Compensation Lead

Nebius; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Flexibility and ownership

Collaborative and innovative culture

Impactful AI projects

International environment

Job summary

Nebius in Amsterdam is seeking a Compensation Manager to lead salary structures, merit and bonus cycles, and market pricing across our global cloud engineering teams. You will partner with senior HR and Finance to design policies, run analytics, and ensure pay equity.

This role requires strong data modeling, proficiency with HRIS/BI tools, and experience presenting to senior leadership. Join a fast-growing AI company building a world-class compensation program.

Qualifications

• Experience in compensation analysis, salary administration, and market pricing.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership on compensation topics.
• Progressive experience with compensation systems and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Lead salary structure design, pay grades, and range spread adjustments.
• Oversee merit and bonus planning cycles end-to-end.
• Partner with senior HR and Finance leadership on policy decisions.
• Develop reporting standards and ensure pay equity across the organization.

Skills

Compensation analysis

Salary administration

Job evaluation

Market pricing

HCM/Compensation systems

BI / reporting tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Finance

Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)

Tools

HCM system

Compensation management system

Advanced Excel

Pivot tables

BI / data visualization tools

Job description

About Nebius

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

About Nebius

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

Built by engineers, for engineers.

From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.

Leads employee compensation programs to ensure pay practices are competitive, equitable, and aligned with organizational objectives. Owns salary structure, job classification standards, financial modeling, and end-to-end administration of merit and bonus cycles. Develops compensation policy and partners with senior HR and Finance leadership on compensation decisions. Sets reporting standards, designs training, and leads process improvement across the function.

• Leads participation in external compensation surveys, resolves job matching discrepancies, and recommends competitive positioning strategy across pay levels.
• Owns the company's salary structure, determining changes to pay grades and range spread/midpoints and presenting them for approval.
• Reviews and approves job classifications, resolves escalated classification decisions, and establishes classification standards for the team.
• Oversees the integrity of job and pay records within the HRIS and establishes audit protocols to prevent errors, duplicates, and classification inconsistencies.
• Analyzes compensation data across the organization to identify systemic pay equity or compression issues and recommends corrective action plans.
• Reviews and resolves escalated compensation requests and establishes guidelines for how requests are evaluated.
• Owns the financial models used to project the cost of merit, market, and promotional guidelines, and presents recommendations directly to senior HR and Finance leadership.
• Leads the merit and bonus planning cycle end-to-end, designs manager guidelines and audit protocols, and resolves discrepancies between planned and actual compensation expenditure with Finance.
• Defines the compensation reporting standards used across the function and presents analyses directly to senior leadership.
• Develops and owns compensation policies, procedures, and program guidelines, and determines the policy response to new federal and state compensation regulations.
• Designs the training curriculum on compensation cycles and pay administration and delivers sessions to senior HR and business stakeholders.
• Leads process improvement initiatives across compensation workflows, standardizing and automating job pricing, merit cycle, and reporting processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Progressive experience in compensation analysis, salary administration, job analysis/evaluation, and market pricing, including experience presenting to senior leadership.
• Experience with human capital management system, compensation management system, spreadsheet software with advanced functions (e.g., nested lookup functions and pivot tables), market pricing data aggregation software, and business intelligence or reporting tools.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation preferred.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Career growth and learning opportunities
• Flexibility and ownership
• Collaborative and innovative culture
• Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
• International environment and talented teams

What's It Like To Work At Nebius

Fast moving - Bold thinking - Constant growth - Meaningful impact - Trust and real ownership - Opportunity to shape the future of AI

Equal Opportunity Statement

Nebius is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire.

If you need accommodations during the application process, please let us know.