Manager, Compensation & Benefits

Position Overview:

This role is a hands on compensation practitioner responsible for designing, administering, and continuously improving the company's compensation programs. This role serves as the primary subject matter expert for compensation while providing strategic oversight, leadership and governance of benefits programs in partnership with internal HR colleagues and external vendors.

 

This role will also play a central role in theadministration, governance, and ongoing management of the company's equity compensation programs, including partnership with Legal, Finance, Payroll, and external equity plan administrators to ensure accurate execution, compliance, and employee understanding.

 

This role is ideal for a compensation leader who enjoys detailed analytical work, program design, and leader partnership, while ensuring benefits programs remain competitive, compliant, and well managed without owning day to day administration.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Compensation

• Lead the design, administration, and ongoing evolution of compensation programs including base pay, incentive plans, commission structures and pay ranges
• Partner closely with HR leadership and business leaders on job architecture, leveling, career paths, and internal equity reviews
• Partner closely with Recruiting team on pay ranges for new requisitions
• Conduct market pricing and benchmarking using external surveys; translate data into clear pay recommendations
• Support annual compensation cycles (merit, bonus, promotions) including modeling, guidelines, leader tools, and governance
• Perform pay equity analyses and support compliance with applicable pay transparency and regulatory requirements
• Develop clear compensation guidelines, tools, and manager resources to enable consistent decision making
• Act as the go to compensation advisor for HR partners and leaders, providing practical guidance and recommendations

Equity Compensation

• Oversee the development and ongoing oversight of equity compensation program guidelines (including stock options, RSUs, and other long-term incentive awards), ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and best practices, while partnering closely with Finance on the administration and operational execution of these programs
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Payroll, and external equity plan administrators to ensure accurate grant processing, vesting, reporting, and taxation, maintaining strong collaboration with Finance on all administrative activities
• Ensure equity programs are administered in compliance with plan documents, regulatory requirements, and internal governance standards, with a focus on transparency and robust controls
• Support annual and ad hoc equity grant cycles, including eligibility reviews, grant modeling, approvals, and documentation, while collaborating with Finance to ensure seamless execution and reporting
• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for equity compensation questions from HR partners, leaders, and employees, providing guidance on plan guidelines, processes, and market competitiveness
• Regularly conduct analyses and presentations of individual and aggregate equity holdings, partnering with Finance to review total compensation and benchmark against the market to ensure competitiveness and support talent attraction and retention strategies

 

Benefits (Oversight & Governance)

• Provide strategic oversight of benefits programs (medical, dental, vision, retirement, wellness, leave programs) to ensure competitiveness, compliance, and alignment with company philosophy
• Oversee the activities of benefits team members, brokers, and vendors by ensuring regular monitoring of plan performance, analyzing cost trends, and enhancing employee experience
• Support annual benefits renewal planning and strategy, including cost modeling and leadership recommendations
• Ensure benefits programs are well documented, compliant, and effectively communicated, without owning day to day administration
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders on benefits related initiatives, vendor evaluations, and process improvements

 

 

Cross Functional & Program Leadership

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