Compensation Program Manager

Overview of the role

At GitLab we seek to enable a high performance culture while keeping team members’ experience at the forefront of everything we do. As the Compensation Program Manager you will play a pivotal role in aligning compensation strategy with GitLab’s organizational strategy values and culture.

What you'll do

• Lead all aspects of the planning development and execution of new and revised compensation programs

• Develop innovative compensation strategies and principles to further enhance GitLab’s transparent compensation initiatives

• Administer annual compensation planning which includes developing cash and equity budgets preparing communication materials building and testing Workday tools and reports and advising People Business Partners and Managers

• Enhance and maintain global job architecture and GitLab’s Compensation Calculator and educate stakeholders on job evaluation market benchmarking and compensation ranges

• Partner closely with the People Tech team to enhance and automate compensation practices in Workday

• Support the team in preparation of Compensation and Leadership Development Committee meetings

• Work closely with Stock Administration on equity plan design

• Provide education regarding equity plans at GitLab in collaboration with Stock Administration to ensure team members understand the potential value of their equity

• Develop and deploy training materials to promote an understanding of compensation philosophies practices and administration across all levels of the organization

• Ensure compliance with all international rules and regulations (we operate in 60+ countries)

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrated experience in Global compensation ideally in fast-paced dynamic environment

• Experience in executive compensation in a public company

• Experience with Workday and Aon Hewitt/Radford

• Experience managing and scaling various compensation programs through periods of high growth

• Experience working with People Business Partners and senior leaders in a business facing role to solve compensation challenges

• Experience leading presentations to executive teams and company-wide audiences

• Ability to build complex compensation models and articulate it in a simple and clear manner

• A shared interest in our values and working in accordance with those values

• Ability to use GitLab

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Also we know it’s tough but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role.

How GitLab will support you

• Benefits to support your health finances and well-being

• All remote asynchronous work environment

• Flexible Paid Time Off

• Team Member Resource Groups

• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Growth and development budget

• Parental leave

• Home office support