Senior Compensation Strategist - Remote-First

Payscale, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

401(k) with company match

Flexible work arrangements

Comprehensive benefits package

Volunteer hours

Job summary

Payscale is hiring for a senior compensation advisor to manage high-value client engagements and lead core compensation initiatives. You will provide deep market pricing insight, salary structure design, and job architecture expertise, while guiding stakeholders through findings and recommendations.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, client-facing excellence, and a drive to improve processes and knowledge sharing in a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on compensation experience.
• Strong expertise in benchmarking and market pricing across industries and geographies.
• Experience in salary structure design, development, and analysis.
• Knowledge of job architecture, job family frameworks, and job leveling.
• Willingness to share compensation expertise and support teammates.

Responsibilities

• Manage Complex Client Engagements: Serve as project manager on high-value, complex compensation projects that often require cross-functional collaboration with benchmarking, revenue, and other internal teams to deliver comprehensive solutions
• Execute Core Compensation Initiatives: Support and manage a range of project types within our service offerings - from stakeholder alignment and compensation strategy development through job pricing, structure modeling, job family framework development, policy documentation, and compensation communications training
• Provide Compensation Consultation: Deliver deep compensation expertise across benchmarking and market pricing, salary structure design, and job architecture - interpreting complex market data and tailoring recommendations to unique client circumstances and business objectives
• Facilitate Client Conversations: Partner with client stakeholders, including senior leaders, to discuss compensation strategy, findings, and recommendations, building credibility as a trusted compensation partner
• Support Team Collaboration and Learning: Share knowledge and best practices with teammates and support onboarding, shadowing, and peer review as needed
• Collaborate Cross-functionally: Partner across teams to deliver comprehensive client solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, regularly share best practices, and support revenue teams on prospect and renewal calls
• Contribute to Process Improvement: Identify gaps in team competencies, suggest professional development opportunities, and participate in departmental process improvement that enhance service delivery

Skills

Benchmarking & market pricing

Salary structure design

Job architecture & leveling

Compensation strategy development

Excellent communication

Project management

Excel & data analysis

Education

CCP certification

Tools

Excel

Job description

Payscale is hiring for a senior compensation advisor to manage high-value client engagements and lead core compensation initiatives. You will provide deep market pricing insight, salary structure design, and job architecture expertise, while guiding stakeholders through findings and recommendations.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, client-facing excellence, and a drive to improve processes and knowledge sharing in a remote-first environment.