Senior Compensation Manager

Optro

9d•$150,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

Optro is seeking a Senior Compensation Manager to join their high-performance organization. This role is instrumental in attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining great talent by shaping the company's global compensation philosophy and ensuring rewards programs reflect a high-performance culture. The Senior Compensation Manager will be a multiplier, responsible for scaling compensation programs, enabling managers, and helping employees grow. This involves designing and delivering competitive, equitable, and innovative compensation programs, contributing to annual compensation planning, evolving job architecture, and bonus plan design and administration.

Requirements

10+ years in Total Rewards/Compensation
Experience working within a fast-growing SaaS or tech company.
Proven experience scaling a global company to 1,000+ employees.
Ability to challenge senior leaders on compensation decisions that don’t align with high-performance philosophies
Comfortable using data to predict future headcount costs and reward risks.

Nice To Haves

Workday Compensation experience preferred

Responsibilities

Lead the development, execution, and expansion of Optro’s global compensation strategy and localized pay structures, ensuring market competitiveness, internal equity, and alignment with international growth.
Design and maintain scalable salary structures, pay bands, and total rewards frameworks that support a high-performance culture.
Conduct ongoing global market benchmarking and compensation analyses utilizing industry surveys and external data to track market trends.
Partner with People leaders, Finance, and executive leadership to align compensation structures and incentive plans with evolving business goals and financial models.
Act as the subject matter expert for People Business Partners and Talent Acquisition on complex compensation requests, including job pricing, competitive external offers, promotions, and out-of-cycle adjustments.
Oversee the end-to-end administration of compensation cycles (merit, bonus, and equity planning), optimizing HRIS resources to drive seamless execution and global communications.
Drive compensation analytics, reporting, and dashboard creation to evaluate pay equity, monitor workforce trends, and provide leadership with actionable data for decision-making.
Lead the design, implementation, and governance of short-term incentive plans, long-term incentives (LTIP), and specialized recognition/retention levers, including budget tracking and compliance.
Ensure global compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour regulations (including pay transparency laws); proactively educate internal teams and manage external vendor relationships as required.
Develop and deliver enablement training, documentation, and coaching to managers and leadership on Optro’s compensation philosophy and policies.