Manager, Compensation (Remote)

ezCater is the leading food for work technology company in the US, connecting anyone who needs food for their workplace to over 100,000 restaurants nationwide. For workplaces, ezCater provides flexible and scalable solutions for everything from recurring employee meals to one-off meetings, all backed by 24/7 customer service with real humans. ezCater also enables companies to manage their food spend in a single, customizable platform. For restaurant partners, ezCater helps them grow their business by bringing them more orders and new high-value customers.  We're backed by top investors including Insight, Iconiq, Lightspeed, GIC, SoftBank, and Quadrille.

The Compensation Manager will be a partner in the evolution of ezCater’s Compensation philosophy and programs. You will own ezCater’s execution of processes, and organizational preparedness efforts (e.g., training and communications). You will build and maintain trusting and collaborative relationships with stakeholders across the People Team and the entire company. The successful candidate will be a true Compensation subject matter expert. S/he will have outstanding data, analytics, and communication skills; deep experience with base, variable compensation, and equity programs; expertise in pay transparency initiatives, salary surveys, and market research; skilled with modeling and communicating complex information; and an advanced understanding of salary benchmarking and geo pay models.

The Compensation Manager will partner with stakeholders in the articulation of a multi-year strategy and product roadmap, as well as the execution of all compensation programs. You will be responsible for evolving, implementing, and managing multiple compensation components, including salary benchmarks (for new job postings and current roles), equity ranges, and our annual compensation review cycle. This will be an individual contributor role and will report directly to a senior leader on the People Team.

If you love the compensation profession and have a desire to work with passionate and dedicated people on a high-performing People team; take pride in delivering outsized impact; and think it would be fun to apply your skills in an interesting industry - this role could be for you!

What You'll Do: 

• Manage the design, administration, implementation, and communication of compensation programs consistent with company culture, strategy and long-term goals.
• Assess the current state of compensation strategy and operations, make recommendations and partner with colleagues to craft a roadmap for the next 12-18 months.
• Commit to maintain internal equity and external competitiveness of the company’s compensation programs through regular monitoring of business conditions, competitive practices, legal requirements, and an ongoing understanding of industry best practices.
• Partner closely with Talent Leaders and recruiters for benchmarking needs, offer guidance, internal postings, and all compensation related matters
• Partner with our People Business Partners to align job descriptions with compensation practices.
• Consult with leaders and managers on compensation reviews and make recommendations on promotion requests, salary adjustments, off-cycle changes, variable payments, and salary offers for incoming hires.
• Monitor equity burn rate and prepare data based reports for internal audiences. Assist with Compensation Committee material preparation.
• Build, design, deploy, optimize and operate compensation database technologies 
• Project management, to include requirements definition, translating requirements into measurable goals and outcomes, documenting milestones and outcomes and planning and scheduling implementation activities.
• Coordinating and developing communication plans, planning for and providing for employee development, and planning for and providing information sharing sessions with managers and team members
• Conduct training and/or create quick reference guides and other tools/resources for compensation courses and/or system enhancements
• Develop meaningful analytical tools and reports that move ezCater, its managers and its People Team toward goal achievement through innovation and continuous improvement of processes and programs
• Collaborate with HR/People/Talent peers, IT, legal, compliance, finance, benefits, payroll, and tax department staff, and external vendors and consultants
• Conduct statistical, operational, and/or financial planning and reporting
• Lead annual Pay Equity Analysis process

What You Have: 

• 6-8 years of in a related, analytical position. 4+ years experience working on compensation directly.
• Total Rewards mindset and practical knowl