Global Compensation Programs Lead — Hybrid

Asana; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 176,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health, wellness & fitness

Career coaching & support

Inclusive family building benefits

Long-term savings plan

In-office culinary options

Job summary

Asana is seeking a compensation leader in San Francisco to run end-to-end merit, market refresh, and equity programs. You will model budgets, calibrate with People Partners, and maintain accurate compensation data in Workday.

The role demands 6–8 years of global compensation experience, strong analytics, and proficiency with Workday Advanced Compensation, Radford, Pave, and Compa. Collaboration with People Partners and Talent Acquisition is essential.

Qualifications

• 6–8 years of progressive global compensation experience.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with advanced spreadsheet proficiency.
• Experience with merit cycles, market refresh, and pay equity analyses.
• Ability to translate data into actionable recommendations for leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of Asana's annual merit and focal review cycle, including modeling budget scenarios, partnering with People Partners on calibration, and ensuring accurate system processing in Workday.
• Own job matching and market pricing across functions using Radford, Pave, and Compa while maintaining salary structures and competitive ranges through regular refresh analysis.
• Partner with People Partners and Talent Acquisition to evaluate new and evolving roles, establish leveling consistency, and maintain a clean job catalog in Workday.
• Conduct pay equity analyses across the employee population, identify outliers, recommend corrective actions, and track progress against equity goals to support leadership reporting.
• Serve as a day-to-day compensation advisor to People Partners and Recruiters, providing offer guidance, promotion assessments, and retention recommendations grounded in market data and internal equity.
• Support planning and administration of broad-based equity grants (new hire, refresh, promotion cycles), partnering with Stock Admin on processing and Finance on budget tracking.
• Develop compensation communication materials and manager toolkits to help employees and leaders understand Asana's programs and pay philosophy.

Skills

Merit review management

Compensation modeling

Analytical skills

Stakeholder communication

Excel/Sheets proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Finance or related field

Tools

Workday Advanced Compensation

Radford

Pave

Compa

Job description

Asana is seeking a compensation leader in San Francisco to run end-to-end merit, market refresh, and equity programs. You will model budgets, calibrate with People Partners, and maintain accurate compensation data in Workday.

The role demands 6–8 years of global compensation experience, strong analytics, and proficiency with Workday Advanced Compensation, Radford, Pave, and Compa. Collaboration with People Partners and Talent Acquisition is essential.