Compensation Manager
Mission Lane
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $116,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Maintain and Evolve Our Structure: Manage our compensation architecture, including job evaluations and salary structures, to ensure internal equity.
- Keep Us Competitive: Lead the annual refresh of compensation data, analyzing market trends to ensure our pay remains competitive.
- Run Our Core Programs: Lead the company-wide annual merit, bonus, and equity refresh processes from planning and budgeting to execution and communication.
- Shape Incentive Plans: Partner in the design, documentation, and administration of our various incentive plans, from monthly production bonuses to annual corporate incentives.
- Be a Trusted Partner: Work closely with HR Business Partners (HRBPs) and hiring managers to price new jobs and manage compensation for promotions, transfers, and market adjustments.
- Analyze and Advise: Analyze and recommend the appropriate mix of base pay, incentive, and equity across the organization.
- Support Executive Planning: Prepare clear, data-driven materials for the Compensation Committee, including peer group analysis and executive compensation data.
- Educate and Empower: Serve as a key resource for educating managers and employees on our compensation philosophy and practices, translating complex data into simple, actionable insights.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- 7+ years of broad-based compensation experience, including job evaluation, market pricing, and salary structure design.
- Demonstrated experience managing annual compensation cycles (merit, bonus, and/or equity).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an exceptional attention to detail.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets (e.g., v-lookups, pivot tables, complex modeling).
- Deep experience using compensation survey data and tools.
- Proficiency with HRIS and compensation management modules.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex data clearly to leaders.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- 401(k) match
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Health insurance options
- Dental insurance options
- Vision insurance options
- Disability coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible spending account (for childcare and healthcare)
- Life insurance
- Remote-friendly work environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
compensation architecturejob evaluationssalary structuresmarket pricingannual compensation cyclesdata analysiscompensation survey dataHRIScompensation management modulesadvanced Excel
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solving skillsattention to detailcommunication skillsstakeholder managementeducational skillscollaborationpresentation skills