Compensation Partner

Datavant Corporation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking a Compensation Partner to join the Total Rewards team and drive the design, implementation, and governance of global compensation programs to attract, retain, and motivate talent.

The role focuses on hourly pay practices, job architecture, and leading annual compensation planning, with responsibilities spanning merit actions, market analyses, and incentive plan design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Finance, Business or related field.
• 5+ years in compensation, total rewards, or HR analytics.
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills with data modeling.
• Strong analytical skills to translate data into insights.
• Knowledge of compensation principles, salary structures and leveling.

Responsibilities

• Manage pay structures, wage progression, and compliance for hourly workforce.
• Run market pricing and geographic differential analyses.
• Design and model sales incentive plans and variable pay programs.
• Lead end-to-end merit increases, promotions and market adjustments.
• Create budgeting models, timelines, and communication materials.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Google Sheets

Data analytics

Compensation knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Finance/Business

CCP designation or coursework

Tools

Radford

Mercer

Oracle HCM

Job description

Compensation Partner

8091 Remote - United States Full-time regular

Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. Guided by our mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable, we provide critical data solutions for organizations across the healthcare ecosystem - including providers, health plans, researchers, and life sciences companies. From fulfilling a single patient’s request for their medical records to powering the AI revolution in healthcare, Datavanters are building the future of how data is connected and used to improve health.

By joining Datavant today, you’re stepping onto a driven and highly collaborative team that is passionate about creating transformative change in healthcare.

Role Summary:

We are seeking a data driven and collaborative Compensation Partner to join our Total Rewards team. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Compensation, this individual contributor will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining global compensation programs that attract, retain, and motivate top talent.

The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of hourly pay practices, programs and structures in addition to strong experience with job architecture, and the ability to apply market data analytics to support business needs. This role will also lead the design and administration of our sales incentive and other variable plans and will have primary responsibility for the annual compensation planning cycle.

This role will act as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners, Finance partners, and business leaders, ensuring our compensation strategies remain competitive, equitable, and aligned with company goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage pay structures, wage progression scales, and compliance for most of the hourly workforce.
• Execute market pricing and geographic differential analyses to maintain external competitiveness.
• Partner with HRBPs and business leaders to solve localized talent attraction and retention challenges.
• Design and model competitive sales incentive plans (SIP) and other variable pay programs as needed by the business.
• Manage administration, including quota tracking, commission calculations, and plan governance for most SIPs.
• Evaluate plan impact using data metrics to ensure alignment with business revenue targets.
• Lead the end-to-end cycle for merit increases, promotions, market adjustments, and annual incentives.
• Build budgeting models, timelines, guidelines, and communication materials for HRBPs, managers and leadership.
• Drive calibration processes to ensure equitable reward distribution across all business units.
• Advise HR and business leaders on complex job offers, promotions, and organizational changes.
• Evolve job architecture, leveling frameworks, and evaluation processes to maintain internal equity.
• Ensure total compliance with local, state, and federal compensation laws and regulations.
• Build analytical tools, dashboards, and financial forecast models using advanced Excel and Google Sheets.
• Partner with Finance, HR Operations & HRIT teams to streamline workflows and track compensation spend.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in compensation, total rewards, or HR analytics.
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheet skills (e.g., pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, nested formulas, data modeling).
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to translate data and trends into key insights and recommendations
• In-depth knowledge of compensation principles, salary structures, job leveling and frameworks.
• Experience conducting and interpreting compensation surveys and market data.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality results in a fast-paced environment.
• Prior experience leading compensation initiatives through Mergers & Acquisitions
• Familiarity with compensation tools and platforms (e.g., Radford, Mercer).

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working in a private equity-backed company or high-growth environment.
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation or coursework toward certification.
• Experience with Oracle HCM

We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

At Datavant our total rewards strategy powers a high-growth, high-performance, health technology company that rewards our employees for transforming health care through creating industry-defining data logistics products and services.

The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on their level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job.

The estimated total cash compensation range for this role is: $135,000 — $160,000 USD

To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case‑by‑case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related medical conditions, and/or religion.

This job is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

Datavant is committed to a work environment free from job discrimination. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. To learn more about our commitment, please review our EEO Commitment Statement here . Know Your Rights , explore the resources available through the EEOC for more information regarding your legal rights and protections. In addition, Datavant does not and will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay.

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Datavant is the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare. With a mission to make the world’s health data secure, accessible, and actionable, Datavant works with payers, providers, life sciences, legal and insurance clients globally to accelerate insights. Datavant enables more than 60 million healthcare records to move between thousands of organizations across the healthcare ecosystem, more than 80,000 hospitals and clinics, 75% of the 100 largest health systems, and 350+ real‑world data partners. Datavant has office locations in Boston, New York and San Diego, with international offices in Barcelona and Galway.