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Compensation Program Manager

Compensation Program Manager

CompanyAnduril
LocationMountain View, CA, USA
Salary$114000 – $171000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience working in Compensation in roles.
  • Experience with job architecture, levelling guides and market analytics to ensure competitive compensation practices.
  • Experience working with internal stakeholders and executive leadership
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data and trends into key insights and recommendations
  • Proven ability to track, prioritize and drive to success multiple projects with a strong operational background.
  • Passionate about educating, mentoring and teaching partners the values and business impact behind compensation strategies.

Responsibilities

  • Lead compensation programs and projects, enabling Anduril to scale it’s People infrastructure.
  • Guide People Business Partners and leadership teams throughout annual and mid-year compensation planning cycles.
  • Design, implement, and manage comprehensive compensation programs, including salary structures, incentive plans, and equity compensation, aligned with organizational strategy and market trends.
  • Lead job evaluation processes, conduct market pricing analyses, and ensure internal equity and external competitiveness across all job families and levels.
  • Partner closely with leadership and HR teams to resolve complex compensation issues, support strategic decision-making, and drive the implementation of compensation initiatives across the organization.
  • Work closely with our People Operations team during our annual & midyear compensation cycles including implementation, budgets, UAT testing and spearhead data integrity.
  • Lead change management and communications of compensation practices with managers, team members, and across the People Team.
  • Build strong partnerships with the People Business Partner, Talent, Payroll, Legal, Stock, Finance and Accounting teams as well as our 3rd party vendors.
  • You work closely with and interrogate compensation data, to form data driven guidance to People Business Partners and Leaders.
  • You’re a proactive motivated problem solver; offering to fill skill gaps and offer solutions; we’d rather tell you slow down than accelerate.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience in a high growth, hyper scaling startup building compensation programs from the ground up.
  • Prior experience leading compensation initiatives through Mergers & Acquisitions is highly desired.