Applied Intuition
Compensation Lead
$220K–$240K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of progressive compensation experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
About the job
The Compensation Lead develops and implements scalable compensation programs and advises leaders on compensation strategy, benchmarking, and related frameworks.
What you'll do
- Build and evolve compensation programs and practices; balance strategic design with hands-on execution.
- Advise business leaders and cross-functional partners on compensation decisions and strategy.
- Lead benchmarking and market analysis, and support compensation reviews, job architecture, and related frameworks.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
- Deep expertise in cash and equity compensation programs, including benchmarking, job architecture, leveling frameworks, and pay equity.
- Experience supporting compensation programs across multiple functions, geographies, or employee populations; strong analytical skills, including financial forecasting models.
- Ability to independently lead complex initiatives and communicate effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional partners; experience building and implementing people solutions using AI/ Dev tools.
Nice to have
- Experience with compensation survey and benchmarking tools such as Pave, Compa, Radford, Mercer.
- Experience working in a high-growth technology company.
Pay
$220K – $240K USD base salary
Tools
Pave, Compa, Radford, Mercer, Claude, Chatgpt, Cursor
AI focus
Build and implement people solutions using AI/ Dev tools.
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