Databricks · 2 hours ago
Sr. Compensation Manager
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$197K/yr - $275K/yrDatabricks is the data and AI company, and they are seeking a strategic and experienced compensation lead to serve as a trusted partner to founders and senior leadership in their R&D organization. This key role will focus on creating compensation models to attract and retain technical talent while managing compensation processes throughout the employee life cycle.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data IntegrationData ManagementData StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Compensation solutioning for R&D Talent (40%)
Managing Compensation processes through the employee life cycle (30%)
Contributing to building and delivering enterprise-wide compensation programs/ frameworks (30%)
Qualification
Required
Job architecture
Comp frameworks
Market pricing
Year-end and Midyear pay cycle
Global compensation practices
Pay for performance design
Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear outputs and recommendations
Analyze competitive trends in cash, equity, and total rewards to inform decision-making and tradeoffs
Deep expertise in tech compensation practices, especially around new-hire and refresh equity strategies in the tech sector
Ability to balance comp knowledge with business solutioning from a first principles viewpoint
Create innovative frameworks/solutions to not just solve today's issues but also thinking ahead and anticipating future needs
Ability to connect the dots between systems, players, programs to seamlessly deliver compensation programs/products
Partner closely with founders and executive leadership to pre-empt, understand and solve business needs
Navigate at times competing priorities and opinions to drive the best outcomes
Act as a trusted advisor on compensation decisions, including offers, promotions, leveling, retention and M&A scenarios
Support sensitive, high-stakes compensation decisions with sound judgment and data-backed recommendations
Preferred
Knowledge of tableau, SQL, python or have used AI for comp analytics
Benefits
Eligibility for annual performance bonus
Equity
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
Founded in 2013
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (385)
2024 (319)
2023 (227)
2022 (222)
2021 (166)
2020 (64)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25.81BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
David Conte
Chief Financial Officer
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