Remote Global Compensation Lead & Strategy

Framework

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Chainlink Labs is seeking an experienced Compensation Lead to own the broad-based compensation engine across offers, promotions, cycles, market pricing, and salary structures. This hands-on role blends strategy, analytics, and execution.

You will partner with People Partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Legal, and HRIS to evolve compensation from execution to recommendation-led, leveraging AI and modern tooling to scale analysis and reporting.

Qualifications

7+ years of broad-based compensation experience within a fast-paced, global organization; 10+ years for senior level.
Proven experience owning compensation programs across offers, promotions, cycles, market pricing, and salary structures.
Strong benchmarking and market-pricing expertise with major surveys and datasets.
Advanced Google Sheets or Excel modelling; working with structured data is valued.
Ability to translate complex compensation questions into clear options and recommendations.
Experience advising senior leaders on compensation decisions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical audiences.
Builder mindset with interest in using data, automation, and AI to improve compensation work.

Responsibilities

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