K2 Space
Senior Compensation & Equity Analyst
$120K–$170K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Experience
- 4+ years in compensation, HR analytics, or a related quantitative HR function.
- Visa sponsorship
- The hired person must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Owns compensation and equity strategy, administration, analytics, and AI enablement to support workforce and business decisions at a scaling organization.
What you'll do
- Manage compensation processes, benchmarking, pay frameworks, offer reviews, and equity administration and modeling.
- Build workforce dashboards and reporting, maintain HR data integrity, and support workforce planning and leadership analyses.
- Evaluate and roll out AI tools for the People function and develop responsible-use guidance and training.
What they ask for
- 4+ years in compensation, HR analytics, or a related quantitative HR function, translating data into clear leadership recommendations.
- Direct experience with compensation benchmarking and survey participation.
- Working knowledge of equity mechanics, including vesting, dilution, and option pools.
- Strong Excel/Google Sheets modeling skills and comfort building and maintaining dashboards and forecasting tools.
Nice to have
- Background in aerospace, hardware, or other technical-hiring-heavy industries.
- Experience supporting board-level or investor-facing People analytics.
Pay
USD $120k– $170k base salary
Tools
Carta, Radford, Option Impact, Excel, Google Sheets, Rippling
AI focus
Lead evaluation and rollout of AI tools to improve People Ops efficiency, and develop internal guidelines and training for responsible, effective AI use.
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