Compensation Manager

Tempus; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

RSUs

Medical benefits

Job summary

Tempus in Chicago is seeking a highly analytical Compensation Manager to lead corporate broad-based compensation and sales incentive design. You will manage base pay, merit cycles, and job architecture while optimizing sales commissions and ensuring external competitiveness and internal equity.

You will partner with HR, Finance, Recruiters, and Sales Ops to implement scalable, compliant compensation programs and translate complex pay structures into actionable guidance for leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in corporate broad-based compensation design and administration.
• At least 2 years focused on sales incentive plan design, tracking metrics, or analytics.
• Experience in SaaS, biotech, life sciences, or similar high-growth environments preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets; Workday experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional timelines and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear, confident communicator who can articulate compensation frameworks to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as compensation SME for HRBPs and Recruiters; advise on offers, salary bands, and total rewards policies.
• Lead end-to-end design and administration of the annual sales incentive plan cycle; ensure effective workflows and governance.
• Analyze offers against internal structures and market benchmarks to minimize exceptions.
• Develop tools and training materials for HRBPs and Recruiters to enable data-driven decisions.
• Conduct external market analyses and job matching using compensation surveys to maintain competitiveness.
• Evaluate job descriptions and internal structures to slot roles in the job architecture.
• Support annual compensation review with data, analysis, and tools to enable informed decisions.
• Ensure compliance with regional and federal labor laws, including pay transparency and FLSA.

Skills

Broad-based compensation

Sales compensation

Excel / Google Sheets

Workday

Cross-functional project management

Clear communicator

Tools

Radford surveys

Workday

Job description

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry? Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time. We are seeking a highly analytical and dynamic Compensation Manager to serve as a key driver across both broad-based corporate compensation and sales incentive design. In this role, you will operate at the intersection of compensation strategy and execution, managing core programs like base pay, annual merit cycles, and job architecture, while serving as a foundational expert in optimizing our sales commission plans. This role is a unique hybrid opportunity for a seasoned compensation specialist looking to maintain a broad corporate scope while leveraging technical expertise in sales incentive plan effectiveness and design. You will partner closely with HR Business Partners, Recruiters, Finance, and Sales Operations to ensure our programs are externally competitive, internally equitable, and robustly aligned with business performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Compensation Enablement & Advisory: Act as a compensation subject matter expert for HR Business Partners and Recruiters. Provide hands-on guidance on offer structuring, salary band interpretation, and total rewards philosophy to ensure consistent and equitable application of compensation policies across the organization.
• Sales Incentive Plan Design and Administration: Lead the end-to-end project management of the annual sales incentive plan (SIP) cycle, including design, stakeholder approval processes, and organizational communication. Partner with Sales Leadership, Finance, and Sales Operations to review commission plan metrics, analyze effectiveness, and establish rigorous workflows to reduce ad-hoc plan changes.
• Offer Strategy & Exception Management: Analyze candidate offers against internal structures and market benchmarks to provide clear, actionable recommendations that minimize exception requests while maintaining competitive positioning.
• Stakeholder Consultation: Act as a trusted advisor to HRBPs, recruiters, and business leaders; translate complex pay structures and benchmarks into clear, actionable advice. Develop tools and training materials to empower HRBPs and Recruiters to make data-driven decisions.
• Market Benchmarking & Survey Management: Conduct comprehensive external market analyses and job matching using third-party compensation surveys (e.g., Radford) to ensure pay levels, structures, and pay mixes remain competitive.
• Job Evaluation & Leveling: Evaluate job descriptions and internal structures to accurately slot net new roles and backfills into the established job architecture.
• Annual Compensation Review: Support the annual compensation review process by preparing data, analysis, and tools that enable managers to make informed, equitable pay decisions.
• Compliance & Governance: Ensure all broad-based and incentive compensation practices strictly comply with regional and federal labor laws, including pay transparency and FLSA designations.
• Process Scaling & Optimization: Identify opportunities to automate, streamline, and scale recurring transactional workflows and data administration utilizing compensation technologies.

Required Qualifications:

• Core Compensation Experience: A minimum of 7 years of professional experience dedicated to corporate broad-based compensation design and administration
• Sales Comp Specialization: At least 2 years of direct experience focused on sales incentive plan design, tracking metrics, or sales compensation analytics is preferred
• Industry Background: Experience working within SaaS, biotech, life sciences, or similar high-growth, performance-driven environments is preferred
• Technical & Analytical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, with a proven ability to build metrics, manage large data sets, and derive strategic conclusions from raw data. Workday experience preferred.
• Cross-Functional Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage complex cross-functional timelines, coordinate inputs from multiple stakeholders, and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Communication Style: Clear, confident communicator who can articulate technical compensation frameworks persuasively to business partners and senior leaders

CHI Pay Range: $110,000 -$150,000 The expected salary range may vary for other locations. Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience.

Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Tempus was founded in August of 2015 by Eric Lefkofsky, after his wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Shortly after he founded the company in an effort to bring the power of technology and artificial intelligence to cancer care, he convinced Ryan Fukushima to join as the company’s first employee. Ryan and Eric began assembling a world class team, focused on building the first version of a platform capable of ingesting real time healthcare data in an effort to personalize diagnostics. We built the platform for oncology and have expanded it to neuropsychiatry, cardiology, infectious disease (through COVID), and radiology. Despite our rapid growth, our mission remains the same—to help make sure patients are on the right drug at the right time, so they can live longer and healthier lives. We’re looking for people who can change the world. Who question the status quo and don’t shy away from tough problems. For the builders who are never done building and the learners who are never done learning. We’re looking for passionate people with undying curiosity. Those who want to attack one of the most challenging problems mankind has ever faced. Head on.