Senior Manager, Global Compensation

About the role

Pax8 is seeking a Senior Manager of Global Compensation to lead the design and evolution of global compensation strategies, salary structures, incentive programs, and equity approaches. This role requires strong experience in global compensation, equity management, and Workday capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve global compensation strategies that align with business priorities and talent goals.
• Lead the development of scalable salary structures, benchmarking frameworks, incentive programs, and equity approaches.
• Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, People Operations, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to ensure compensation programs remain competitive and effective.
• Use market intelligence, analytics, and workforce insights to guide compensation decisions and recommendations.
• Drive enterprise-wide compensation reviews, job architecture improvements, and governance processes.
• Identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and improve compensation workflows and employee experiences within Workday and related systems.
• Influence senior leaders through data-driven recommendations, presentations, and strategic guidance.

Requirements

• Strong experience designing and leading global compensation programmes.
• Direct experience managing equity and stock option programmes within a privately held company.
• Strong Workday knowledge, including process optimisation, system improvements, and scalable job architecture design.
• Experience partnering with business leaders and influencing stakeholders at senior levels.
• Demonstrated expertise using compensation benchmarking tools and market data to inform strategic decisions.
• A proactive, ownership-minded approach with the ability to thrive in environments where priorities evolve quickly.
• A passion for continuous improvement, automation, and creating exceptional internal customer experiences.

Preferred

• Sales compensation and commission plan experience.

The Impact You'll Have

Your work will directly influence how Pax8 attracts, motivates, and retains talent across the globe. You'll create programs that empower hiring managers, improve employee experiences, enable better workforce planning, and ensure compensation remains aligned with our ambitions as a high-growth technology organisation. The frameworks you build today will help shape the future of our workforce tomorrow.

Trust and Hiring

We use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we're excited to meet you. We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritising applications, but hiring decisions are made by our people.

Culture

We embody our core values — We before Me, fostering teamwork and collaboration; Compassionate Candor, promoting open and honest communication with kindness; Light Up Learning, continuously growing and sharing knowledge; Seek to Understand, valuing diverse perspectives and thoughtful engagement; Do What You Say, ensuring trust and accountability; and Driven by Passion, bringing energy and dedication to everything we do—as we strive to innovate and empower our partners every day.

Salary & Benefits

Salary: depending on experience USD $160,000 - $175,000 annual

Benefits

• Non-Commissioned Bonus Plans or Variable Commission
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employer Paid Short & Long Term Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible, Open Vacation
• Paid Sick Time Off
• Extended Leave for Life events
• RTD Eco Pass (For local Colorado Employees)
• Career Development Programs
• Stock Option Eligibility
• Employee-led Resource Groups