Competitive Compensation Jobs

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Competitive Compensation roles are the engine behind today’s high‑pay tech ecosystem. With 21,705 openings, companies are actively hiring analysts, strategists, and leaders who can translate market data into actionable pay structures that win talent and drive performance.

Typical titles include Compensation Analyst, Compensation Manager, Total Rewards Lead, Equity Compensation Analyst, and Salary Benchmarking Specialist. Responsibilities span gathering benchmark data from sources like Salary.com, PayScale, and CompAnalyst, building multi‑tier pay grids, designing incentive programs, and advising executives on equity allocations.

Salary transparency is essential for Competitive Compensation professionals because it allows them to validate market benchmarks, eliminate hidden biases, and present clear, data‑driven proposals to leadership. Transparent pay data also accelerates negotiations and builds trust with hiring teams.

Senior Engineering Manager - Banking

Company: Mercury

Location: USA

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Mercury emphasizes smooth banking operations and reliable systems. The engineering manager role involves leading a team, ensuring high availability, and aligning with company values. The company offers competitive salaries and equity, with a focus on diversity and inclusion.

Senior Enterprise Account Executive - Growth

Company: Grafana Labs

Location: Sweden

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Grafana Labs is seeking a Senior Enterprise Account Executive Growth based in Sweden to prospect and grow existing business across the Nordics. The role involves identifying new opportunities, meeting sales goals, managing the sales process, and becoming an expert in managing the sales pipeline in Salesforce. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in infrastructure technology sales, a history of consistent goal achievement, and excellent communication skills. Familiarity with open source technology, Salesforce, and sales methodologies like MEDDPICC is a bonus.

Account Manager

Company: Cloudbeds

Location: North America

Posted Nov 30, 2025

The job description outlines an Account Manager role with remote work, focusing on customer success, high-value portfolios, and competitive compensation between $60K-$70K. It emphasizes relationship-building, strategic advisory, and achieving net dollar retention goals in a global team environment.

Senior Talent Acquisition Operations and Systems Analyst

Company: Tekion

Location: USA

Posted Nov 30, 2025

This role involves optimizing talent acquisition systems, ensuring data compliance, and offering competitive compensation and benefits. Ideal for a Senior Analyst with experience in ATS platforms.

Marketing Manager

Company: Canonical

Location: EMEA

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, with a focus on enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI engineering, and IoT. The company is hiring a Marketing Manager to lead marketing initiatives and generate awareness, engagement, and pipeline for their products. The role involves end-to-end go-to-market planning, campaign execution, and collaboration with various teams. Canonical offers a fully remote working environment, personal learning and development budget, annual compensation review, recognition rewards, and more.

Software Engineer - CDN Security

Company: Vercel

Location: USA

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Vercel is seeking a Software Engineer to join their CDN Security team. The role involves securing customer websites by identifying malicious traffic patterns, building a scalable firewall, and pushing the state of the art forward for web security. The position offers competitive compensation, inclusive healthcare, mentorship, flexible time off, and a WFH budget.

Founding Data Engineer

Company: Elicit

Location: USA

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Elicit is an AI research assistant that helps professionals and decision makers with gathering evidence, reasoning through uncertainty, and increasing good reasoning. The company is hiring a data engineer to build a complete corpus of academic papers and clinical trials, integrate various document types, and broaden the tasks that can be completed in Elicit. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of experience as a data engineer, strong proficiency in Python, experience with Spark, and strong SQL skills.

Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI

Company: Webflow

Location: USA

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Webflow is building an AI-native Digital Experience Platform to empower teams to design, launch, and optimize websites without barriers. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Applied AI team to develop generative AI-powered features that enhance speed, creativity, and quality in website building and design. The role involves collaborating with product, engineering, and design teams to identify and implement AI solutions that improve the user experience.

Sales Development Representative (Outbound/Enterprise)

Company: Sanity

Location: Norway,Denmark,Sweden,Finland

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Sanity.io is an AI-powered content operating system that helps companies like SKIMS, Figma, and Nordstrom automate and streamline their content operations. The company is looking for a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to join their team in the Nordics region. The SDR will be responsible for engaging with prospects, qualifying leads, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and shaping the sales playbook. Sanity.io offers a competitive salary, stock options, and a positive work environment.

Senior Observability Architect

Company: Grafana Labs

Location: Germany

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Grafana is seeking an Observability Architect to lead a new team focused on post-sales technical partnership and customer experience. The role involves driving customer adoption, providing expert guidance, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure customer success and product value.

Customer Support Incident Responder

Company: Mercury

Location: USA

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Mercury is a fintech company that provides a complete finance stack for startups and small businesses. They have grown to over 200,000 customers worldwide and prioritize customer experience, even in challenging situations. The company is looking for an Incident Responder to lead customer support during incidents, advocate for customers, and drive continuous improvement.

Performance Marketing Specialist

Company: Mercury

Location: USA

Posted Nov 30, 2025

Mercury is seeking a Performance Marketing Manager to join their team and help achieve aggressive growth goals through digital marketing campaigns. The ideal candidate should be strategic, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing execution at the tactical level. The role involves working across various platforms, launching and optimizing campaigns, and collaborating with the creative team.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the typical salary ranges for Competitive Compensation roles at different seniority levels?
Entry‑level Compensation Analyst salaries typically range from $70,000 to $90,000 annually. Mid‑level analysts earn $90,000 to $120,000. Senior analysts and Compensation Managers command $120,000 to $160,000. Directors of Compensation usually receive $180,000 to $250,000, with total compensation often including bonuses and equity that can push the package above $300,000 in high‑growth tech companies.
What skills and certifications are essential for a career in Competitive Compensation?
Key skills include advanced data analysis (SQL, Python, Excel, Power BI), proficiency with compensation platforms such as CompAnalyst and Salary.com, and strong business acumen to translate market data into strategy. Certifications such as Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Compensation and Salary Management (CSM) from WorldatWork, and HRIS credentials (e.g., SAP SuccessFactors, Workday) are highly valued. Knowledge of legal compliance (EEOC, FLSA) and diversity‑equity‑inclusion metrics also strengthens candidacy.
Can Competitive Compensation positions be performed remotely?
Yes. Most Compensation Analyst, Manager, and Director roles in tech companies support fully remote or hybrid arrangements. Companies like Atlassian, GitHub, and Slack offer dedicated compensation teams that collaborate via cloud‑based tools, enabling professionals to work from any location while maintaining real‑time access to market data and executive dashboards.
What does a typical career progression look like in Competitive Compensation?
A common trajectory starts as a Compensation Analyst, advances to Senior Analyst or Compensation Specialist, then to Manager or Lead of Total Rewards. From there, professionals can move into Director of Compensation or VP of Compensation, often coupled with broader HR strategy responsibilities such as global pay strategy or talent analytics.
What are the current industry trends shaping Competitive Compensation?
Key trends include AI‑driven pay analytics that generate predictive compensation models, real‑time market data integration, ESG‑linked pay metrics, and increased focus on pay equity audits. Companies are also expanding equity compensation packages for remote talent and leveraging gig‑economy data to benchmark freelance rates. Staying current on these trends is critical for compensation leaders who want to align pay with business strategy and attract diverse talent.

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