Director, Compensation

Overview

Lead AlphaSense's global compensation function, owning the compensation philosophy, structure and programs across base pay, short-term incentives and long-term incentives (equity), and building a high-performing Compensation team.

What you'll do

• Define AlphaSense's multi-year compensation roadmap in alignment with market positioning that scales with the business.
• Own and manage the global compensation philosophy.
• Own and manage the global compensation structure across base, short-term incentives and long-term incentives (equity), in alignment with job architecture.
• Own and manage broad-based compensation programs end-to-end, including Annual and Mid-Year compensation review cycles.
• Partner with the VP, Total Rewards on the design, benchmarking and administration of executive compensation programs.
• Prepare Compensation Committee materials in partnership with external advisors (e.g., Compensia), and support proxy and governance readiness as AlphaSense approaches IPO.
• Partner with People Business Partners, business leaders and managers to design compelling, scalable compensation solutions, sharing market expertise and proposing solutions.
• Provide guidance on complex, high-visibility compensation matters.
• Conduct quarterly and ad-hoc analyses to ensure external competitiveness, internal equity and legal/pay-transparency compliance.
• Monitor market trends and ensure survey participation is completed to maximize the available benchmarking data set (e.g., Radford, Compa).
• Develop training and communication tools that help managers and employees understand the compensation philosophy, programs and tools.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on new-hire offers and with PBPs on internal mobility and promotion guidelines.
• Partner with the People Systems team on Workday configuration for compensation cycles, and with Payroll and Equity teams to ensure accurate transmission of payment and award data.
• Build, coach and develop a high-performing global Compensation team, fostering a culture of ownership, operational excellence and continuous development.

What you'll need

• Prior experience at a high-growth or newly public technology company.
• Experience owning the full global compensation function, including designing, recommending, implementing and administering compensation programs across base pay, short-term incentives and equity.
• Experience managing a team.
• Executive compensation experience, including exposure to Compensation Committee cadence and deliverables.
• Experience managing multiple compensation cycles in Workday.
• Strong problem-solving and data analysis skills, with comfort synthesizing data across multiple sources to support decisions.
• Demonstrated cross-functional partnership, building trust and alignment with Finance, Legal and People Business Partners on shared, high-visibility decisions.
• Sound judgment under ambiguity, weighing risk, context and business impact before acting, including knowing when to decide versus when to escalate.
• Exceptional results orientation with a high degree of personal initiative.
• Inclined to roll up your sleeves, with a player-coach style.
• Flexible, solution-focused attitude.
• Proactive with a bias for action.
• Growth mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Comfort with ambiguity and change.
• Demonstrated success balancing operational excellence with a sense of urgency.

Nice to have

• Sales compensation experience.

Details

• Location: Remote, United States.
• Base compensation range: $177,000 to $243,000 USD.
• May also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity and a generous benefits program.