Senior Compensation Partner - Corporate Functions & M&A

About The Role

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access to space. The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable some of the most ambitious and vital space missions globally, supporting scientific exploration, Earth observation, and missions to combat climate change, national security, and exciting new technology demonstrations.

What You’ll Get To Do

• Act as business partner to the People & Culture (P&C) team along with business leadership to support their decision making for hiring, promotions, specific organizational initiatives, and annual compensation programs
• Manage the global compensation architecture including the design and creation of new jobs and salary structures
• Conduct research, quantitative analysis, data modeling, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand trends to drive strategic decisions around people
• Agregate data and participate in compensation surveys as needed
• Develop and implement communication and training on compensation programs for recruiters, human resources professionals, and managers to promote understanding and transparency of Rocket Lab’s compensation practices
• Research and provide recommendations for innovative compensation tools and resources with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI)
• Assist with the development of a comprehensive total rewards strategy and roadmap
• Collaborate with IT on process improvements and systems enhancements
• Provide analytical support for total rewards compliance requirements
• Review and approve compensation requests for new hires and internal transfers
• Develop presentations and provide recommendations to leadership

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in compensation analysis and administration and a bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience (12+ years of total work experience)
• Advanced proficiency in excel, including experience building models and analyses
• Master’s Degree
• Ability to receive & implement constructive feedback into future work products
• Prior experience supporting and employees base of corporate functions (Finance, IT, P&C, etc.) professionals along with mergers and acquisitions
• Strong analytical, project management, and quantitative skills with the ability to present to a variety of team members
• In-depth understanding of compensation best practices
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written communication skills
• Strong consultative skills and highly effective in communicating clearly and constructively to a variety of audiences
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems using best practices, knowledge of internal and external business issues to provide a new perspective on existing solutions or create new solutions
• Experience developing stock-based compensation packages
• Highly organized with ability to manage multiple high-priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience using artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Compa, Pave, Open Code
• Experience using Radford compensation survey