Senior Compensation Partner

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Top-tier benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Compensation Partner to architect and scale our compensation strategy in a high-growth defense tech environment. You will partner with People Business Partners, G&A leaders, and Talent Acquisition to design salary structures, equity plans, and pricing, driving internal equity and market competitiveness.

This role requires 6+ years in compensation, strong analytics, and proven ability to influence executive leadership in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in compensation roles.
• Experience with job architecture, leveling guides and market analytics.
• Experience working with internal stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into insights and recommendations.
• Proven ability to track, prioritise and drive multiple projects.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to access to export controlled information or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Guide People Business Partners and leadership on compensation planning cycles.
• Design, implement, and manage salary structures, incentive plans, and equity compensation.
• Lead job evaluation processes and market pricing analyses.
• Ensure internal equity and external competitiveness across job families and levels.
• Partner with G&A leadership, HR, and Talent Acquisition to address compensation issues.
• Lead change management and communications of compensation practices.

Skills

Compensation

Job architecture

Levelling guides

Market analytics

Stakeholder management

Analytics

Project prioritisation

Mentoring partners

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

At Anduril, we're not just disrupting defense technology – we're revolutionizing how we value and compensate the brilliant minds behind our innovations. We're seeking a Compensation Partner who's ready to architect the future of our compensation strategy and propel Anduril to new heights.

The Compensation team is looking for a Compensation Partner to support Anduril’s continued hyper growth.

What You’ll Do

You will drive Anduril’s success by bringing your compensation expertise to our leadership team and helping us scale. Utilize and combine your prior high growth company experience, quantitative rigor, business mindset, and communication skills to serve as a strategic advisor to our People Business Partners.

• Guide People Business Partners and leadership teams throughout our compensation planning cycles through calibration sessions and identifying compensation remedies specifically in the G&A function.
• Design, implement, and manage comprehensive compensation programs, including salary structures, incentive plans, and equity compensation, aligned with organizational strategy and market trends
• Lead job evaluation processes, conduct market pricing analyses, and ensure internal equity and external competitiveness across all job families and levels
• Partner closely with G&A leadership and HR teams to resolve complex compensation issues, support strategic decision-making, and drive the implementation of compensation initiatives across the organization
• Work closely with our G&A People Business & Talent Acquisition Partners on how to navigate compensation issues & offers, calibration sessions, analyze compensation data and create materials for managers and employee trainings.
• Lead change management and communications of compensation practices with managers, team members, and across the People Team.
• Spearhead Anduril’s compensation philosophy and strategy as related to the growth of our company.
• Build strong partnerships with the G&A People Business Partner, Talent, Legal, Stock, Finance and Accounting teams as well as our 3rd party vendors.
• You’re a proactive motivated problem solver; offering to fill skill gaps and offer solutions; we'd rather tell you slow down

Required Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience working in Compensation in roles.
• Experience with job architecture, levelling guides and market analytics to ensure competitive compensation practices.
• Experience working with internal stakeholders and executive leadership
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data and trends into key insights and recommendations
• Proven ability to track, prioritize and drive to success multiple projects with a strong operational background.
• Passionate about educating, mentoring and teaching partners the values and business impact behind compensation strategies
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in a high growth, hyper scaling startup building compensation programs from the ground up.
• Prior experience leading compensation programs initiatives in a matrix-led organization
• Prior experience includes mergers & acquisitions, talent acquisition strategy, and equity compensation knowledge is highly desired.
• Include nice-to-have job qualifications with up to 6 bullet points

US Salary Range

$146,000—$194,000 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based based (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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