Compensation Business Partner

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 293,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks an experienced Compensation Business Partner to serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders across Cross-Meta Foundations, blending compensation strategy with organizational design to drive enterprise-wide total rewards.

You will influence VP+ stakeholders, shape compensation philosophy, and lead high-priority initiatives beyond the standard cycle while partnering with HRBPs, Recruiting, Finance, Legal, and People Analytics.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in compensation, total rewards, or HR with deep compensation specialization.
• Experience operating as a strategic partner to VP+ leaders in highly matrixed, global technology organizations.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing compensation programs at scale (10,000+ employee populations).
• Experience leveraging data, market surveys, and modeling to drive compensation decisions.
• Experience managing compensation through organizational change (reorgs, M&A, workforce transformations).
• Proven ability to influence and build consensus across multiple senior stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguous, self-directed projects from problem definition through implementation, without a predefined brief or established playbook.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary compensation strategic advisor to VP+ leaders and their HR Business Partners across assigned pillars, translating business priorities into actionable total rewards strategies.
• Design, develop, and champion enterprise-wide compensation frameworks, philosophies, and programs that align with Meta's talent strategy and support organizational growth and transformation.
• Lead cross-functional compensation initiatives end-to-end for supported organizations, including market competitiveness reviews, organizational redesigns with comp implications, new business area comp design.
• Partner with HRBPs, Recruiting, Finance, Legal, and People Analytics to develop integrated talent and compensation solutions that drive business outcomes.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging compensation trends and proactively recommend changes to Meta's approach.
• Partner with Compensation leadership on enterprise initiatives that sit outside assigned pillars, owning them from problem framing through recommendation and rollout.
• Drive the annual compensation planning cycle for supported organizations.
• Build and leverage data-driven insights to inform compensation strategy and measure program effectiveness.
• Advise on complex, high-stakes individual compensation decisions with sound judgment and risk assessment.
• Influence and align senior leadership on compensation trade-offs, ensuring decisions are fair and defensible across the enterprise.

Skills

Compensation expertise

Strategic partnership

Stakeholder influence

Data-driven decision-making

Org design

Education

CCP certification

MBA or Master’s in HR/OD

Job description

Meta is seeking an experienced Compensation Business Partner to serve as a strategic thought partner to senior leaders across a defined set of pillars within Cross-Meta Foundations. This role operates at the intersection of compensation strategy, business partnership, and organizational design, driving enterprise-wide total rewards solutions that attract, retain, and motivate top talent at scale. The ideal candidate brings deep compensation expertise combined with demonstrated business acumen, influencing multiple VP+ stakeholders and shaping company-wide compensation philosophy. This role also serves as a flexible partner to Compensation leadership, taking on high-priority initiatives outside the standard planning cycle where the problem is still being defined.

Compensation Business Partner Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary compensation strategic advisor to VP+ leaders and their HR Business Partners across assigned pillars, translating business priorities into actionable total rewards strategies
• Design, develop, and champion enterprise-wide compensation frameworks, philosophies, and programs that align with Meta's talent strategy and support organizational growth and transformation
• Lead cross-functional compensation initiatives end-to-end for supported organizations, including market competitiveness reviews, organizational redesigns with comp implications, new business area comp design
• Partner with HRBPs, Recruiting, Finance, Legal, and People Analytics to develop integrated talent and compensation solutions that drive business outcomes
• Provide thought leadership on emerging compensation trends (e.g., AI talent markets, global pay transparency regulations, equity strategy evolution) and proactively recommend changes to Meta's approach
• Partner with Compensation leadership on enterprise initiatives that sit outside assigned pillars, owning them from problem framing through recommendation and rollout
• Drive the annual compensation planning cycle for supported organizations
• Build and leverage data-driven insights (market data, internal analytics, predictive models) to inform compensation strategy and measure program effectiveness
• Advise on complex, high-stakes individual compensation decisions (executive offers, critical retention, restructuring) with sound judgment and risk assessment
• Influence and align senior leadership on compensation trade-offs, ensuring decisions are consistent, fair, and defensible across the enterprise

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in compensation, total rewards, or HR with deep compensation specialization
• Experience operating as a strategic partner to VP+ leaders in highly matrixed, global technology organizations
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing compensation programs at scale (10,000+ employee populations)
• Experience leveraging data, market surveys, and modeling to drive compensation decisions
• Experience managing compensation through organizational change (reorgs, M&A, workforce transformations)
• Proven ability to influence and build consensus across multiple senior stakeholders with competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguous, self-directed projects from problem definition through implementation, without a predefined brief or established playbook

Preferred Qualifications

• CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) or equivalent certification
• Prior experience partnering with cross-functional Centers of Excellence (Recruiting, People Analytics, Employee Relations, Legal)
• MBA, Master's in HR/OD, or equivalent advanced degree
• Experience in Big Tech or high-growth technology companies with complex equity programs
• Background in supporting AI/ML, engineering, or product organizations with highly competitive talent markets

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$230,000/year to $293,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.