Senior Compensation Manager

About the Role:

Panorama is looking for a Senior Compensation Manager to join the People Team!  

In this newly developed role, you will report to the Vice President, Total Rewards & People Operations and play a critical role in the design and evangelization of a Total Rewards strategy and the key compensation programs that are critical to helping us attract, inspire, and retain talent to achieve our mission: To radically improve education for every student. 

As a successful candidate, you'll handle the development, implementation, communication, and administration of innovative compensation programs including job architecture, short and long-term incentives, reward and recognition programs, benchmarking and survey analysis, emerging trends, new technologies and compensation training.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with leadership to design and implement our compensation philosophy and programs that help Panorama attract and retain great talent 
• Collaborate with Finance, Talent Business Partners, Recruiters, and Business Leaders on compensation matters company-wide
• Own and execute annual compensation planning activities (broad-based & executive compensation); including benchmarking, data prep & analysis, auditing, and reporting out on key findings for leadership approval
• Manage the company equity program; deliver employee training, issue grants at the direction of the Board, maintain equity administration tool (Carta)
• Conduct market analysis and provide data driven-insights regarding on-target earnings, including base and variable compensation split, and equity compensation for new and existing roles 
• Develop, assess and refresh compensation and job structures to improve effectiveness of compensation programs that attract and motivate employees
• Perform analysis on the efficiency and competitiveness of compensation programs, and model potential impact of alternatives
• Through partnership with People Team leadership, empower and enable the business to make independent and thoughtful compensation decisions through the use of clear guidance and guardrails  
• Train the People Team on compensation practices and drive engagement of employees through compensation education sessions
• Support corporate M&A initiatives; participate in Total Rewards due-diligence, plan analysis, go-forward recommendations, and execution of a successful and engaging people integration experience
• Partner with HR Ops Manager and IT team to enhance compensation practices through our HR systems (Workday & ADP)
• Ensure flawless data integrity in all work product; be an activist for change when a process is creates data inaccuracies
• Participate in special projects as needed with enthusiasm and desire for professional development

Our ideal candidate has:

• 5+ years of experience in either compensation or finance
• Experience with Workday Advanced Compensation is preferred
• A strong understanding of compensation best practices, current compensation trends, and market benchmark data 
• Proven analytical skills with an eye for detail, accuracy, and in depth knowledge of excel/google sheets; including proven ability to build and maintain complex models
• Excellent communications skills, is approachable, with a strong collaborative way of working
• Demonstrated ability to foster operational excellence through customer service, programs and practices