Senior Compensation Architect — Equity & Executive Pay

Firefly Aerospace; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision plans

Parental leave

Relocation benefits

Educational reimbursement

Short term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace seeks a Compensation Manager to own the design, implementation, and ongoing management of compensation programs across engineering, production, and corporate functions.

You will build job architecture and pay structures, lead annual planning, and shape executive and equity compensation in a public-company environment. This hands-on IC role collaborates with HR, Finance, Legal, and business leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Finance, Business, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive compensation experience including ownership of salary structures.
• Experience with market pricing, job evaluation, and salary range design using survey data.
• Experience with executive compensation benchmarking or design and equity programs.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills with the ability to translate analyses for senior leaders.
• Experience with Workday Compensation or Advanced Compensation, including configuration and cycle administration.

Responsibilities

• Own compensation policies, approval workflows, and exception tracking.
• Lead annual merit, bonus, and equity refresh cycles and budget modeling.
• Model funding scenarios and forecast costs with Finance.
• Coordinate with HRIS and Payroll for Workday processes and payouts.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, and external advisors on executive compensation benchmarking and equity design.

Skills

Market pricing

Job evaluation

Salary range design

Executive compensation benchmarking

Cross-functional leadership

Financial modeling

Data-driven recommendations

Education

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

CCP designation (preferred)

Tools

Workday Compensation

Advanced Excel

Job description

Firefly Aerospace seeks a Compensation Manager to own the design, implementation, and ongoing management of compensation programs across engineering, production, and corporate functions.

You will build job architecture and pay structures, lead annual planning, and shape executive and equity compensation in a public-company environment. This hands-on IC role collaborates with HR, Finance, Legal, and business leaders.