Senior Compensation Architect

STACK Infrastructure APAC; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 128,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401K

Cell phone subsidy

Job summary

STACK Infrastructure seeks a seasoned compensation professional to architect STACK’s compensation function, owning philosophy, design, and governance as the organization scales. Reporting to the Director, Total Rewards, you will advise leadership and partner across teams to ensure pay programs are market-competitive, internally equitable, and compliant.

Lead job architecture, salary structures, annual cycles, and incentive programs; leverage Workday and market data to advise leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, business, finance, economics, or related field (or equivalent).
• 5–10 years of progressive compensation experience with program design and governance.
• Experience building a compensation function including philosophy, salary structures, and incentive plans.
• Ability to operate autonomously as a sole practitioner delivering survey submissions and executive materials.
• Hands-on market pricing experience with credible survey sources (Radford, Mercer, WTW).
• Experience owning end-to-end annual compensation cycles, including budgeting and calibration.
• Design or administer variable pay programs (annual bonuses, recognition).
• Knowledge of FLSA, pay transparency, pay equity across multi-state environments.
• Advanced Excel, Word, PowerPoint; Workday familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Advise on STACK’s overall compensation strategy and multi-year roadmap.
• Evolve compensation infrastructure: salary structures, ranges, geog differential, job frameworks.
• Establish leveling methodology and consistent salary grades across sites.
• Build scalable programs for a growing, multi-market organization.
• Own market data strategy and benchmarking across data center, construction, tech, and related industries.
• Perform range penetration, compa-ratio, and internal equity analyses; recommend structure changes.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on competitive offer strategies.
• Administer annual compensation cycle end-to-end: merit, promotions, budget, calibrations, executive reporting.
• Oversee day-to-day compensation operations and Workday governance.
• Document and manage variable pay programs; model costs and payouts with Finance.

Skills

Compensation strategy

Market data analysis

Executive advisory

Autonomous practitioner

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/Finance/Economics or related field

Tools

Workday

Radford/Mercer/WTW surveys

Job description

STACK Infrastructure seeks a seasoned compensation professional to architect STACK’s compensation function, owning philosophy, design, and governance as the organization scales. Reporting to the Director, Total Rewards, you will advise leadership and partner across teams to ensure pay programs are market-competitive, internally equitable, and compliant.

Lead job architecture, salary structures, annual cycles, and incentive programs; leverage Workday and market data to advise leadership.