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Waabi

Senior Compensation Manager

$175K–$260K

Remote US & Canada +5 · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026

Location
Remote US & Canada
San Francisco, CA
Toronto, ON
Pittsburgh, PA
Dallas, TX
Phoenix, AZ
Experience
7+ years of compensation experience; ideally in high-growth technology companies, including ownership of annual cycles and multi-location benchmarking.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Human Resources, or a related field.

About the job

Leads Waabi’s compensation strategy, programs, annual cycle, analysis, and employee and leadership communications as the company grows.

What you'll do

  • Design compensation philosophy, salary ranges, equity and variable-pay programs, and plans for evolving them.
  • Own the annual compensation cycle, market benchmarking, compensation forecasting, and pay equity and compliance reviews.
  • Educate employees and managers and advise executives; prepare compensation materials for board review.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Human Resources, or a related field.
  • Experience designing compensation philosophy, structures, and programs covering salary, variable pay, and equity.
  • Strong analytical and modeling skills, including forecasting, plus expertise in benchmarking and survey methodology.
  • Executive-level communication, collaboration, judgment, and discretion with confidential information.

Nice to have

  • Experience with private-company compensation planning through changes in revenue, funding, and maturity; or preparing compensation programs for board review.
  • Direct experience in a high-tech, AI, or AV company; or hands-on use of AI tools for compensation workflows.

Pay

$175,000 - $260,000 USD yearly salary (base salary)

Tools

Radford, Carta, Pave, ChatGPT, Claude

AI focus

Use AI tools to improve workflows, including potentially automating compensation analysis, modeling, or cycle workflows.

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First seen Oct 10, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)