Sales Compensation Manager

The Sales Compensation Manager (L6) leads complex compensation operations workstreams that drive reliability, scalability, and risk reduction across the sales compensation function.

You will own end-to-end commission administration for a large payee portfolio, ensuring flawless execution across payroll submissions, SOX compliance, exception management, and stakeholder delivery.

Key responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end sales compensation administration for a large payee portfolio with full accountability for accuracy, timeliness, SOX compliance, and high-quality execution.
• Lead payroll submission for one or more GEOs with 100% accuracy, timeliness, and SOX compliance.
• Proactively detect anomalies and apply conservative holds to prevent overpayment.
• Validate data across source-of-truth systems and deliver actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Lead large or moderately ambiguous projects independently, balancing multiple priorities and defining clear ownership.
• Influence business partners across Sales Ops, Rev Ops, Payroll, HR, Legal, Accounting, Finance, etc.
• Own and advance the team’s automation roadmap, driving adoption of AI across commission operations workflows.
• Enable the team through templates, playbooks, evidence packs, and exception trackers.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of end-to-end sales compensation administration and commissions system operations.
• Advanced proficiency with Xactly and Excel/Google Workspace.
• Strong data validation skills across source-of-truth systems.
• Demonstrated program management experience across payroll and compliance/exception workflows.
• Understanding of SaaS go-to-market compensation models.
• Ability to influence cross-functional partners.
• Proven ability to bring structure to ambiguity and deliver consistent execution.
• Comfort prompting and evaluating LLMs as part of daily work.

Benefits: At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees.