Compensation Manager

As FalconX’s Compensation Manager, you will be instrumental in defining, implementing, and executing the company's compensation philosophy. This role demands an analytical, detail-oriented individual with strong program management skills, comfortable in a fast-paced environment. You will enhance compensation processes, ensuring scalability, and manage day-to-day compensation operations, analytics, and program execution. Key responsibilities include leading global compensation process design, market benchmarking, maintaining internal equity, managing total rewards communication, and acting as a consultative partner to leadership and recruiting on compensation decisions. You will also contribute to strategic projects like budget planning and pay equity studies.

Must Have

• Lead the design, implementation and management of global compensation processes, including annual planning, quantitative analysis, modeling and reporting
• Own day to day compensation program execution
• Conduct global market benchmarking and peer equity analysis to update compensation bands and equity framework
• Maintain internal equity across teams while ensuring external competitiveness
• Manage total rewards communication, including offer letters, promotion letters and year-end messaging, with a focus on transparency and scalability
• Help field employee questions and provide compensation education
• Drive job code audits and role alignment to ensure consistency and accuracy
• Develop and maintain tools to enhance efficiency of programs
• Stay informed on industry trends and best practices by conducting research
• Partner with Finance and leadership to design and administer sales, markets and corporate bonus plans that align with performance outcomes
• Serve as a trusted advisor to recruiting and hiring managers, on compensation decisions, including new hire offers, promotions, counteroffers, and top talent retention initiatives
• Collaborate with Talent and People Operations teams to optimize processes
• Collaborate with Compensation Consultant on special projects and data modeling to inform long-term compensation strategy
• Provide input and execution support for budget planning, pay equity studies, and compensation program evolution
• 6+ years of progressive experience in compensation
• Ability to analyze large datasets and draw actionable insights
• Strong understanding of equity programs, incentive plans, and global compensation practices
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a global team

Good to Have

• Experience with Radford and McLagan
• Experience in global compensation practices and regulatory environments

Perks & Benefits

• Performance linked bonus
• Equity
• Competitive benefits package

As FalconX’s Compensation Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping, implementing and executing our compensation philosophy. We're looking for someone analytical, detail-oriented, with strong program management skills and experience working in a fast-paced environment. You'll play a key role in improving our compensation processes and helping us scale effectively for the future. You will own day to day compensation operations, analytics, and program execution.Key Responsibilities include:

Ownership of Compensation Operations

• Lead the design, implementation and management of global compensation processes, including annual planning, quantitative analysis, modeling and reporting.
• Own day to day compensation program execution
• Conduct global market benchmarking and peer equity analysis to update compensation bands and equity framework
• Maintain internal equity across teams while ensuring external competitiveness
• Manage total rewards communication, including offer letters,promotion letters and year-end messaging, with a  focus on transparency and scalability
• Help field employee questions and provide compensation education
• Drive job code audits and role alignment to ensure consistency and accuracy
• Develop and maintain tools to enhance efficiency of programs
• Stay informed on industry trends and best practices by conducting research

• Consultative Partnering:
• Partner with Finance and leadership to design and administer sales, markets and corporate bonus plans that align with performance outcomes
• Serve as a trusted advisor to recruiting and hiring managers, on compensation decisions, including new hire offers, promotions, counteroffers, and top talent retention initiatives
• Collaborate with Talent and People Operations teams to optimize processes

Strategic Projects

• Collaborate with Compensation Consultant on special projects and data modeling to inform long-term compensation strategy.
• Provide input and execution support for budget planning, pay equity studies, and compensation program evolution.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive experience in compensation; Experience with Radford and McLagan is a plus.
• Ability to analyze large datasets and draw actionable insights.
• Strong understanding of equity programs, incentive plans, and global compensation practices.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a global team.
• Nice to have: Experience in global compensation practices and regulatory environments