Senior Compensation Specialist

As a Senior Compensation Specialist, you will join a brand-new team as we completely reinvent the way we look at compensation during this transformative moment at EchoStar. In this role, you will manage and optimize our strategic compensation programs and operational processes. Serving as an essential strategic partner, you will work closely with HR leadership to support the design, evaluation, and implementation of strategic Compensation initiatives across the organization, while maintaining robust data integrity and performing complex analytical modeling.

This role is perfect for an experienced Compensation professional, who excels in a data-driven environment, drives enterprise-wide compensation initiatives, and seeks to maximize their strategic impact across the business.

What Success Looks Like (Objectives):

Key Responsibilities:

• Total Rewards Programs:
  • Drive the ongoing administration and rollout of recurring compensation cycles, incentive plans, and employee recognition programs.
  • Support and drive cross-functional compensation programs that impact the broader HR team and manage complex interdependencies across initiatives.
• Insights, Reporting & Advisory Support:
  • Generate key operational reports and insights, effectively communicating data-backed recommendations to HR leadership and business partners.
  • Respond to queries from HR team members regarding pay guidelines and partner in broader advisory discussions.
• Compensation Operations & Data Integrity:
  • Lead data audits and maintenance within HR systems, while collaborating with team leadership to analyze data for strategic compensation projects.
  • Update salary structures, job catalogs, and market benchmarks.
• Operational Excellence & Process Innovation:
  • Leverage AI tools and automation to streamline compensation workflows and improve overall efficiency.
  • Support day-to-day department operations, ensuring an integrated, cost-effective approach to compensation and recognition

Core Skills, Competencies, and Key Experiences (What you'll bring)

• Skills and Qualifications:
  
  • HR Foundations & Compensation Experience: 5 - 7 years of experience in Compensation or Total Rewards, including a comprehensive understanding of compensation plan structures, job leveling, and reward workflows.
  • Analytical Proficiency & Data Management: Strong aptitude for managing, validating, and manipulating datasets with a high degree of accuracy. Comfortable leveraging HRIS, AI and data analysis platforms to support compensation modeling, reporting, and data-driven insights.
  • Communication, Organization & Service Mindset: Clear written and verbal communication skills combined with excellent organization, and a service-oriented approach to supporting internal stakeholders and executing operational tasks reliably.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role

Salary Range

Compensation: $83,160.00/Year - $118,800.00/Year
About Our Department

In Human Resources, we collaborate with the innovators who drive DISH's creative ambition. From recognizing and fostering the development of our company's talent to navigating an ever-changing business landscape, our HR team drives positive change for both the company and our team members interested in growing their careers at DISH.

Benefits

We offer meaningful health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan. Review a benefits summary here: EchoStar Benefits

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies. Compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change.

This job posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.