Compensation Strategy Lead — Data-Driven Pay & Equity

RELATED; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Related, a leading real estate firm headquartered in New York City, seeks a Total Rewards Analyst to drive compensation programs across Corporate and Site teams. You will analyze market data, build salary ranges, and support annual cycles with data-driven insights.

You will partner with Talent Acquisition and HR partners to ensure pay structures stay competitive, compliant, and scalable, using advanced Excel and reporting tools.

Qualifications

• Four to eight years of progressive compensation experience across annual cycles and market pricing.
• Bachelor’s degree required; master’s or CCP preferred.
• Advanced Excel and data-management skills to build and audit complex models.
• Deep expertise with market survey data, job architecture, leveling and pay equity.
• Experience benchmarking and translating data into compensation recommendations.
• Knowledge of FLSA, pay transparency and pay equity regulations; able to present to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Support year-end compensation processes for corporate and site teams, including data prep and quality review.
• Build compensation reports, forecasts, and respond to market-data requests.
• Assist in maintaining salary structures, pay grades, and job architecture.
• Support annual incentive, equity, and other variable-pay programs analysis.
• Benchmark roles using surveys and internal data to set pay ranges and placement.
• Participate in pay-equity and classification reviews; ensure regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to craft market-based compensation offers.
• Partner with HR to improve data collection and governance; analyze large datasets.
• Translate analysis into actionable insights using data visualization for leadership.
• Support automation and adoption of compensation technology including AI-enabled tools.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data management

Compensation analysis

Market pricing

Pay equity analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

CCP designation

Tools

AI-enabled tools

Compensation software

Data visualization tools

HRIS

Job description

Related, a leading real estate firm headquartered in New York City, seeks a Total Rewards Analyst to drive compensation programs across Corporate and Site teams. You will analyze market data, build salary ranges, and support annual cycles with data-driven insights.

You will partner with Talent Acquisition and HR partners to ensure pay structures stay competitive, compliant, and scalable, using advanced Excel and reporting tools.