Compensation Analyst, HR​/Recruitment

Gradian is an engineering-led, full-line thermal solutions partner serving data center and other mission-critical, commercial, and industrial markets. Headquartered in Maple Grove, MN, with additional facilities across North America, we design and manufacture liquid cooling systems, air handling equipment, heat rejection units, and modular, factory-assembled thermal management solutions.

Gradian was founded through the unification of four complementary, established brands: MAS HVAC, Daedex, DeepCoolAI, and Eco Chillers. Together, we act as a single-source provider, deploying cooling technologies as scalable systems optimized for efficiency, spatial constraints, and overall performance. With a vertically integrated engineering and manufacturing model, we pair rapid design turnaround with precision fabrication, so customers can move faster on complex projects where reliability, timeline, and quality all matter.

Why work here

At Gradian, you'll work alongside others who get genuinely fired up by complex problems, see your work go from first sketch to job site in weeks, not years, and know that while we're developing the technologies critical for AI infrastructure to scale, our culture remains people-first by design.

It is core to our identity that we operate as one team — driving to win together, energizing others, and building lasting relationships that make the work fun and rewarding.

Position Summary:

We are building our Total Rewards function from the ground up, and we're looking for a Compensation Analyst to help design, launch, and administer the compensation programs that will support our company as we scale. This role blends the core, day-to-day responsibilities of a traditional compensation analyst with the ground-floor opportunity to help build a compensation infrastructure — including pay structures, job architecture, and compensation tools — for a newly forming organization.

You'll work closely with the Total Rewards Leader as a hands-on partner: pulling and analyzing data, maintaining systems, benchmarking roles, and helping stand up the frameworks, policies, and tools that will guide how the company pays its people for years to come.

This is an excellent opportunity for a compensation professional who wants both the stability of core comp analyst work and the visibility and creative latitude that comes with building something new.

Key Responsibilities:

Core Compensation Analyst Functions Conduct job evaluations and job matching against market survey data to ensure roles are appropriately leveled and benchmarked

Participate in and manage compensation survey submissions (e.g., Radford, Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, Culpepper) and analyze results to inform pay decisions

Partner with HR Business Partners and hiring managers to evaluate new hire offers, promotions, equity adjustments, and internal transfers, ensuring internal equity and market competitiveness

Support annual compensation cycles, including merit increases, bonus/incentive planning, and equity refresh processes

Maintain and audit compensation data within the HRIS, ensuring accuracy of pay grades, job codes, FLSA classifications, and compensation history

Prepare compensation analyses, dashboards, and reports for HR and business leaders

Respond to day-to-day compensation questions from HR partners and managers, providing guidance grounded in compensation philosophy and policy

Ensure compliance with pay transparency laws, minimum wage regulations, and other relevant federal/state/local pay requirements

Assist with FLSA classification reviews and compensation-related audits

Compensation Tools & Systems Serve as a power user of the HRIS system for all compensation-related data entry, reporting, and maintenance

Support configuration,…