Senior Manager, Compensation
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.
We are looking for someone to lead our Compensation strategy and programs. This highly dynamic role will require you to move from big picture thinking to design to the operational delivery of creative compensation programs that balance our business needs and the employee experience. You will draw on your deep experience as a compensation professional to create strategies that will help Affirm build high-performance teams, create and foster compensation best practices, and optimize and evolve our compensation programs as we grow.
What You’ll Do
- Support Affirm business priorities, operational goals, values, and culture by leading the design and development of Affirm’s broad-based and executive compensation programs, including base salary compensation, and short and long-term incentive plans
- Lead, manage and streamline all elements of our compensation programs and program design
- Analyze trends, research best practices, monitor economic conditions, and make recommendations for program revisions and development
- Partner closely with the Compensation Lead overseeing Compensation Operations
- Partner closely with key stakeholders across the People (HRBP and Recruiting), Finance, Legal teams as well as Business leadership to understand their needs, solve business challenges, and ensure successful deployment of compensation programs
- Participate in the development of total compensation communications information to ensure that leaders and employees have the right level of knowledge (including training across key stakeholder groups and employees); ensure communications are well planned and implemented in such a way that the necessary behaviors are supported
- Participate in the development, implementation, and maintenance of compensation tools and systems
- Assist in preparing analysis and materials for Board/executive management review meetings and other leadership presentations
What We Look For
- 12+ years experience, with at least 7+ years in Compensation
- Progressive compensation management with increasing levels of responsibility in identifying, consulting, designing, recommending, and implementing efficient, innovative business solutions
- Deep subject matter expertise, including trends, thought leadership and practical hands-on administration
- Proven experience partnering and collaborating well with People, Finance, and Legal executives
- Ability to think strategically and creatively through philosophy through execution / operations
- Highly skilled at analytics (advanced Excel skills at minimum), data visualization, planning, process efficiency, organization, critical thinking, and delegation
- Proven ability to grow and develop others to reach their full potential
- Excellent business acumen and judgement; strong team orientation with collaborative style; able to maturely handle sensitive and confidential information
Location
We’re excited to announce that Affirm is now a remote-first company! This role can be located anywhere in the U.S. and Canada (with the exception of Quebec). Remote based employees may occasionally travel to an Affirm office for meetings or team building events. Our offices in San Francisco, New York City, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Salt Lake City will remain operational and accessible for anyone to use on a voluntary basis.
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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