Senior Compensation Manager Job New York New York USA,HR/Recruitment

Location: New York

The Compensation team serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, managers, and employees across MDB. We are compensation experts with a deep understanding of our stakeholders, problem solvers who use data and insights to drive value, and partners who build the tools, models, and frameworks that support sound compensation decision‑making across the company. This role sits within the Compensation function and will work closely with the Customer organization and cross‑functional partners including Recruiting, Finance, Legal, HR Partners.

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Difference You Will Make

We are looking for a Senior Compensation Partner to serve as the dedicated compensation partner for the Product and Technology organization. This role will support Executive, VP and Director level leaders and their HRBP Partners as the primary day‑to‑day compensation resource. The ideal candidate will be a strong business partner and a builder of compensation programs, and tools, and must be comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast‑moving environment.

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Typical Day

Serve as the dedicated compensation partner for the Product and Technology organization, supporting senior leaders, HR Directors, and People Partners across customer divisions

Act as the primary point of contact for new hire offers, internal equity reviews, leveling decisions, and out‑of‑cycle requests

Own compensation cycle execution for customer client groups end‑to‑end, including market benchmarking, budget modeling, manager enablement, and leadership rollups

Lead competitive intelligence for roles by conducting market research on compensation trends, pay practices, and talent movement, particularly important in the new AI competitive landscape

Develop benchmarking methodologies that supplement traditional survey data with recruiting signals, offer data, and other real‑time market sources

Partner with Recruiting and People partners to provide market insights and competitive positioning recommendations for hires at all levels

Own or lead global projects to stretch learning such as shift allowance, job architecture, comp planning tool implementation

Develop enablement materials that help managers understand compensation philosophy and make informed decisions

Your Expertise

10+ years of compensation expertise
Proven track record as a compensation business partner supporting customer organizations, including end‑to‑end ownership of cyclical compensation programs
Strong knowledge of third‑party survey methodologies (for example, Radford and WTW), with the ability to build and validate pay structures across geographies and functions
Experience leading cross‑functional compensation initiatives and comfort navigating ambiguous, fast‑moving environments
Strong communication skills, with a proven ability to present complex compensation data clearly to senior business and technical audiences

Preferred Experience /Skills

Experience in both compensation business partner and program roles
Experience at a high‑growth technology company
Excellent communicator across all channels, in person, virtually, and in writing, with the ability to build strong working relationships across distributed teams
Able to operate at multiple altitudes, prioritize effectively, and manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
Highly organized and detail‑oriented, with strong project management skills and excellent follow‑through
Process‑oriented and comfortable creating structure in ambiguous environments, with a creative approach to solving non‑obvious problems
Comfortable moving between operational and tactical details and higher‑level vision and strategy conversations.
Experience working remotely and/or internationally, coordinating effectively with global peers and team members, and understanding both the challenges and opportunities of remote work
Ability to succeed in a collaborative, startup‑paced environment
Advanced skills in MS Office and G‑Suite
Strong business acumen and awareness of business and market trends

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