Rippling
Compensation Programs Lead
$204K–$260K
Seattle, WA +2 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 5, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
New York, NY
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 8+ years of compensation experience; includes meaningful time in a business-facing or cross-functional role at a high-growth technology company.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
About the job
Owns and operates compensation programs end-to-end, including merit and incentive cycles, launches, planning systems, market analysis, and automation.
What you'll do
- Lead annual and midyear merit cycles, including budgets, configuration, communications, and post-cycle analysis.
- Coordinate compensation launches and readiness with Finance, Legal, and People Business Partners; create manager and employee enablement resources.
- Improve compensation planning tools and programs, conduct market analysis, and use automation to scale processes.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of compensation experience, including meaningful time in a business-facing or cross-functional role at a high-growth technology company.
- Experience owning complex compensation cycles end-to-end and configuring compensation planning cycles through a full cycle using any software.
- Experience designing or supporting variable compensation and equity compensation.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
Pay
$204,000- $260,000 USD base salary (Tier 1)
Tools
RipplingAI
AI focus
Use AI tools to automate compensation planning and build workflows that reduce manual compensation analyst intervention.
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