Senior Compensation Analyst

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ABOUT PAYSCALE

Payscale is the pioneer of compensation intelligence, helping organizations make smarter pay decisions that drive business performance. For more than 20 years, Payscale has combined trusted market data with AI-powered technology to deliver actionable insights that turn pay from a cost into a catalyst for growth. The Payscale Intelligence Cloud portfolio of solutions — Ascent, JobNav, and Paycycle — empower top companies and businesses like Cintas, Leidos, Chipotle, Ohio State University, and TJX Companies.

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JOB SUMMARY

WHAT WE DO

Payscale's Compensation Services team partners strategically with clients across their entire compensation journey. We help organizations build foundational compensation strategies, design competitive pay structures, establish job families and level frameworks, and enhance pay transparency and communications—serving as trusted advisors who guide clients through complex compensation decisions across diverse industries, geographies, and organizational complexities. Our role is to combine deep compensation expertise with data-driven insights from Payscale's platform to deliver tangible, measurable outcomes that help clients build defensible, strategic compensation programs.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own Moderately Complex Client Engagements: Serve as project manager on moderately complex compensation projects, often requiring solutions from multiple functional areas; deliver client work with limited oversight
• Execute Comprehensive Compensation Solutions: Independently manage all project types within our service offerings, from stakeholder alignment and strategy development through structure modeling, job family frameworks, policy documentation, and communications training—tailoring approaches to unique client circumstances
• Provide Advanced Compensation Expertise: Deliver sophisticated benchmarking and market pricing analysis across multiple industries and geographies; develop and recommend salary structures; demonstrate expertise in job architecture and family frameworks
• Lead Escalations and Complex Conversations: Participate actively in tough client conversations alongside more senior team members; assist in developing and implementing solutions for complex compensation issues
• Support Revenue Team: Provide compensation expertise on prospect and renewal calls, helping the revenue team position capabilities and address client compensation questions
• Mentor and Develop Team: Serve as a mentor to Compensation Analyst I and II team members; participate in onboarding new team members; provide guidance, job shadowing, and quality control review of junior staff work
• Drive Internal Improvement: Manage and update internal documentation; identify opportunities for process improvement and team skill development
• Contribute Strategic Perspective: Bring industry and client

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its offered to you and your family

• 401(k) retirement program with a fully vested immediate company match
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Health Savings Account (HSA) options and company contributions each pay period
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options for pre-tax employee allocations
• Annual remote work stipend to be used on wellness or home office equipment

Equal Opportunity Employer

We embrace equal employment opportunity. Payscale is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It is our policy that employees will not be subjected to unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to: recruitment, hiring, transfers, promotions, training, discipline, termination, compensation and benefits, performance appraisals, education, and social and recreational programs.

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