Databricks · 6 hours ago
Sr. Compensation Manager
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$218K/yr - $300K/yrDatabricks is a data and AI company seeking a strategic and experienced compensation lead to partner with founders and senior leadership in their R&D organization. This key role will support long-term business objectives by co-creating compensation models to attract and retain top technical talent.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Data IntegrationData ManagementData StorageInformation TechnologyMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Compensation solutioning for R&D Talent (40%)
Managing Compensation processes through the employee life cycle (30%)
Contributing to building and delivering enterprise-wide compensation programs/ frameworks (30%)
Qualification
Required
Comp expertise in job architecture, comp frameworks, market pricing, year-end and midyear pay cycle, global compensation practices, pay for performance design
Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to synthesize complex data into clear outputs and recommendations
Ability to analyze competitive trends in cash, equity, and total rewards to inform decision-making and tradeoffs
Advanced capabilities required in gSheets and excel
Deep expertise in tech compensation practices, especially around new-hire and refresh equity strategies in the tech sector
Ability to balance comp knowledge with business solutioning from a first principles viewpoint
Ability to create innovative frameworks/solutions to solve today's issues and anticipate future needs
Ability to connect the dots between systems, players, programs to seamlessly deliver compensation programs/products
Ability to partner closely with founders and executive leadership to pre-empt, understand and solve business needs
Ability to navigate competing priorities and opinions to drive the best outcomes
Act as a trusted advisor on compensation decisions, including offers, promotions, leveling, retention and M&A scenarios
Support sensitive, high-stakes compensation decisions with sound judgment and data-backed recommendations
Preferred
Knowledge of tableau
Knowledge of SQL
Knowledge of python
Experience using AI for comp analytics
Benefits
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Company
Databricks
Databricks is a data and AI platform that unifies data engineering, analytics, and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture.
Founded in 2013
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (385)
2024 (319)
2023 (227)
2022 (222)
2021 (166)
2020 (64)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25.81BKey Investors
Counterpoint GlobalFranklin TempletonAndreessen Horowitz
2025-12-16Series Unknown· $4B
2025-09-08Series Unknown· $1B
2025-01-13Debt Financing· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Ali Ghodsi
CEO and Co-founder
Ion Stoica
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Recent News
2026-01-24
2026-01-24
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