Compensation Lead

3 Months ago • All levels • $180,000 PA - $307,200 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Plaid is seeking a Compensation Lead to design, manage, and evolve global compensation strategies and programs to attract and retain top talent. This role involves serving as a trusted thought partner to leaders across the People team and the broader organization, including the executive team. Responsibilities include leading the ongoing improvement of compensation processes such as review cycles, pay governance, and budget forecasting. The lead will also own benchmarking efforts to ensure competitive compensation, using internal insights and external market data, advise on executive compensation, and support compensation committee preparations. Additionally, the role entails building and leading a high-performing Compensation team and collaborating with key partners across Finance, Talent, Systems, and the C-suite.
Must have:
  • Lead global compensation strategies and programs
  • Attract and retain top talent
  • Partner with People team and executive leadership
  • Improve compensation processes (review cycles, pay governance)
  • Own benchmarking and market competitiveness
  • Advise on executive compensation
  • Build and lead a Compensation team
  • Collaborate with Finance, Talent, and Systems

Job Details

We believe that the way people interact with their finances will drastically improve in the next few years. We’re dedicated to empowering this transformation by building the tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create their own products. Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London and Amsterdam.

The Compensation team designs, manages, and evolves Plaid’s compensation strategies to attract, retain, and motivate amazing talent. We make sure our compensation is fair inside the company and competitive in the market.  We build compensation programs that connect directly to Plaid’s goals and employee experience.  We use data and insights to make smart, equitable decisions.  We keep our strategies aligned with Plaid’s future, always putting people first.

In this role, you will lead Plaid’s global compensation strategies and programs aimed to attract and retain top talent.  You will serve as a trusted thought partner to leaders across the People team and the broader organization, including Plaid’s executive team. You’ll lead the ongoing improvement of compensation processes like review cycles, pay governance, and budget forecasting. You’ll own benchmarking efforts to ensure our compensation remains competitive, using both internal insights and external market data. You’ll also advise on executive compensation and support comp committee preparations. In addition to driving strategy, you’ll build and lead a high-performing Compensation team and collaborate closely with key partners across Finance, Talent, Systems, and across the C-suite.

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