Legora
Director, Compensation
$226K–$266K
New York City · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience.
About the job
Leads the design and execution of global compensation programs, including pay structures, benchmarking, job architecture, salary planning, equity strategy, and governance.
What you'll do
- Own compensation guidelines, pay structures, salary ranges, benchmarking, and job architecture across geographies.
- Lead compensation analytics, planning, pay equity analysis, and recommendations for merit, promotion, executive pay, and equity programs.
- Build scalable compensation processes and governance, manage vendors, advise stakeholders, and lead a Compensation Analyst.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including program design and benchmarking at a growing company.
- Familiarity with compensation benchmarking platforms and job architecture frameworks.
- Strong analytical, judgment, and cross-functional partnership skills.
- Experience managing or mentoring a compensation analyst or coordinator, and managing vendor relationships.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting equity compensation programs (options and/or RSUs).
- Experience supporting or leading executive compensation processes; experience with a fast-growing, globally distributed workforce is also noted as ideal.
Pay
$226.1K – $266K USD base salary
Tools
Pave, Ravio, Aetna, Kaiser Permanente, MetLife, Vision Care, Maven Clinic, One Medical
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