Senior Compensation Strategy Partner

Aurora; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 179,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Staff Compensation Partner who will partner with VPs and HR leaders to design compensation strategies that align with Aurora’s philosophy while meeting organizational needs. You will analyze programs, benchmark market data, and help scale using AI-enabled tooling.

The role reports to the Head of Total Rewards and combines strategic advisory with hands-on administration.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of compensation experience partnering with leaders on recommendations.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing compensation programs (salary structure, bonus, LTIP).
• Deep expertise in benchmarking and survey methodology (Radford, Mercer, Compa, Pave).
• Strong executive presence and ability to communicate complex topics clearly.

Responsibilities

• Partner with VPs, Directors, HR leaders to design strategies that align with Aurora’s philosophy.
• Develop creative, data-driven solutions to compensation challenges balancing equity and risk.
• Analyze compensation programs, assess market competitiveness, model impacts of alternatives.
• Leverage AI to build scalable mechanisms with compensation tech teams.
• Support development, administration, and improvement of compensation programs and cycles.
• Support pay equity, pay transparency, and education of compensation programs.
• Drive job architecture projects, evaluate roles, define levels, and ensure internal equity.

Skills

Executive presence

Data-driven decision making

Communication

Education

Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)

Tools

Radford

Mercer

Compa

Pave

Excel

Job description

Aurora in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Staff Compensation Partner who will partner with VPs and HR leaders to design compensation strategies that align with Aurora’s philosophy while meeting organizational needs. You will analyze programs, benchmark market data, and help scale using AI-enabled tooling.

The role reports to the Head of Total Rewards and combines strategic advisory with hands-on administration.