Compensation Program Manager

Anduril Industries; United States; On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Compensation Manager to architect and scale our compensation strategy. You will work with our leadership and People Partners to implement salary structures, incentive plans, and equity compensation across the organization.

Ideal candidates bring high-growth experience, strong analytics, and the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations. This role emphasizes collaboration with HR, Legal, Finance, and third-party vendors to align compensation with

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in compensation roles.
• Experience with job architecture, leveling guides and market analytics.
• Experience collaborating with internal stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Strong analytical skills to translate data into insights and recommendations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with an operational focus.
• Passion for educating partners on compensation strategy impact.
• U.S. Person status due to export-controlled access.

Responsibilities

• Lead compensation programs and projects to scale People infrastructure.
• Guide leadership through annual and mid-year compensation cycles.
• Design and manage salary structures, incentive plans, and equity programs.
• Lead job evaluations, market pricing, and internal/external equity analyses.
• Collaborate with HR, payroll, finance, and legal teams on compensation initiatives.
• Develop training materials for managers and employees on compensation topics.
• Drive change management and communications around compensation practices.

Skills

Compensation Strategy

Job Architecture

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Project Management

Mentoring/Teaching

US Export Control Knowledge

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting‑edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

At Anduril, we're not just disrupting defense technology – we're revolutionizing how we value and compensate the brilliant minds behind our innovations. We're seeking a Compensation Manager who's ready to architect the future of our compensation strategy and propel Anduril to new heights and support continued growth.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

You will drive Anduril’s success by bringing your compensation expertise to our leadership team and helping us scale. Utilize and combine your prior high growth company experience, quantitative rigor, business mindset, and communication skills to serve as a strategic advisor to our People Business Partners.

• Lead compensation programs and projects, enabling Anduril to scale its People infrastructure including job architecture implementation.
• Guide People Business Partners and leadership teams throughout annual and mid-year compensation planning cycles.
• Design, implement, and manage comprehensive compensation programs, including salary structures, incentive plans, and equity compensation, aligned with organizational strategy and market trends within our new HCM.
• Lead job evaluation processes, conduct market pricing analyses, and ensure internal equity and external competitiveness across all job families and levels.
• Partner closely with leadership and HR teams to resolve complex compensation issues, support strategic decision‑making, and drive the implementation of compensation initiatives across the organization.
• Work with People Business Partners on how to navigate compensation issues, calibration sessions, analyze compensation data and create materials for Manager & Employee Trainings.
• Lead change management and communications of compensation practices with managers, team members, and across the People Team.
• Build strong partnerships with the HROps, People Business Partner, Talent, Payroll, Legal, Stock, Finance and Accounting teams as well as our third‑party vendors.
• You enjoy working at a place where no one minds if you leave early one day to go to an appointment or run an errand, but you also don’t mind responding to Slack in the evening while you’re watching Netflix.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of experience working in Compensation in roles.
• Experience with job architecture, levelling guides and market analytics to ensure competitive compensation practices.
• Experience working with internal stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data and trends into key insights and recommendations.
• Proven ability to track, prioritize and drive to success multiple projects with a strong operational background.
• Passionate about educating, mentoring and teaching partners the values and business impact behind compensation strategies.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export‑controlled information or facilities.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience in a high growth, hyper‑scaling startup building compensation programs from the ground up.
• Prior experience leading compensation initiatives through Mergers & Acquisitions, IPO readiness & Stock Grant Report is highly desired.

US Salary Range: $146,000 — $194,000 USD

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

For more information, Explore Our Benefits.