Compensation Partner

Fireworks AI
San Mateo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 180,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: People, HR & TalentExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Written communication","Stakeholder management","Process ownership","Collaboration"]

Own the company’s compensation philosophy and translate it into practical guardrails, salary bands, and review cycles. Run market research and benchmarking to keep bands competitive, maintain compensation data as the source of truth, and implement compensation systems (including HRIS/Workday modules). Partner with HRBPs, People Ops, and Finance on equity framework design, and serve as the go-to comp expert for clear, defensible pay decisions.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Fireworks AI
Fireworks AI
1 day ago

Compensation Partner

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 12 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Own the company’s compensation philosophy and translate it into practical guardrails, salary bands, and review cycles. Run market research and benchmarking to keep bands competitive, maintain compensation data as the source of truth, and implement compensation systems (including HRIS/Workday modules). Partner with HRBPs, People Ops, and Finance on equity framework design, and serve as the go-to comp expert for clear, defensible pay decisions.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Translate compensation philosophy into practical guardrails, bands, and decision frameworks for managers and HRBPs.
  • •Maintain and evolve salary bands by running ongoing market research and recommending proactive band adjustments.
  • •Own compensation data, analysis, and compensation system administration (e.g., HRIS/Workday modules) to keep processes scalable.
  • •Design and run the end-to-end compensation review cycle, partnering with HRBPs and building manager-facing tools and guidance.
  • •Partner with Finance on equity framework design and serve as the go-to compensation expert for pay decisions, approvals, and job evaluations.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 220,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of progressive compensation experience, including maintaining and evolving compensation programs (bands, review cycles, market benchmarking) in a fast-growing company.
  • •Experience with equity compensation (options, RSUs, or similar) and partnering with Finance on equity framework design.
  • •Strong analytical foundation for compensation modeling and translating market data into clear recommendations.
  • •Hands-on, process-owning mindset for building and running compensation programs and the details that make them work.
  • •Comfort partnering with HRBPs, Finance, and People Ops as equal stakeholders and communicating compensation mechanics clearly.
Experience:6+ years
Skills:Analytical thinkingWritten communicationStakeholder managementProcess ownershipCollaboration
Tech Stack:WorkdayHRISRadfordPaveCarta Total Comp

Company Brief

Fireworks AI
Develops AI-driven tools to generate and optimize visual marketing content for brands and creators, automating production of short-form videos and multimedia assets for social platforms to improve engagement and scale creative workflows.
Industry: SaaS
Website