Manager, Compensation
Baseten
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $180,000 - $230,000 per year
About the role
- Own and evolve Baseten’s company-wide compensation strategy, philosophy, and programs.
- Collaborate with leadership and HRBP to create and evolve job architecture and leveling frameworks.
- Build and maintain compensation bands. Conduct regular market benchmarking to ensure comp bands and strategy remain competitive in a fast moving industry.
- Partner closely with Talent to design and approve competitive new hire offers, advising on negotiation strategy within our compensation principles.
- Lead bi-annual leveling and compensation review cycles to ensure market competitiveness and reward high performance across teams.
- Manage new hire equity grants in partnership with Finance and Legal. Design and administer a thoughtful equity refresher program for tenured employees.
- Oversee annual bonus planning and payouts, ensuring alignment with company performance and individual impact.
- Partner with HRBPs and managers on compensation decisions related to promotions, retention, recognition, and off-cycle adjustments.
- Select and optimize compensation tooling, ensuring data integrity, operational efficiency, and thoughtful use of automation.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in compensation or total rewards, ideally within high-growth technology companies (Series D through IPO stage preferred).
- Deep expertise in equity compensation, including stock options and RSUs, with experience designing and managing equity refresher programs.
- Strong analytical rigor with advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, HRIS systems, and benchmarking tools
- Proven experience designing and evolving salary bands, leveling frameworks, bonus plans, and variable or incentive compensation programs.
- Comfortable leading companywide compensation and performance review cycles, including managing inputs from many stakeholders and calibrating across teams.
- Ability to operate as both a strategic advisor to senior leadership and a hands-on builder of scalable, principled compensation systems.
- High ownership and sound judgment in time-sensitive situations such as candidate negotiations, promotions, and retention decisions.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate compensation philosophy and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Nice to have: Experience building and leading a team.
- Nice to have: Experience owning benefits strategy and evaluating vendors, including healthcare funding models and 401(k) plan design.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
- Generous PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
- Paid parental leave
- Company-facilitated 401(k)
- Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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