Compensation Strategy & Program Lead
Leads enterprise compensation program portfolios, designing scalable governance, automation, and self-service tooling while advising leadership on market positioning, pay equity, and organizational design. Requires substantial compensation experience, quantitative rigor, and fluency with compensation, HRIS, and analytics systems.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver strategic and operational compensation program portfolios, such as focal cycles, equity architecture, salary structures, geographic pay, promotions, and specialized incentive frameworks.
- Collaborate with peer Program Leads to maintain a cohesive global compensation philosophy and unified program delivery.
- Partner with Compensation Operations and Data/Tooling teams to translate compensation rules into automated workflows, AI-assisted self-service resources, and centralized reporting.
- Establish transparent policy-as-code guardrails and delegation-of-authority frameworks that enable managers and People partners to make pay decisions autonomously.
- Advise senior leadership on talent-market positioning, pay equity, and organizational design, emphasizing systemic improvements.
Requirements
- Proven experience designing, iterating, and scaling enterprise compensation programs end-to-end.
- Strong frontline compensation consulting experience.
- Ability to independently drive program portfolios while collaborating cross-functionally.
- Systems- and AI-first approach to policy redesign, automation, and self-service tooling.
- High proficiency in quantitative modeling and evaluating macro compensation metrics.
- Comfort partnering with data and operations teams.
- Substantial compensation experience.
- Fluency with modern compensation planning, HRIS, and data/analytics tools.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary range of $135,800–$245,400 USD, depending on geographic pay zone, skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.
- Benefits include remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning.
Skills
Compensation Planning, HRIS, Quantitative Modeling, Data Analytics, Automation, Self-Service Tooling, AI Workflows, Pay Equity, Salary Structures
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