Lead Compensation Program Manager – Market Strategy & Infrastructure

Unity Technologies•New York, NY

14h•$116,000 - $174,000

About The Position

The opportunity The Senior Compensation Program Manager is a lead-level strategist responsible for the integrity, evolution, and application of Unity’s global market positioning. This role is a dual-focus position: acting as an Internal Insights Expert to synthesize global compensation trends into actionable strategy, and serving as the Technical Architect driving the execution phase of our global Job Architecture redesign. We are looking for a robust compensation expert who can navigate a fast-paced environment, provide hands-on leadership on new and midstream projects, and build AI-leveraged tools necessary to scale our infrastructure. You will be a key partner to Recruiting and a trusted advisor to Compensation leadership, ensuring Unity’s pay structures are data-driven, competitive, and built to scale. What you'll be doing Trend Synthesis & Strategic Benchmarking: Lead global compensation research and benchmarking strategies, translating market shifts into actionable insights and proactive recommendations that maintain Unity’s competitive edge. Global Salary Infrastructure: Own the end-to-end design, implementation, and audit of global salary structures, utilizing sophisticated modeling to ensure ranges are fiscally sustainable and aligned with our philosophy. Job Architecture Execution: Drive the global launch of the Job Architecture redesign, managing the high-velocity mapping and calibration of roles while partnering with People Tech for seamless system integration. Process Innovation & AI Leverage: Build scalable compensation toolkits and automated models, actively integrating AI tools to increase team velocity and enhance the accuracy of complex analytics. Strategic Advisory & Recruiting Partnership: Serve as a key consultant to Recruiting and Leadership, providing expert guidance and structural guardrails to resolve ambiguous pay situations and facilitate complex offers.

Requirements

A proven track record of leading compensation infrastructure, salary structures, and market strategy at scale within the technology sector.
Ability to drop into fast-moving, new-and-mid-stream projects and deliver immediate value with minimal ramp-up time.
Proficiency in building complex, automated models from scratch in Google Sheets or similar apps.
Previous experience or a robust interest in integrating AI tools into the compensation workflow to drive efficiency.
Experience acting as the escalation point for complex cases where data is thin; providing "right for the right reasons" guidance.

Responsibilities

Lead global compensation research and benchmarking strategies, translating market shifts into actionable insights and proactive recommendations that maintain Unity’s competitive edge.
Own the end-to-end design, implementation, and audit of global salary structures, utilizing sophisticated modeling to ensure ranges are fiscally sustainable and aligned with our philosophy.
Drive the global launch of the Job Architecture redesign, managing the high-velocity mapping and calibration of roles while partnering with People Tech for seamless system integration.
Build scalable compensation toolkits and automated models, actively integrating AI tools to increase team velocity and enhance the accuracy of complex analytics.
Serve as a key consultant to Recruiting and Leadership, providing expert guidance and structural guardrails to resolve ambiguous pay situations and facilitate complex offers.