Head of Global Compensation

The role

The Head of Global Compensation will build the next generation of compensation strategy. This person will lead the evolution of global compensation philosophy, own equity compensation strategy, and lead a compensation team.

What you will do

• Lead the evolution of global compensation philosophy, job architecture, leveling, and pay structures.
• Provide a point of view on compensation investment and financial sustainability.
• Shape the broader Total Rewards strategy.
• Own equity compensation strategy including new-hire grants, refresh programs, and long-term incentives.
• Manage multi-year equity models and budget.
• Shape senior leadership compensation strategy and support Compensation Committee.
• Serve as an advisor to People Leaders on hiring, retention, and organizational changes.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to support talent attraction.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing compensation team.
• Use technology, automation, and AI to improve compensation processes.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including significant leadership responsibility within a high-growth technology company.
• 3+ years of proven success leading and developing a compensation team.
• Demonstrated experience designing, transforming, or evolving global compensation strategies and programs within a publicly traded company.
• Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including equity modeling, burn rate, dilution, long-term incentive design, and compensation budget planning.
• Experience with executive compensation, Compensation Committee support, public-company governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong understanding of pay equity and evolving pay transparency requirements.
• Experience extending compensation frameworks into new markets as a company scales.
• Hands-on experience with compensation systems, market data platforms, and analytics.
• Demonstrated experience in using AI and automation to improve how work gets done.

Benefits

• Annual cash bonus plan
• Variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles
• Equity
• Sign-on payments
• Health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits

About the company

Klaviyo empowers creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable. They aim to delight customers through personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond.