Senior Compensation Partner

Responsibilities

• Act as a business partner to the People & Culture team and business leadership to support decision-making for hiring, promotions, and annual compensation programs
• Manage global compensation architecture, including the design and creation of new jobs and salary structures
• Conduct research, quantitative analysis, data modeling, and data mining to drive strategic decisions
• Aggregate data and participate in compensation surveys
• Develop and implement communication and training on compensation programs for recruiters, HR professionals, and managers
• Research and provide recommendations for innovative compensation tools, with an emphasis on 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

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience in compensation analysis and administration
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience (12+ years total)
• Experience leading internal and external market analysis
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, including building models and analyses

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Experience managing compensation decisions in a corporate function or management consulting
• Prior experience supporting engineers and manufacturing professionals
• Experience with mergers and acquisitions
• Knowledge of laws and regulations regarding base and incentive compensation
• Experience developing stock-based compensation packages
• Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation
• Experience using AI tools such as Compa, Pave, or Open Code
• Experience using Radford compensation surveys

About the Company

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.