At a glance
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Remote
- Salary
- USD 177,000-243,000 · Base salary
About the role
- We are looking for a Director, Compensation to lead AlphaSense's global compensation function: a results-oriented leader ready to own the full compensation lifecycle, while building a high-performing team and partnering closely with leadership.
- This highly visible, high-impact role serves as the go-to person for all things Compensation, including base pay, short-term incentives, and long-term incentives.
- The position requires balancing the discipline required of a company approaching IPO with the pace and flexibility of high-growth tech.
Responsibilities
- Define AlphaSense's multi-year compensation roadmap in alignment with market positioning that scales with the business and own the global compensation philosophy.
- Own and manage the global compensation structure across base, short-term incentives, and long-term incentives, in alignment with job architecture.
- Own and manage broad-based compensation programs end-to-end, including Annual and Mid-Year compensation review cycles.
- Partner with the VP, Total Rewards on the design, benchmarking, and administration of executive compensation programs, prepare Compensation Committee materials, and support proxy and governance readiness.
- Partner with People Business Partners, business leaders, and managers to design compelling, scalable compensation solutions and provide guidance on complex, high-visibility compensation matters.
- Conduct quarterly and ad-hoc analyses to ensure external competitiveness, internal equity, and legal/pay-transparency compliance, and monitor market trends and survey participation.
- Develop training and communication tools that help managers and employees understand AlphaSense's compensation philosophy, programs, and tools.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition on new-hire offers and with PBPs on internal mobility and promotion guidelines.
- Partner with the People Systems team on Workday configuration for compensation cycles, and with Payroll and Equity teams to ensure accurate transmission of payment and award data.
- Build, coach, and develop a high-performing global Compensation team, fostering a culture of ownership, operational excellence, and continuous development.
Requirements
- Prior experience at a high-growth or newly public technology company
- Experience owning the full global compensation function, including designing, recommending, implementing, and administering compensation programs across base pay, short-term incentives, and equity
- Experience managing a team
- Executive compensation experience, including exposure to Compensation Committee cadence and deliverables
- Experience managing multiple compensation cycles in Workday
- Strong problem-solving and data analysis skills, with comfort synthesizing data across multiple sources to support decisions
- Demonstrated cross-functional partnership, building trust and alignment with Finance, Legal, and People Business Partners on shared, high-visibility decisions
- Sound judgment under ambiguity, weighing risk, context, and business impact before acting
- Exceptional results orientation with a high degree of personal initiative
- Demonstrated success balancing operational excellence with a sense of urgency
Preferred qualifications
- Sales compensation experience
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus
- Equity
- Generous benefits program
Skills
- Workday
- Radford
- Compa
- Compensia
