
- Partner with product, sales and engineering teams to contribute to the development of variable compensation software.
- Develop models for incentive cost, ROI, and scenario planning to support Finance and executive decision-making.
- Lead communications and enablement to ensure managers and employees clearly understand how their compensation programs work.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure compensation programs are consistent, compliant, and scalable globally.

## What you will need
- At least 6 years of compensation-related work experience, preferably within the tech industry, with at least 3 years managing Compensation Programs. Experience with Incentive Plans in the US (or Private company equity preparing for IPO) preferred.
- Substantial command of compensation fundamentals: job matching, market pricing, Leveling and Job Architecture, equity mechanics at private and public companies, cyclical programs, etc.
- Ability to manage change and ambiguity, and influence cross functional stakeholders effectively.
- Prior experience working with large amounts of data, utilizing strong analytical skills to interpret compensation trends and build intelligence through reporting, with high attention to data validity.
- Excellent communication and presentations skills, with the ability to effectively translate complex compensation concepts/models into digestible plans to the executives.

## Compensation
Salary Range: $160,000 - $210,000 USD (varies by location)

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