Senior Compensation Partner, Technology

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary compensation advisor for Technology leaders in Engineering, Infrastructure, ML/AI, and Data Science.

• Manage contested offers, retention strategies, annual equity distributions, and leveling exceptions.

• Provide counsel to Talent Directors and their teams; deliver recommendations to senior leadership and executives in Talent, Finance, and Legal.

• Oversee market positioning and benchmarking frameworks for technical talent.

• Assess roles based on AI expertise, research contributions, and essential skills.

• Design and implement intricate global compensation programs, ensuring accountability for costs, budgets, and ROI.

• Influence pay equity, job architecture and leveling, pay transparency, and workforce planning initiatives.

• Develop financial models for long-term compensation strategies and executive-level planning.

• Collaborate with regional Total Rewards Partners across EMEA, APAC, and India.

• Direct the Technology compensation cycle strategy from budget modeling to manager support and executive summaries.

• Build and maintain external networks with survey providers, consultancies, and peer companies.

• Create compensation models, tools, frameworks, AI-driven benchmarking, offer generation, and workflow automation.

• Collaborate on dashboards that provide market insights and offer guidance for recruiters, hiring managers, and Talent Directors.

• Mentor compensation partners and analysts while developing enablement resources.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 12 years of experience in compensation or analytics.

• Preferably experience in supporting the technical domain of a rapidly growing technology firm in a fast-paced, global setting.

• Knowledge of the AI/ML talent market.

• Demonstrated experience as the primary compensation advisor to executive or C-level technical leaders.

• Proven track record of managing high-stakes compensation decisions.

• Capability to advise Talent Directors, recruiters, and senior business leaders.

• Experience in designing and strategizing complex global compensation programs.

• Financial responsibility for program costs and budgets.

• Experience in leading cross-functional initiatives in dynamic and uncertain environments.

• Broad expertise in base pay structure design, equity and incentive design, job architecture and leveling, and pay equity.

• In-depth knowledge of third-party survey methodologies, including Radford, Mercer, and WTW.

• Ability to define benchmarking methodologies and create and validate pay structures across various regions and functions.

• Advanced skills in Excel/Google Sheets.

• Proficient in SQL, Python, or R.

• Experience with Workday Advanced Compensation, Tableau, or similar BI and compensation platforms.

• Active engagement with AI tools and technologies.

• Strong skills in communication, influencing, negotiation, and presentation.

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in a quantitative discipline such as Engineering, Economics, Statistics, or Data Science, or equivalent experience.

• Must reside in San Francisco, California.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonuses.

• Eligibility for equity.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Employee travel credits.

• Inclusive application and interview process for individuals with disabilities.

• Reasonable accommodations available throughout the recruitment process.