Compensation Partner: Build Robust Pay & Equity Framework

Fireworks AI; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fireworks is seeking a dedicated Compensation Partner to translate our philosophy into actionable pay practices across a fast-growing organization. You’ll own market research, band maintenance, and the end-to-end compensation review cycle, collaborating closely with Finance and HRBPs to deliver fair, competitive compensation and equity programs.

You will be the go-to expert for pay decisions, helping leadership understand data-driven recommendations while scaling systems and processes across

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive compensation experience, ideally including time maintaining and evolving comp programs in a fast-growing company.
• Direct experience with equity compensation (options, RSUs, or similar) and comfort partnering with Finance on equity framework design.
• Strong analytical foundation: comfortable with market data, compensation modeling, and translating data into clear recommendations.
• A hands-on, do-er mindset - comfortable owning the process and the details, not just setting direction for others to execute.
• Experience partnering with HRBPs, Finance, and People Ops as equal stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication - able to explain compensation mechanics clearly to audiences ranging from executives to first-time managers.
• Familiarity with relevant compensation systems and survey data sources (e.g., Workday, Radford, Pave, Carta Total Comp)

Responsibilities

• Translate our compensation philosophy into practical guardrails, bands, and decision frameworks that managers and HRBPs can actually use.
• Maintain and evolve our compensation bands by owning job architecture and salary bands, and conducting market research.
• Own compensation data, analysis, and systems as the source of truth for Finance, People Ops, and HRBPs.
• Design and run the end-to-end compensation review program, including timing, guardrails, and calibration approach.
• Partner with Finance on equity design and modeling to build a robust equity framework.

Skills

6+ years compensation experience

Equity compensation experience

Analytical foundation

Hands-on mindset

HRBPs/Finance/People Ops partnership

Excellent written communication

Familiarity with compensation systems

Job description

Fireworks is seeking a dedicated Compensation Partner to translate our philosophy into actionable pay practices across a fast-growing organization. You’ll own market research, band maintenance, and the end-to-end compensation review cycle, collaborating closely with Finance and HRBPs to deliver fair, competitive compensation and equity programs.

You will be the go-to expert for pay decisions, helping leadership understand data-driven recommendations while scaling systems and processes across