GTM Compensation Business Partner

Databricks Inc.; United States; Presencial; USD 218.000 - 300.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Databricks is seeking a strategic and experienced GTM Compensation Business Partner to partner with founders and senior leadership in shaping compensation for our Go-To-Market organization. This is a hands-on, high-impact role reporting to the Senior Director of Compensation and focused on attracting, retaining, and motivating top technical talent.

The role emphasizes compensation solutioning, lifecycle processes, and enterprise-wide program design, with transparent pay ranges and potential for

Qualificações

• Expert in job architecture, compensation frameworks, market pricing, and pay cycles.
• Strong data skills to analyze cash, equity, and total rewards with Excel and other tools.
• Deep expertise in tech compensation, especially new-hire and refresh equity strategies.
• Ability to balance compensation knowledge with business solutions from first principles.

Responsabilidades

• Compensation solutioning for GTM talent (40%).
• Managing compensation processes through the employee life cycle (30%).
• Contributing to enterprise-wide compensation programs and frameworks (30%).

Conhecimentos

Compensation strategy

Data analysis

Market pricing

Equity strategy

Communication with leadership

Ferramentas

Excel

SQL

Python

Tableau

Descrição da vaga

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GTM Compensation Business Partner

United States

(GAQ327R299)

Databricks is seeking a strategic and experienced compensation lead to serve as a trusted partner to founders and senior leadership in our GTM (Go To Market) org. This role will support long‑term business objectives by working within the overall Compensation philosophy to co‑create compensation models that help attract, retain and motivate world‑class technical talent. This role reports to the Senior Director of Compensation.

At Databricks, we don't believe compensation is just a number; it's a tool to recognize that every employee is an owner and a part of our success. We are looking for a team member with a solid foundation and history of success in doing just that!

The impact you will have:

Scope of the role

This is a hands‑on, high‑impact role that will effectively cover below areas and the anticipated time spent on each:

• Compensation solutioning for GTM talent (40%)
• Managing Compensation processes through the employee life cycle (30%)
• Contributing to building and delivering enterprise‑wide compensation programs/ frameworks (30%)

What we look for:

We’re looking for someone who has the following strengths:

Compensation expertise

• Know your craft - Job architecture, comp frameworks, market pricing, year‑end and midyear pay cycles, global compensation practices, pay for performance design
• Know your data - Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear outputs and recommendations. Analyze competitive trends in cash, equity, and total rewards to inform decision‑making and tradeoffs. Advanced capabilities required in gSheets, excel. We’ll love it if you know tableau, SQL, python or have used AI for comp analytics
• Know the competition - Deep expertise in tech compensation practices, especially around new‑hire and refresh equity strategies in the tech sector
• Be rational - Ability to balance comp knowledge with business solutioning from a first principles viewpoint

Operational and partnership excellence

• Build innovatively & scale effectively - create innovative frameworks/solutions to not just solve today’s issues but also to think ahead and anticipate future needs
• Operational capability - connect the dots between systems, players, and programs to seamlessly deliver compensation programs/ products
• Savvy collaborator - partner closely with founders and executive leadership to pre‑empt, understand and solve business needs; navigate competing priorities and opinions to drive the best outcomes
• Trusted advisor - act as a trusted advisor on compensation decisions, including offers, promotions, leveling, retention, transfers, and org changes; support sensitive, high‑stakes compensation decisions with sound judgment and data‑backed recommendations

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected base salary range for non‑commissionable roles or on‑target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job‑related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipated utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page here .

Zone 1 Pay Range $217,800 — $299,550 USD

Zone 2 Pay Range $196,100 — $269,600 USD

Zone 3 Pay Range $185,200 — $254,650 USD

Zone 4 Pay Range $174,200 — $239,600 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the Data and AI company. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide — including adidas, AT&T, Bayer, Block, Mastercard, Rivian, Unilever, and 70% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data + AI Platform to build and scale data and AI apps, analytics and agents. Headquartered in San Francisco with 30+ offices around the globe, Databricks offers a unified platform that includes Genie, Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Lakeflow, Lakehouse, and Unity Catalog. To learn more, follow Databricks on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

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