Senior Compensation & Equity Strategy Lead

Ramp; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Home-office equipment ordering

Health and wellness stipend

Budget for intra-office travel

Weekly coffee stipend

Job summary

Ramp is hiring a Business Operations Lead, Compensation & Equity to shape the next stage of our compensation function. This senior individual contributor role partners with the executive team and leaders across People, Finance, Legal, Talent, and the business.

You will not manage a team, but you will own critical compensation decisions and partner to scale Ramp’s people strategy. You will work on high-judgment questions related to hiring strategy, retention, performance, equity planning,

Qualifications

• 5+ years in business operations, corporate strategy, consulting, finance, or analytical roles with senior stakeholders.
• Exceptional analytical and structured problem-solving skills; strong spreadsheet modeling.
• Experience building executive-facing analyses, operating models, or board materials.
• Practical AI fluency; comfortable using AI to prototype, automate, and improve workflows.
• Strong communication; ability to influence and align senior partners across functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-priority compensation and equity projects from problem definition through analysis and execution.
• Build models and frameworks for compensation bands, equity grants, refresh programs, and retention offerings.
• Partner with People, Talent, Finance, Legal, Sales, Product, Engineering, and executives to translate questions into actionable recommendations.
• Run and improve company-wide compensation processes including merit cycles and governance.
• Develop tools, dashboards, and workflows to speed and improve compensation decisions.
• Use AI to reduce manual work by pulling context, flagging exceptions, and drafting materials.
• Test compensation philosophy against market data, hiring needs, and internal equity.

Skills

Excel/Google Sheets modeling

Executive-facing analyses

AI fluency

Stakeholder management

Structured problem solving

Tools

SQL

Python

Automation tools

Job description

Ramp is hiring a Business Operations Lead, Compensation & Equity to shape the next stage of our compensation function. This senior individual contributor role partners with the executive team and leaders across People, Finance, Legal, Talent, and the business.

You will not manage a team, but you will own critical compensation decisions and partner to scale Ramp’s people strategy. You will work on high-judgment questions related to hiring strategy, retention, performance, equity planning,