Senior Compensation Manager

OPTRO; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(k) with company match

Bonus program

Flexible vacation

Birthday time off

Parental Leave

Team events

Job summary

Optro, a high-growth SaaS provider, seeks a Senior Compensation Manager to shape global compensation programs and drive equity planning. You will partner with People, Finance, and leadership to implement competitive pay structures and innovative rewards aligned with a high-performance culture.

You will own annual planning, job architecture evolution, and incentive plan design, ensuring equity, compliance, and scalable processes across our international growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Total Rewards/Compensation.
• Experience working within a fast-growing SaaS or tech company.
• Proven experience scaling a global company to 1,000+ employees.
• Ability to challenge senior leaders on compensation decisions that don’t align with high-performance philosophies.
• Workday Compensation experience preferred.
• Comfortable using data to predict future headcount costs and reward risks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, execution, and expansion of Optro’s global compensation strategy and localized pay structures.
• Design and maintain scalable salary structures, pay bands, and total rewards frameworks.
• Conduct ongoing global market benchmarking and compensation analyses to track market trends.
• Partner with People leaders, Finance, and executive leadership to align compensation structures with business goals.
• Oversee end-to-end administration of compensation cycles (merit, bonus, equity) and optimize HRIS resources.
• Drive compensation analytics, reporting, and dashboard creation for leadership decisions.
• Lead the design and governance of short-term incentives, LTIPs, and retention levers with budget tracking.

Skills

Total Rewards

Compensation Strategy

People Leadership

Data Analysis

Forecasting Headcount

Workday

Tools

Workday

Job description

Who We Are

Having surpassed $300M ARR and continuing to grow, Optro helps enterprises transform risk into opportunity through its AI-powered GRC Intelligence Platform. More than 50% of the Fortune 500, including 7 of the Fortune 10, leverage our award-winning technology to move their businesses forward with greater clarity and agility. And our customers love us: Optro is top-rated on G2.comand Gartner Peer Insights. At Optro, we inspire each other to innovate and are proud of what we are producing. We spend each day thinking of new ways to help our customers and contribute to the greater good of our company and our surrounding communities. We are all about assisting each other and breaking through barriers to create the most loved audit, risk, ESG, and InfoSec platform by our customers. This is how we have become one of the 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America for the seventh year in a row, as ranked by Deloitte!

Why This Role is Exciting

Optro is a high-performance organization, and we believe that maintaining a high bar for excellence is a competitive advantage. A builder and innovator by nature, you will be a partner in shaping Optro's global compensation philosophy, ensuring rewards programs reflect our high-performance culture. As a company, we aspire to attract, engage, develop and retain great talent and this role is instrumental to achieving our goals.

As our Senior Compensation Manager you are a multiplier- with responsibility for scaling our compensation programs, enabling our managers, and helping our employees grow. You will be responsible for designing and delivering competitive, equitable, and innovative compensation programs that meet employees where they are today and build a strong foundation for tomorrow. In this role you will contribute to compensation programs, including the annual compensation planning cycle, evolution of our job architecture, bonus plan design and administration.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, execution, and expansion of Optro’s global compensation strategy and localized pay structures, ensuring market competitiveness, internal equity, and alignment with international growth.

• Design and maintain scalable salary structures, pay bands, and total rewards frameworks that support a high-performance culture.

• Conduct ongoing global market benchmarking and compensation analyses utilizing industry surveys and external data to track market trends.

• Partner with People leaders, Finance, and executive leadership to align compensation structures and incentive plans with evolving business goals and financial models.

• Act as the subject matter expert for People Business Partners and Talent Acquisition on complex compensation requests, including job pricing, competitive external offers, promotions, and out-of-cycle adjustments.

• Oversee the end-to-end administration of compensation cycles (merit, bonus, and equity planning), optimizing HRIS resources to drive seamless execution and global communications.

• Drive compensation analytics, reporting, and dashboard creation to evaluate pay equity, monitor workforce trends, and provide leadership with actionable data for decision‑making.

• Lead the design, implementation, and governance of short‑term incentive plans, long‑term incentives (LTIP), and specialized recognition/retention levers, including budget tracking and compliance.

• Ensure global compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour regulations (including pay transparency laws); proactively educate internal teams and manage external vendor relationships as required.

• Develop and deliver enablement training, documentation, and coaching to managers and leadership on Optro’s compensation philosophy and policies.

Attributes for a Successful Candidate

• 10+ years in Total Rewards/Compensation

• Experience working within a fast-growing SaaS or tech company.

• Proven experience scaling a global company to 1,000+ employees.

• Ability to challenge senior leaders on compensation decisions that don’t align with high-performance philosophies

• Workday Compensation experience preferred

• Comfortable using data to predict future headcount costs and reward risks.

Perks (United States)

• Launch a career at one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in North America and EMEA!

• Live your best life (LYBL)! $200/mo for anything that enhances your life

• Comprehensive employee health coverage

• 401(k) with company match

• Competitive compensation & bonus program

• Flexible vacation (exempt) / Accrued vacation (non‑exempt)

• Time off for your birthday & volunteering

• Employee resource groups

• Opportunities for team and company‑wide get‑togethers!

• Parental Leave

*perks may vary based on eligibility/location

Our Company Values

• Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset.

• Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes.

• Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next.

• Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success.

• Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve.

Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.

We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation.

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