Senior Compensation Manager

About The Role

Abnormal AI is on a mission to protect organizations from the most sophisticated cyber threats using AI-native detection. As we scale toward IPO and beyond, we need a Senior Compensation Manager to join our Total Rewards team as a key operational partner.

What You Will Do

• Compensation Program Management:
  • Design, implement, and administer base pay, short-term incentives, equity grants, and long-term incentive programs
  • Conduct market analysis and salary surveys (Radford, Mercer) to ensure pay competitiveness against benchmarks
  • Develop and maintain salary structures, job leveling frameworks, and pay guidelines that scale with the business
  • Manage compensation review processes including merit increases, promotions, bonus payouts, and equity grants
  • Own equity budgeting and tracking for equity programs and contribute to Compensation Committee materials
  • Ensure compliance with all applicable compensation laws and regulations, with particular attention to the evolving pay transparency landscape
• Data Analysis & Reporting:
  • Analyze compensation data to surface trends, anomalies, and equity gaps before they become problems
  • Build and maintain compensation dashboards and reports for senior leadership
  • Deliver data-driven recommendations that ground comp decisions in market reality and internal equity
• Consultation & Collaboration:
  • Partner with People Business Partners, Finance, Talent Acquisition and business leaders across GTM as the primary compensation subject matter expert
  • Develop and deliver compensation training and communications for managers and employees
  • Collaborate closely with Finance on equity program operations, cadence-setting, and analytical work; partner with Legal on compliance; and coordinate with Sales Compensation / Sales Operations on cross-functional comp initiatives
  • Participate in compensation surveys and industry benchmarking initiatives
• Project Management:
  • Lead compensation-related projects including system implementations, program redesigns, and pay equity analyses
  • Create project plans, timelines, and stakeholder communication plans with strong follow-through on delivery
  • Apply AI tools (e.g., Claude and Pave AI features) to accelerate analysis, training material development, and communications

Must Have Skills

• 5-7+ years of progressive compensation experience in a global tech company
• Hands-on experience with Radford and/or Mercer salary surveys
• Deep knowledge of compensation principles, program design, and applicable regulations
• Experience leading pay transparency initiatives and pay equity analyses (including statistical methods and tools such as Syndio)
• Demonstrated experience applying AI tools to compensation work - such as building prompts to systematize market pricing, reporting, or analysis
• Experience with SOX compliance and comp program evolution across pre- to post-IPO stages
• Proven ability to analyze complex data and translate it into clear, actionable recommendations for non-technical audiences
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency in HRIS systems, with Workday experience required
• Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets / Excel for compensation modeling

Nice To Have Skills

• Experience with Pave (strong preference given our current tech stack)
• Exposure to supporting sales compensation or partnering closely with Sales Operations
• Experience building or scaling a compensation function in a high-growth environment
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, HR, or related field

Pay & Benefits

Base salary range: $137,700—$198,000 USD
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