Senior Compensation & Equity Strategy Lead

loanDepot; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Generous paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

loanDepot is seeking a senior Compensation professional to design, analyze, and administer company-wide compensation programs. You will lead market pricing, job architecture, and annual planning cycles, partnering with HR and business leaders to deliver data-driven insights and ensure regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes data-driven recommendations, internal equity, and competitive pay practices, with opportunities to influence talent attraction and retention across a nationwide footprint.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of compensation experience.
• Experience with job architecture, market pricing, and compensation analysis.
• Experience with long-term incentive programs is preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and HRIS tools.
• Mortgage industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with HR Business Partners and business leaders to develop data-informed solutions for compensation programs, offers, and employee retention needs that align with organizational strategy.
• Shapes and refines enterprise job structures and leveling frameworks that enable workforce consistency, transparency, and career progression.
• Leads market pricing and benchmarking analyses by interpreting external salary survey data and compensation databases to maintain competitive and equitable pay practices.
• Manages the annual compensation planning cycle, including merit, promotional adjustments, and salary structure updates, ensuring accurate modeling, analysis, and execution.
• Oversees the organization’s job description framework by creating, evaluating, and maintaining job documentation to enable accurate market pricing, job evaluation, and compensation administration.
• Reviews and manages job requisitions within the talent management system, ensuring compensation alignment, data accuracy, and required approvals prior to posting.
• Monitors federal, state, and local minimum wage regulations; conducts compliance analysis; and administers pay adjustments required to ensure all employees meet or exceed applicable wage requirements.
• Administers and analyzes short-term incentive programs, supporting plan design, configuration, testing, and annual processing within Workday.
• Oversees the administration and execution of long-term incentive programs, including equity awards and deferred compensation plans.
• Performs comprehensive compensation analysis to identify trends, pay compression, market movement, and internal equity considerations, providing actionable insights to HR and business leaders.
• Maintains job architecture, salary grades, and compensation-related data within HR systems, ensuring accuracy and alignment with organizational frameworks.
• Ensures adherence to federal, state, and local compensation regulations, including pay transparency and pay equity requirements, through ongoing monitoring and analysis.
• Participates in compensation surveys and manages relationships with external compensation data providers to support robust market intelligence.
• Supports compensation-related audits, reporting, and special projects, delivering high-quality analysis and documentation.
• Performs other duties and projects assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Payfactors

Payscale

Salary.com

Mercer

Radford

Workday

Job description

loanDepot is seeking a senior Compensation professional to design, analyze, and administer company-wide compensation programs. You will lead market pricing, job architecture, and annual planning cycles, partnering with HR and business leaders to deliver data-driven insights and ensure regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes data-driven recommendations, internal equity, and competitive pay practices, with opportunities to influence talent attraction and retention across a nationwide footprint.