Senior Compensation Manager

Replit

Senior Compensation Manager building scalable compensation systems at Replit. Leading strategy and implementing AI workflows to enhance decision-making and speed in compensation processes.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeFoster City • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $210,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Evolve the company’s compensation philosophy across cash and equity
Translate compensation philosophy into clear, scalable decision frameworks
Design and maintain compensation structures, including leveling alignment, salary bands, and equity frameworks
Ensure market competitiveness while balancing cost and talent density
Partner with Finance to align compensation strategy with business and financial goals
Design and build a scalable compensation engine for offer generation, job leveling and benchmarking, merit and promotion recommendations, and pay equity monitoring
Encode compensation policies into systems, rules, and workflows
Partner with People Systems to integrate comp into HRIS, ATS, and equity platforms
Continuously improve workflows to increase speed, consistency, and decision quality
Redesign and operate compensation planning processes (merit, promotions, market adjustments)
Build systems that generate first-pass recommendations for comp decisions
Establish guardrails for offers, promotions, and exceptions
Support complex and high-stakes compensation decisions, including executive hiring and retention
Build and maintain compensation models to support offer strategy, equity scenarios, and workforce cost planning
Develop analytical frameworks to evaluate market competitiveness, internal equity, and retention risk
Create dashboards and reporting to provide visibility into compensation trends and system performance
Design and implement AI-enabled workflows across compensation processes
Identify opportunities to automate repeatable compensation decisions and augment complex decisions with AI-driven recommendations
Help evolve the People function toward an AI-native operating model

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in compensation, total rewards, or related analytical roles, including experience in scaling or high-growth tech companies
Deep expertise in compensation strategy, including salary bands, equity design, and market benchmarking
Strong systems thinking—you can translate policy into scalable workflows and decision logic
Product mindset—you think in terms of users, workflows, and iteration
Experience building or partnering on internal tools, automation, or AI-enabled workflows
Strong analytical and modeling skills, with the ability to translate data into clear decisions and recommendations
Experience supporting senior-level hiring, promotions, and executive compensation decisions
Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-paced environments
Strong cross-functional partnership skills, particularly with Finance, Recruiting, and HRBPs
High ownership mindset with a willingness to operate hands-on

Benefits

Comp & perks

💰 Competitive Salary & Equity
💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match
⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability
🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
🚗 Commuter Benefits
📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend
🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment
🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement
🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings
☕ In Office Amenities

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Hard Skills & Tools

compensation strategysalary bandsequity designmarket benchmarkinganalytical frameworkscompensation modelsAI-enabled workflowsautomationdecision frameworkscompensation structures

Soft Skills

systems thinkingproduct mindsetanalytical skillscross-functional partnershiphigh ownership mindsetability to operate in ambiguitydecision qualityworkflow improvementcommunicationcollaboration