Senior Manager, Global Compensation Programs
About the role
This is a high-impact role at the intersection of strategy and operations: you’ll partner closely with senior leaders and People Business Partners (PBPs) to ensure our compensation programs are competitive, equitable, and built to support Scopely’s continued exponential growth. The right person brings equal parts analytical rigor and stakeholder savvy, and knows how to turn complex data into decisions that move the business forward.
U.S./SF/LA-based role with travel to Mexico; reports to the Vice President of Compensation.
Responsibilities
- Manage the development, design, planning, and project management of compensation programs and processes for global compensation programs.
- Work closely with compensation team members and HR partners across the company to execute global compensation programs and projects.
- Collaborate with the Systems team on tool strategy, build, improvements, and enhancements.
- Identify processes, programs, or capabilities that could benefit from automation, process enhancements, or re-engineering.
- Drive end-to-end consistency across programs and train resources.
- Ensure tools and subject matter experts are leveraged in scaling compensation planning, annual cycles, and comp program automation.
- Remain current on global compensation technical solutions and market best practices; introduce innovative solutions to enhance internal programs.
- Lead global market analysis exercises; be an expert in major external survey methodologies and have deep insights into market data utilization globally.
- Convert data outcomes into insights and executive-ready presentations for senior leaders.
- Develop compensation dashboards that provide actionable insights to leaders.
- Monitor the effectiveness of existing programs and processes and recommend revisions that maintain competitiveness, pay equity, and fiscal responsibility.
Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive compensation experience in a fast-paced, complex environment.
- 3+ years of experience leading compensation programs and operations, including annual compensation cycles, benchmarking, salary structures, incentive plans, equity programs, job leveling, or related compensation initiatives.
- Outstanding communicator who can translate complex compensation data into clear, compelling narratives for audiences ranging from HR partners to senior executives.
- Strong analytical horsepower, with experience building models, interpreting complex data sets, and turning ambiguous data into clear, data-informed compensation recommendations.
- Skilled stakeholder manager who builds trust with cross-functional partners, navigates competing priorities across teams and geographies, and drives alignment from concept through execution.
- Experience advising senior-level individual contributors, people managers, and business leaders across multiple functions.
- Proven ability to adapt and work effectively in a matrixed organization with competing deadlines.
Bonus Points
- Prior experience managing, mentoring, or coaching team members; comfort leading others through ambiguity, change, and evolving priorities.
Pay
For candidates in CA, CO, NJ, NY, and WA, the annual salary range is $137,700—$202,000 USD. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for equity, bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Pet insurance
- Paid holidays
- Paid Scopely free days
- Unlimited paid time off
About Scopely
Scopely is a leading video game and global interactive entertainment company, home to many of the world’s most beloved and enduring experiences, including two of the most successful mobile games of all-time “MONOPOLY GO!” and “Pokémon GO,” along with “Stumble Guys,” “Star Trek™ Fleet Command,” “MARVEL Strike Force,” “WWE Champions,” the Scrabble® franchise, “Yahtzee® With Buddies,” and many others. Across mobile, web, PC, and console, Scopely creates, develops, publishes, and live-operates one of the most diversified and award-winning portfolios in the games industry — bringing hundreds of millions of players together through a shared love of play.
Founded in 2011, Scopely is powered by its exceptional team — including thousands of world-class gamemakers around the globe, a distinctive tenet-driven culture, and its proprietary technology platform, Playgami. Together, these strengths have fueled Scopely’s position as the #1 mobile games company in the U.S. and #2 globally, generating more than $10 billion in lifetime revenue. Scopely consistently delivers experiences players love today and return to for years to come, whether building global sensations like “MONOPOLY GO!” from the ground up or expanding through strategic acquisitions.