Global Compensation Lead & Strategy Architect

Chainlink Labs; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainlink Labs is seeking an experienced Compensation Lead to own the operating engine of broad-based compensation. You will manage offers, promotions, market pricing, and salary structures, ensuring data-backed and defensible decisions.

You will partner with People Partners, Talent Acquisition, and Finance to evolve compensation from execution-focused to recommendation-led, leveraging AI and automation to scale impact across global markets.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of broad-based compensation experience within a fast-paced, global organization; 10+ years for consideration at the senior level.
• Proven experience owning compensation programs across offers, promotions, compensation cycles, market pricing, and salary structures.
• Strong compensation benchmarking and market-pricing expertise, including experience with major compensation surveys and datasets.
• Advanced Google Sheets or Excel modelling and analytical skills; experience working with structured data is highly valued.
• Strong judgment and the ability to turn complex compensation questions into clear options and recommendations.
• Experience advising People Partners and senior business leaders on compensation decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and build scalable processes in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Comfortable partnering cross-functionally with teams such as People Operations, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Legal, and HRIS/People Tech.
• A builder mindset with an interest in using data, automation, and AI to improve how compensation work gets done.

Responsibilities

• Own the execution and evolution of broad-based compensation programs, including offers, promotions, compensation cycles, market pricing, and salary structures.
• Lead global initiatives across pay equity, job architecture, workforce planning, and compensation program design.
• Build compensation models, dashboards, and analyses that inform business and People decisions.
• Lead benchmarking, survey participation, job matching, market pricing, and pay competitiveness analysis.
• Review complex offers and compensation escalations across levels, functions, and global markets, providing clear recommendations
• Partner with People Tech on our migration to Pave and the continued development of our compensation data infrastructure.
• Design clear, accessible compensation views and resources for managers, team members, and People Partners.
• Advise People Partners and business leaders on compensation strategy, programs, and individual decisions.
• Translate complex compensation data and trade-offs into concise, executive-ready recommendations.
• Use AI and modern tooling to improve the speed, quality, and scalability of compensation analysis, reporting, and communication.

Skills

Compensation strategy

Data analysis

Excel/Sheets modelling

Market pricing

Stakeholder management

Communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Cross-functional collaboration

AI & automation in comp

Benchmarking

Tools

Pave

Workday

SQL/BigQuery

Job description

Chainlink Labs is seeking an experienced Compensation Lead to own the operating engine of broad-based compensation. You will manage offers, promotions, market pricing, and salary structures, ensuring data-backed and defensible decisions.

You will partner with People Partners, Talent Acquisition, and Finance to evolve compensation from execution-focused to recommendation-led, leveraging AI and automation to scale impact across global markets.