Senior Compensation Manager

OPTRO; Canada; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Launch a career at one of the fastest‑

Health coverage

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Optro seeks a Senior Compensation Manager to lead and scale our global compensation programs across markets. You will partner with People, Finance, and executive leadership to ensure pay reflects high-performance culture and supports rapid growth.

You will own design and execution of compensation programs, including annual planning, job architecture, bonus design, equity planning, and governance across regions. This role drives insights and aligns compensation with business goals.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Total Rewards/Compensation
• Proven experience scaling a global company
• Experience in fast-growing global SaaS/tech environments preferred
• Workday Compensation experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Own and drive development of Optro’s global compensation strategy and pay structures
• Use AI tools to generate insights for leadership and guide decisions
• Lead the evolution of pay bands, job families, and total rewards frameworks
• Conduct global market benchmarking and analyses using industry surveys
• Align compensation structures with business goals and financial models
• Advise People Business Partners on complex compensation decisions
• Oversee end-to-end administration of merit, bonus, and equity planning
• Drive compensation analytics, dashboards, and pay equity monitoring
• Lead design, implementation, and governance of LTIP and short-term incentives

Skills

Total rewards

Global scaling

SaaS/tech experience

Workday

Executive collaboration

Tools

Workday

Job description

Who We Are

Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.comand Gartner Peer Insights.At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!

Why This Role is Exciting

Optro is a high-performance organization, and we believe that maintaining a high bar for excellence is a competitive advantage. A builder and innovator by nature, you will be a partner in shaping Optro’s global compensation philosophy, ensuring rewards programs reflect our high-performance culture. As a company, we aspire to attract, engage, develop and retain great talent and this role is instrumental to achieving our goals.

As our Senior Compensation Manager you are a multiplier- with responsibility for leading and scaling our global compensation programs, enabling our managers, and helping our employees grow. You will be responsible for owning, designing and delivering competitive, equitable, and innovative compensation programs that meet employees where they are today and build a strong foundation for tomorrow. In this role you will own the design and execution of our compensation programs, including the annual compensation planning cycle, evolution of our job architecture, bonus plan design and administration.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive the development, execution, and expansion of Optro’s global compensation strategy and localized pay structures, ensuring market competitiveness, internal equity, and alignment with international growth.

• Champion and leverage AI tools driving insights and predictive analytics to advise leadership, empower managers, and guide decision making.

• Lead the development, the evolution, and scaling of Optro’s global pay structures, job families, localized pay bands, and total rewards frameworks, ensuring market competitiveness and internal equity, that support a high-performance culture.

• Conduct ongoing global market benchmarking and compensation analyses utilizing industry surveys and external data to track market trends.

• Partner with People leaders, Finance, and executive leadership to align compensation structures and incentive plans with evolving business goals and financial models.

• Primary advisor and subject matter expert for People Business Partners and Talent Acquisition on complex compensation requests, including job pricing, competitive external offers, promotions, and out-of-cycle adjustments.

• Oversee the end-to-end administration of compensation cycles (merit, bonus, and equity planning), optimizing HRIS resources to drive seamless execution and global communications.

• Drive compensation analytics, reporting, and dashboard creation to evaluate pay equity, monitor workforce trends, and provide leadership with actionable data for decision-making.

• Lead the design, implementation, and governance of short-term incentive plans, long-term incentives (LTIP), and specialized recognition/retention levers, including budget tracking and compliance.

• Ensure global compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour regulations (including pay transparency laws); proactively educate internal teams and manage external vendor relationships as required.

• Develop and deliver enablement training, documentation, and coaching to managers and leadership on Optro’s compensation philosophy and policies.

Attributes for a Successful Candidate

• 10+ years in Total Rewards/Compensation

• Proven experience scaling a global company

• Experience working within a fast-growing global SaaS or tech company is strongly preferred

• Workday Compensation experience is strongly preferred

• Ability to challenge senior leaders on compensation decisions that don’t align with high-performance philosophies

Perks (United States)

• Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!

• Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life

• Comprehensive employee health coverage

• 401(k) with company match

• Competitive compensation & bonus program

• Flexible vacation (exempt) / Accrued vacation (non-exempt)

• Time off for your birthday & volunteering

• Employee resource groups

• Opportunities for team and company-wide get-togethers!

• Parental Leave

*perks may vary based on eligibility/location

Our Company Values

• Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.

• Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.

• Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.

• Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.

• Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.
  

Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.

We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.

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