Senior Compensation Strategy & Systems Manager

What we're looking for

• 8+ years in compensation, total rewards, or related analytical roles — ideally at a high-growth tech company
• Deep expertise in salary bands, equity design, and market benchmarking (broad-based, sales, and executive)
• Strong systems thinker who can translate policy into scalable workflows and decision logic
• Product mindset — you think in terms of users, workflows, and iteration
• Comfortable partnering with Data/Engineering teams on data architecture and internal tooling
• High ownership; willing to operate hands-on

Nice to have: Experience at an AI-native company · Prior internal tools or engineering-adjacent work

Tools: Pave, Radford, Rippling, Lattice, Ashby, Carta, Google Sheets, internal AI/automation tooling

This role may not be a fit if

• You prefer operating within established compensation programs rather than building systems from scratch
• You think of compensation primarily as a cyclical process rather than a continuous system
• You rely heavily on manual analysis and spreadsheets without seeking automation
• You are uncomfortable making high-stakes decisions in ambiguous situations
• You prefer highly structured, process-heavy environments over speed and iteration
• You are hesitant to adopt AI and new technologies to transform how work gets done
• You prefer managing large teams rather than operating as a high-impact builder

This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.