Compensation Architect & Strategy Lead

LFGroup.ai; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental

401(k) Plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

LFG designs, builds and manages pay structures for a growing workforce across office, engineering and hourly roles. As the first compensation hire, you will shape our pay philosophy, bands, and review cycles, reporting to the Head of People and Talent, ensuring fair, competitive and compliant compensation in California, Washington, and beyond.

You will define salary bands, establish data-driven ranges, and partner with Hiring and Equity leads to create a scalable total rewards program as the

Qualifications

• 7+ years of compensation experience
• Hands-on with job leveling, salary bands, market pricing
• Experience designing pay for salaried and hourly roles across multiple states
• Knowledge of CA and WA pay rules including wage/hour and equal pay
• Experience running compensation review cycles and using HRIS
• Strong analytical skills and modeling pay changes
• Discretion with confidential pay information

Responsibilities

• Define our compensation philosophy and how base pay, bonus and equity fit together.
• Build our job architecture: families, levels and criteria for office, engineering, and hourly roles.
• Create salary bands and hourly scales with CA/WA adjustments.
• Benchmark roles against surveys and adjust ranges as markets move.
• Advise recruiters on offers to ensure competitive and consistent pay.
• Design bonus/incentive plans and partner on equity guidelines.
• Establish and run performance and compensation review cycles and merit budgets.
• Review equity pay across roles and ensure compliance with pay rules.
• Collaborate with Finance on headcount budgeting and cost modeling.
• Provide guidance on levels, ranges and raises to managers.

Skills

Compensation design

Job leveling

Market pricing

CA/WA pay rules

HRIS experience

Analytical thinking

Discretion with pay data

Education

CCP certification

Job description

LFG designs, builds and manages pay structures for a growing workforce across office, engineering and hourly roles. As the first compensation hire, you will shape our pay philosophy, bands, and review cycles, reporting to the Head of People and Talent, ensuring fair, competitive and compliant compensation in California, Washington, and beyond.

You will define salary bands, establish data-driven ranges, and partner with Hiring and Equity leads to create a scalable total rewards program as the