1. Comp architecture — write the new playbook
You’ll write the playbook for how we think about comp, from the ground up. That means questioning the assumptions baked into how we level roles and price the market today, deciding what’s worth carrying forward and what gets rebuilt, and setting a standard nobody’s set here before. The specifics are yours to define — the bar is this: a philosophy that scales as we grow, and gives people a real reason to stay.
2. Burn rate & multi-year equity — model what’s sustainable
Equity is the comp lever most companies manage least well. You’ll own the multi-year equity model — refresh grants, dilution, burn rate against plan — so the business can see three years out, not just this cycle. That means partnering with Finance and the exec team on what’s sustainable, catching burn rate problems before they become board-level surprises, and building a model that holds up when Leadership and Finance asks the hard questions.
3. Business partnership — be the person leaders call when it’s hard
Comp gets called in when things are hard: a top performer with a competing offer in hand, a manager pushing back on a leveling decision they don’t agree with, a reorg that leaves two people doing the same job at different comp. You’ll be the person business leaders call in those moments — someone who can have the tough conversation directly, defuse a tense situation without dodging the real issue, and bring a creative solution instead of just citing policy. That same instinct is also what makes our comp story a recruiting asset: partnering with Talent Acquisition so comp clarity shows up in job posts, offer conversations, and how we talk about pay transparency publicly.
Comp still runs on spreadsheets and manual survey cuts more than almost any other People function. Your job is to change that: define the requirements for market data ingestion, pay equity analysis, and manage self-serve tools, and push the automation forward instead of waiting for someone else to build it. That’s what frees you and the team to spend time on the judgment calls that actually need a human, not pulling the same data every cycle.
Everything else that doesn’t fit in three boxes
Real jobs don’t stay inside three pillars. Here’s what else lands on your desk:
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Annual and off-cycle comp strategy — merit philosophy, equity refresh design, and budget modeling.
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Executive and board-level comp support — materials for the compensation committee, executive offer structuring.
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Partnering with Talent Acquisition on offer strategy for hard-to-fill and competitive roles.
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Pay equity analysis and remediation, in partnership with Legal and People Ops.
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International comp — extending our comp structures as we grow into new markets.
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M&A comp — talent diligence, leveling incoming employees against our framework, and integrating bonus and equity payout structures as we bring acquired teams on board
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Special projects — the “just for this” asks from senior leadership that don’t fit a template.