Senior Manager Compensation R&D

The role

You will act as a strategic compensation leader and partner to Engineering leaders. You will design compensation solutions for technical talent and build AI-enabled tools to automate compensation lifecycles and frameworks.

What you will do

• Work with Engineering leaders to design attraction and retention solutions for technical talent.
• Advise on strategic technical hires and high-stakes retention cases.
• Advise on technical leveling for IC and management career paths.
• Run merit, refresh equity and promotion cycles for global R&D teams.
• Design and build AI tools and workflows to automate compensation processes.
• Scale global compensation structures including market pricing and equity strategy.
• Build frameworks for technical job architecture and emerging skill premiums.

Required qualifications

• Expert-level analytical modeling including cost-of-program and attrition modeling.
• Personal experience using AI tools to build compensation tools, models or workflows.
• Equity fluency including RSU and option mechanics, vesting design, and refresh strategy.
• Statistical judgment regarding market data and sample sizes.
• Knowledge of job architecture, technical career ladders, and compensation frameworks.
• Knowledge of market pricing and global compensation practices.
• Deep knowledge of competitor compensation for high-tech talent.
• Track record of advising executives on sensitive compensation decisions.
• Ability to deliver compensation programs end to end.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting Engineering, R&D or other technical organizations at a high-growth tech company.
• Familiarity with the market for AI/ML, research or specialized infrastructure talent.
• Experience with acquisition compensation and retention design.
• Experience with Tableau or other BI tools, or building dashboards for leaders.
• Experience scaling compensation programs through hypergrowth, IPO, or major organizational change.
• A background in a quantitative field (for example finance, statistics, engineering), or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Annual performance bonus
• Equity

About the company

Databricks is the Data and AI company. Headquartered in San Francisco, it provides a unified platform used by over 20,000 organizations worldwide.