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Compensation Lead

San Francisco HQ💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-14 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, manage, and evolve compensation strategy to attract, retain, and motivate talent using data and insight.

Role type

Compensation Lead

Builds

Cash and equity programs, annual and mid-year review cycles, compensation banding, and benchmarking analysis.

Domain

Financial Technology (FinTech)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

Compensation strategy design, cycle operations ownership, benchmarking analysis, complex modeling, equity program mechanics, systems configuration

Preferred skills

Private/pre-IPO experience, EPD client support, Plaid tech stack familiarity

Technologies

Workday, Compa, Pave, Compensia, Radford

Responsibilities

Own comp support for specific client groups including offers and manager questions; Lead configuration and rollout of annual and mid-year compensation cycles; Manage and maintain compensation systems; Run benchmarking analysis including job matching and market data pulls; Maintain compensation band and zone data; Build and maintain complex models for program design

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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