MongoDB

Compensation Manager

MongoDB$87K — $171K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of compensation experience, particularly as a compensation business partner
  • Proven track record with cyclical compensation programs in customer organizations
  • Experience with sales incentive plans and their implementation
  • Ability to collaborate with Finance and Sales Operations on incentive modeling and reporting
  • Strong understanding of third-party survey methodologies like Radford and WTW
  • Excellent analytical and executive-presentation skills
  • Experience leading projects in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary compensation partner for leaders across Customer Success and related teams
  • Provide data-driven advice on new hires, promotions, and retention strategies
  • Evaluate and collaborate on incentive plan effectiveness with relevant teams
  • Manage compensation cycle from market benchmarking to leadership reports
  • Conduct competitive intelligence research for compensation trends in tech and AI
  • Incorporate diverse market signals to enhance compensation decisions
  • Work with Recruiting on market insights for various hire levels
  • Analyze compensation programs and recommend improvements based on data and feedback
  • Lead strategic projects such as compensation governance and planning tool implementations
  • Create training materials for managers on compensation philosophy

Benefits

  • Collaborative work with senior stakeholders across departments
  • Opportunities to influence compensation strategies in a high-growth environment
  • Autonomy in decision-making and project execution
  • Fast-paced work environment that encourages adaptability and innovation
Full Job Description
The Compensation team serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, managers, and employees across MDB. We use data and insights to drive value and build the tools, models, and frameworks that support sound compensation decisions. This role sits within Compensation and partners closely with the Customer organization -and with Recruiting, Finance, Sales Operations, Legal, and HR.
The Difference You Will Make

We are looking for a Compensation Partner to serve as the dedicated partner for the Customer organization. This role will support VP and Director-level leaders, and their HRBP partners as the primary day-to-day compensation resource.

The ideal candidate will be a trusted business partner and builder of compensation programs, tools, and frameworks. They will bring deep experience supporting Customer organizations, a strong understanding of various incentive plans, and the ability to partner effectively with Operations and other teams that design them. This person must be comfortable operating autonomously, influencing senior stakeholders, and navigating a fast-moving environment.
A Typical Day
  • Serve as the dedicated compensation partner for the Customer organization, supporting leaders and People Partners across Customer Success, Professional Services, Technical Services and Strategic Partners teams
  • Provide data-informed guidance on new-hire offers, internal equity, leveling, promotions, retention actions, and out-of-cycle requests
  • Build a strong understanding of incentive plans and partner with the teams that design them to assess effectiveness and support informed compensation decisions
  • Own Partners compensation-cycle execution end-to-end, including market benchmarking, budget modeling, manager enablement, and leadership rollups
  • Lead competitive intelligence for Customer roles, researching compensation trends, pay practices, incentive structures, and talent movement in the evolving technology and AI landscape
  • Supplement survey data with recruiting signals, offer data, sales talent trends, and other real-time market sources
  • Partner with Recruiting and People Partners on market insights and competitive positioning for hires at all levels
  • Analyze compensation programs using data, business results, and stakeholder feedback; recommend improvements that support growth, retention, and pay-for-performance principles
  • Lead strategic projects such as incentive-plan governance, job architecture, or compensation-planning tool implementation
  • Develop manager enablement materials and training on compensation philosophy and decision-making
Your Expertise
  • 7+ years of compensation experience, including significant experience as a compensation business partner
  • Proven track record supporting Customer orgs, with end-to-end ownership of cyclical compensation programs
  • Experience supporting the implementation, administration, and communication of Sales incentive plans, with a strong understanding of how they operate
  • Experience partnering with Finance and Sales Operations on incentive-plan modeling, budgeting, forecasting, attainment analysis, and reporting
  • Strong knowledge of third-party survey methodologies, such as Radford and WTW, and the ability to build and validate pay structures across geographies and functions
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and executive-presenting skills
  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Preferred Experience and Skills
  • Experience in both compensation business partner and program roles
  • Experience supporting a high-growth technology company, preferably in a global Customer environment
  • Experience with compensation-planning, incentive-compensation, and analytics tools
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build relationships across distributed teams
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to prioritize multiple projects with strong follow-through
  • Comfortable operating at both the tactical and strategic levels and creating structure in ambiguous environments
  • Experience working remotely and/or internationally with global teams
  • Strong business acumen and awareness of business, technology, and market trends


MongoDB's base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:

$87,000-$171,000 USD

About MongoDB

MongoDB is a general purpose, document-based, distributed database built for modern application developers and for the cloud era. MongoDB is a leading NoSQL database that allows developers to build applications with ease and flexibility. MongoDB is used by many of the world's largest organizations to power their most critical applications. MongoDB is headquartered in New York City and has offices around the globe.
Learn more about MongoDB
Size
3,544 employees
Market Cap
$12.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$266.9 million
Founded
2007
5 Year Trend
+50.1%
Revenue
$590.3 million
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