Senior Compensation Analyst

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Life at F5 is never dull. We are constantly identifying industry trends and disruptions, then innovating to get ahead of future customer needs—creating application services that help the world’s leading organizations deliver their critical business apps faster and with the highest levels of flexibility, security, performance, and support.

If you are a strategic thinker, passionate about compensation, and thrive in a fast‑paced, innovative environment, we encourage you to apply. Join us and be a key contributor to our mission of bringing a better digital world to life.

The Sr Compensation Analyst is responsible for design, analysis, and administration of F5’s global compensation programs. Provide compensation analytical and consultation services to assigned client groups within F5. The Sr Compensation Analyst works directly with the Compensation Team, HR Business Partners, Finance, Legal, Recruiters and Management to achieve reward system objectives and provide hands‑on assistance related to all areas of compensation analysis.

Ensure F5’s total compensation programs and practices remain competitive and strategically aligned to the business.

• Preparation and execution of global compensation program administration including annual salary adjustment process, incentive programs, salary surveys, equity programs and competitive market positioning.
• Review job descriptions and partner with HR team to determine appropriate market match, classification, salary range, and job level.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, providing guidance on compensation policies and practices.
• Ensure effective communication and training of the company's compensation programs and practices to HR, Recruiting, management, employees & candidates globally.
• Participate in global salary surveys and benchmarking activities such as pay practices and trends.
• Evaluate and recommend adjustments to compensation structures to attract and retain top talent.
• Partner with HRIS on system design, development, upgrades, and testing related to the compensation processes.
• Drive process improvement and innovation.
• Support Recruiting on new hire offer packages.
• Develop annual salary adjustment budget recommendations in partnership with finance.
• Partner with legal equity team and leaders for annual RSU planning.
• Partner with compensation team and the legal equity team to design, model, and manage F5’s RSU plan throughout the year.
• Collaborate and drive pay equity and pay transparency globally.
• Ensure compliance with local/federal and global compensation requirements and statutes.
• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.
• Support executive compensation for job offers and materials for the F5 Talent and Compensation Committee.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Strong understanding of key HR processes from a systems and database perspective: employee data management and global compensation management
• Global compensation experience in a high‑tech environment.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel – experience with pivot tables, formulas
• Team‑based contributor with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects
• Experience with Workday, or web‑based Human Resources software systems.
• Proactive team member with strong customer service orientation, excellent attention to detail and follow through.
• Ability to balance competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment, strong sense of urgency in driving projects to completion.
• Excellent analytical, organizational and project management…