Senior Compensation Business Partner – Lead
Whatnot
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $190,000 - $245,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as the primary strategic advisor to EPD leadership on compensation philosophy & pay positioning
- Design and evolve creative compensation programs that retain top technical talent and reinforce a high-performance engineering, product, and design culture
- Lead evolution of EPD-specific frameworks (IC track, engineering advancement velocity, differentiated compensation levers for top-of-market roles).
- Own and lead semi-annual compensation cycles for EPD, ensuring alignment with Finance, accuracy, calibration discipline, and a best-in-class leader experience.
- Define and uphold compensation governance across EPD — ranges, leveling consistency, IC/Senior/Staff expectations, offer standards, and equity guidelines
- Partner with People Analytics to analyze hiring trends, internal mobility outcomes, pay equity gaps, and performance distribution patterns.
- Build financial models and scenario plans to evaluate cost impacts, talent density shifts, and future-state compensation needs.
- Own optimization of compensation systems (including Complete) for EPD-specific workflows, reporting, and accuracy.
- Create and deliver compensation literacy programs for engineering managers, PM leaders, and design leadership — driving consistent, high-quality talent decisions.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in compensation at scaling tech companies
- Deep understanding of engineering/job architecture, advancement frameworks, and equity compensation mechanics.
- Strong analytical and modeling capability to support scenario design and long-range planning.
- Exceptional ability to influence and communicate with technical and product leaders.
- Proven success shaping compensation strategy, not just executing cycles.
- Operate with a balance of strategic mindset and hands-on precision.
Benefits
- Flexible Time off Policy and Company-wide Holidays (including a spring and winter break)
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
- Work From Home Support
- Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits
- Monthly allowance on both food and wellness
- Annual allowance towards Childcare
- Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
- Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
- Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
- Parental Leave
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work *company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
compensation programsfinancial modelsscenario planningpay equity analysiscompensation governancecompensation systems optimizationdata analysismodeling capabilityengineering advancement frameworksequity compensation mechanics
Soft skills
strategic advisinginfluencingcommunicationhigh-performance culture reinforcementcollaborationleadershipanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingdecision-makinghands-on precision