Lead Compensation Analyst

SimplePractice

2h•$120,000 - $150,000

About The Position

SimplePractice is seeking an experienced compensation professional to build and manage compensation programs across job architecture, market pricing, salary ranges, and annual compensation planning for its US and Mexico teams. This hands-on role on a small team will lead projects, advise business leaders, partner closely with the Senior Director, and advance Total Rewards operations through AI tooling and automation. The work includes improving established processes as well as using sound judgment to resolve incomplete or conflicting information and recommend a path forward.

Requirements

Typically six or more years of compensation experience, including ownership of complex analyses and projects.
Experience evaluating jobs, pricing roles, developing salary ranges, and managing annual compensation planning.
Sound judgment when job descriptions, market data, or stakeholder feedback present conflicting information or no obvious answer.
Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including data reconciliation, financial modeling, and rigorous validation of calculations.
Applied experience with, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools such as LLMs or internal AI agents to improve workflows, automate data processing, or generate insights.
Experience partnering directly with business leaders, asking thoughtful questions, challenging assumptions, and explaining recommendations clearly.
Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and follow through on commitments.
Strong attention to detail and discretion in handling confidential information.
A bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Aon/Radford surveys and job architecture in a software or technology company.
Experience contributing to AI transformation initiatives or developing custom AI tooling for HR/Total Rewards.
Experience with Workday compensation planning, reporting, and testing.
Experience supporting international compensation, particularly in Mexico.
Experience building or improving compensation programs on a small team.
Familiarity with incentive plans, private-company equity, or cash-based long-term incentives.
Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) certification or progress toward certification.

Responsibilities

Lead job architecture reviews with business leaders, evaluating role responsibilities, recommending job families and levels, selecting market matches, and documenting decisions.
Price jobs using Aon/Radford and other compensation surveys, assess market competitiveness, and communicate recommendations.
Develop and maintain US and Mexico salary ranges, analyzing geographic differences, internal equity, and employee pay, and modeling the cost of proposed changes.
Lead key components of annual merit, promotion, and bonus planning, including preparing employee data and guidelines, testing, manager support, and final validation.
Partner with Finance, People Technology, and Payroll to reconcile budgets, validate calculations, and ensure approved compensation changes are implemented accurately.
Advise People and Culture partners, Talent Acquisition, and managers on offers, promotions, job changes, and pay adjustments, including requests outside established guidelines.
Support incentive, recognition, and long-term compensation projects in partnership with the Senior Director and Finance.
Partner with People Technology to define requirements, test system changes, investigate job and compensation data discrepancies, and improve Workday reporting.
Design, develop, and deploy internal AI tooling and automated workflows for job matching, survey submissions, and compensation data analysis.
Manage compensation survey submissions and maintain accurate market matches, documentation, and supporting records.
Develop tools, AI-assisted resources, and manager guidance to promote consistent pay decisions; improve recurring processes through templates, data hygiene, and automation.
Manage projects from start to finish, preparing materials for review, tracking decisions, coordinating follow-through, and raising issues early.