MongoDB

Senior Compensation Manager

MongoDB$98K — $193K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of compensation expertise
  • Proven track record as a compensation business partner
  • Strong knowledge of third-party survey methodologies
  • Experience leading cross-functional compensation initiatives
  • Strong communication skills for complex data presentation

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the dedicated compensation partner for Product and Technology organizations
  • Act as the primary contact for new hire offers and internal equity reviews
  • Own end-to-end compensation cycle execution for client groups
  • Lead competitive intelligence and market research on compensation trends
  • Develop benchmarking methodologies that incorporate real-time market data
  • Partner with Recruiting to provide market insights and recommendations
  • Lead global projects focused on compensation initiatives and tools

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Opportunity to lead and shape compensation programs
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Access to professional development and learning materials
  • Engagement with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
Full Job Description
The Compensation team serves as a strategic advisor to business leaders, managers, and employees across MDB. We are compensation experts with a deep understanding of our stakeholders, problem solvers who use data and insights to drive value, and partners who build the tools, models, and frameworks that support sound compensation decision-making across the company. This role sits within the Compensation function and will work closely with the Customer organization and cross-functional partners including Recruiting, Finance, Legal, HR Partners
The Difference You Will Make:

We are looking for a Senior Compensation Partner to serve as the dedicated compensation partner for the Product and Technology organization. This role will support Executive, VP and Director level leaders and their HRBP Partners as the primary day-to-day compensation resource. The ideal candidate will be a strong business partner and a builder of compensation programs, and tools, and must be comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-moving environment.
A Typical Day:
  1. Serve as the dedicated compensation partner for the Product and Technology organization, supporting senior leaders, HR Directors, and People Partners across customer divisions
  2. Act as the primary point of contact for new hire offers, internal equity reviews, leveling decisions, and out-of-cycle requests
  3. Own compensation cycle execution for customer client groups end-to-end, including market benchmarking, budget modeling, manager enablement, and leadership rollups
  4. Lead competitive intelligence for roles by conducting market research on compensation trends, pay practices, and talent movement, particularly important in the new AI competitive landscape
  5. Develop benchmarking methodologies that supplement traditional survey data with recruiting signals, offer data, and other real-time market sources
  6. Partner with Recruiting and People partners to provide market insights and competitive positioning recommendations for hires at all levels
  7. Own or lead global projects to stretch learning such as shift allowance, job architecture, comp planning tool implementation
  8. Develop enablement materials that help managers understand compensation philosophy and make informed decisions
Your Expertise
  • 10+ years of compensation expertise
  • Proven track record as a compensation business partner supporting customer organizations, including end-to-end ownership of cyclical compensation programs
  • Strong knowledge of third-party survey methodologies (for example, Radford and WTW), with the ability to build and validate pay structures across geographies and functions
  • Experience leading cross-functional compensation initiatives and comfort navigating ambiguous, fast-moving environments
  • Strong communication skills, with a proven ability to present complex compensation data clearly to senior business and technical audiences
Preferred Experience/Skills
  • Experience in both compensation business partner and program roles
  • Experience at a high-growth technology company
  • Excellent communicator across all channels, in person, virtually, and in writing, with the ability to build strong working relationships across distributed teams
  • Able to operate at multiple altitudes, prioritize effectively, and manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong project management skills and excellent follow-through
  • Process-oriented and comfortable creating structure in ambiguous environments, with a creative approach to solving non-obvious problems
  • Comfortable moving between operational and tactical details and higher-level vision and strategy conversations.
  • Experience working remotely and/or internationally, coordinating effectively with global peers and team members, and understanding both the challenges and opportunities of remote work
  • Ability to succeed in a collaborative, startup-paced environment
  • Advanced skills in MS Office and G-Suite
  • Strong business acumen and awareness of business and market trends
MongoDB's base salary range for this role in the U.S. is:

$98,000-$193,000 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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