Compensation Strategy & Sales Incentive Lead

Tempus; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Tempus, a Chicago-based health-tech company, seeks an experienced Compensation Manager to drive corporate and sales incentive programs. You will lead base pay, merit cycles, and job architecture while optimizing sales commission plans and ensuring equity and market competitiveness.

Partnering with HR, Finance, and Sales Operations, you will deliver data-driven decisions, enable scalable processes, and ensure compliance across compensation programs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in corporate broad-based compensation design and administration.
• 2+ years in sales incentive plan design, tracking metrics, or analytics.
• Experience in SaaS, biotech, or high-growth environments.
• Advanced Excel/Sheets for metrics and large datasets; Workday preferred.

Responsibilities

• Compensation Enablement & Advisory for HRBP and Recruiters to ensure consistent pay policies.
• Sales Incentive Plan Design and Administration for SIP cycles and metrics.
• Offer Strategy & Exception Management to align offers with benchmarks.
• Stakeholder Consultation to translate pay structures into actionable guidance.

Skills

Corporate compensation design

Sales comp analytics

Excel/Sheets proficiency

Workday experience

Cross-functional collaboration

SaaS/biotech experience

Tools

Workday

Job description

Tempus, a Chicago-based health-tech company, seeks an experienced Compensation Manager to drive corporate and sales incentive programs. You will lead base pay, merit cycles, and job architecture while optimizing sales commission plans and ensuring equity and market competitiveness.

Partnering with HR, Finance, and Sales Operations, you will deliver data-driven decisions, enable scalable processes, and ensure compliance across compensation programs.