Senior Manager, AI-Driven Compensation & R&D

Neon

United States

On-site

USD 185,000 - 300,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Databricks is seeking a strategic compensation leader to partner with engineering leadership, building scalable compensation solutions for world-class talent and using AI to scale tools. This role reports to the Director of Compensation and emphasizes ownership and data-driven decision making.

The successful candidate will combine quantitative rigor with strategic collaboration, guiding equity design, leveling, and global compensation architecture across R&D while driving high-impact outcomes

Qualifications

Build compensation models from scratch, including cost-of-program scenarios, pay-positioning analysis, attrition and retention-risk modeling, and sensitivity and tradeoff analysis.
You've personally used AI tools to build compensation tools, models or workflows that others rely on. You should be able to explain how it works, what you'd improve, and how you checked outputs for accuracy.
Equity mechanics, vesting design, refresh strategy and how grant values affect retention.
You know when a market data cut is credible and how to present ranges and pricing without false precision.

Responsibilities

Diagnose talent challenges in engineering and design attraction/retention solutions.
Turn urgent requests into clear options with explicit tradeoffs for leadership decisions.
Serve as main compensation advisor on strategic technical hires and high-stakes retention cases.
Advise on technical leveling and compensation differences across IC and management tracks.