Senior Compensation Partner & Equity Strategist

Fireworks AI; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fireworks AI is hiring its first dedicated Compensation Partner to translate our philosophy into practice across a fast-growing org. You’ll run market research, build review cycles, keep data clean, and serve as the go-to comp expert for HRBPs and leaders.

You’ll also partner with Finance to build equity frameworks, design guardrails and bands, and ensure compensation stays competitive and scalable as the company grows.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive compensation experience in a fast-growing company.
• Experience partnering with HRBPs, Finance, and People Ops as equal stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication—explain compensation mechanics clearly.
• Familiarity with compensation systems and survey data sources.
• Direct experience with equity compensation (options, RSUs, or similar).
• Strong analytical foundation: market data, modeling, clear recommendations.
• A hands-on, do-er mindset—own the process and details.

Responsibilities

• Translate our compensation philosophy into clear strategy and practice.
• Own market research, review cycles, data quality, and governance.
• Build and evolve compensation bands and job architecture.
• Partner with Finance on equity framework and related modeling.
• Design end-to-end compensation review cycles and calibration.
• Roll out the program with HRBPs across functions.
• Design manager tools and guidance for consistent pay decisions.
• Own compensation system implementation (e.g., HRIS/Workday).
• Keep pay practices aligned with philosophy; flag drift and adjust.

Skills

HRBP partnership

Finance collaboration

Equity compensation design

Compensation data analysis

Market benchmarking

Salary bands

Workday/HRIS

Clear communication

Tools

Workday

Radford

Pave

Carta Total Comp

Job description

Fireworks AI is hiring its first dedicated Compensation Partner to translate our philosophy into practice across a fast-growing org. You’ll run market research, build review cycles, keep data clean, and serve as the go-to comp expert for HRBPs and leaders.

You’ll also partner with Finance to build equity frameworks, design guardrails and bands, and ensure compensation stays competitive and scalable as the company grows.