# Compensation Programs & Operations Lead **Company**: OpenAI **Location**: San Francisco **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: Full time **Salary**: $270K - $320K **Category**: HR **Industry**: Technology **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186 **Apply**: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/d1e4178d-8eb6-4727-9601-e230cb96eeee?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_eb83e913-bef ## Description ## Compensation The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The salary range for this role is $270K – $320K, with generous equity, performance-related bonuses, and the following benefits: - Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts - Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit) - 401(k) retirement plan with employer match - Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks) - Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees - 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time - Mental health and wellness support - Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage - Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth - Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible - Relocation support for eligible employees - Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends ## About the Team OpenAI's Compensation team helps attract, reward, and retain the people advancing our mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. We develop compensation strategies and programs that support a rapidly evolving business, combining market insight, sound judgment, and thoughtful execution. ## About the Role We're looking for a Compensation Programs & Operations Lead to own the end-to-end program management of our cyclical and ad hoc compensation programs globally. You will turn compensation priorities into executable plans and lead delivery from initial scoping through launch, reconciliation, and continuous improvement. ## Responsibilities - Lead our compensation program portfolio. Own the integrated roadmap and calendar for cyclical and ad hoc programs, including compensation reviews, bonus and equity cycles, promotion-related compensation processes, recognition and retention initiatives, and new program launches. - Drive programs from planning through completion. Define scope, deliverables, milestones, accountable owners, dependencies, and resource needs. Coordinate work across teams, resolve blockers, and bring decisions and tradeoffs to the right owners early. - Translate compensation expertise into practical operations. Work with Compensation Partners and program owners to turn approved designs into clear eligibility rules, calculations, workflows, approval paths, and exception processes. Identify gaps and implementation risks before launch. - Stay close to the analysis and data. Build and review models, validate inputs and calculations, investigate discrepancies, and reconcile final outcomes. - Build reliable execution controls. Establish quality checks, documented approvals, access controls, and audit trails. Coordinate accurate handoffs to Payroll, Equity Administration, and People Operations, with clear ownership through completion. - Shape compensation systems and tooling. Translate business needs into requirements, partner with People Technology on configuration and integrations, lead user acceptance testing, and prioritize improvements that reduce manual work and errors. - Manage incoming requests and changing priorities. Create a practical intake and prioritization process for ad hoc compensation initiatives. Make capacity, timing, and dependencies visible so urgent work can be delivered alongside recurring commitments. - Make programs easier to understand and use. Develop operating guides, manager resources, communications, and training. Equip Compensation Partners and other stakeholders to explain programs consistently and resolve questions efficiently. - Improve how the function operates. Measure accuracy, timeliness, manual effort, and stakeholder experience. Run post-cycle reviews and turn findings into simpler processes, stronger documentation, and effective automation. ## Requirements - Have 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including substantial responsibility for global compensation programs and operations in a complex, fast-growing organization. - Have performed the core responsibilities of a Compensation Operations Analyst, Compensation Analyst, Compensation Partner, and Compensation Program Manager. - Bring deep compensation expertise across base pay, incentives, equity, market benchmarking, salary structures, and job architecture. - Have independently led complex compensation cycles and new initiatives, coordinating multiple teams from planning and analysis through implementation and reconciliation. - Are deliberately drawn to an operations-focused role, enjoying making programs work, improving the details, and building processes that others can rely on. - Combine strong analytical skills with practical systems experience, including advanced spreadsheet modeling and hands-on work with Workday or comparable HR and compensation platforms. - Can establish priorities and drive progress when requirements are incomplete or changing, while making thoughtful tradeoffs about speed, accuracy, and capacity. - Communicate clearly with senior leaders and working teams, influence across functions, and make ownership and next steps explicit. - Exercise sound judgment with confidential information and bring a high standard of accuracy, accountability, and service to your work. ## Skills ### Required - compensation operations - program management - benefits administration - HR systems - data analysis - project coordination --- Source: [Apply at jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/d1e4178d-8eb6-4727-9601-e230cb96eeee?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)