Compensation Strategy Architect for Scalable Manufacturing

Multicoin; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Flexible vacation

Equity

401k

Insurance plans

Job summary

Hadrian is hiring a Compensation Manager to own the compensation strategy, build job architectures, and ensure market-leading pay decisions across hourly, salaried, and executive roles. You’ll partner with People, Recruiting, Finance, and Leadership to keep compensation ahead of market trends.

You’ll model pay equity, refresh bands, and design OTE structures while delivering clear explanations of pay decisions to executives and hiring managers.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of compensation experience with program design ownership.
• Fundamentals of compensation: job matching, market pricing, leveling, and architecture.
• Experience building comp for hourly and salaried populations, including OTE and equity.
• Strong Excel/Sheets modeling and data storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Own compensation strategy and framework for hourly, salaried, GTM, and executive roles.
• Build job architecture, leveling, and career frameworks.
• Conduct market benchmarking across aerospace, defense, and top AI/tech peers.
• Refresh comp bands and govern the process across new labor markets.
• Lead annual and off-cycle planning including merit, promotion, and equity refresh.
• Partner with Recruiting to guide offers and tooling for fast decisions.
• Advise on sales/GTM compensation design and executive equity frameworks.
• Develop dashboards and reports on pay equity and retention risk.

Skills

Compensation strategy

Job architecture

Market benchmarking

Excel/Sheets fluency

OTE design

Equity programs

Communication skills

Multi-state pay

Pay philosophy

Collaboration with teams

Tools

Rippling

Pave

Job description

Hadrian is hiring a Compensation Manager to own the compensation strategy, build job architectures, and ensure market-leading pay decisions across hourly, salaried, and executive roles. You’ll partner with People, Recruiting, Finance, and Leadership to keep compensation ahead of market trends.

You’ll model pay equity, refresh bands, and design OTE structures while delivering clear explanations of pay decisions to executives and hiring managers.