Baseten
Manager, Compensation
San Francisco · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 141 days ago
Machine LearningSparkNegotiationExcelHRISCompensationResearchLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- We believe attracting and retaining exceptional people, and ensuring they feel recognized and valued for their impact, is core to becoming the best place to work.
- This role blends strategy and execution: designing clear, fair systems while moving quickly in a high-growth environment.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve Baseten's company-wide compensation strategy, philosophy, and programs.
- Collaborate with leadership and HRBP to create and evolve job architecture and leveling frameworks.
- Build and maintain compensation bands. Conduct regular market benchmarking to ensure comp bands and strategy remain competitive in a fast moving industry.
- Partner closely with Talent to design and approve competitive new hire offers, advising on negotiation strategy within our compensation principles.
- Partner with HRBPs and managers on compensation decisions related to promotions, retention, recognition, and off-cycle adjustments.
- Select and optimize compensation tooling, ensuring data integrity, operational efficiency, and thoughtful use of automation.
- We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F https://www.baseten.co/blog/announcing-our-series-f/, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital.
- Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.
- As our Compensation Manager, you will own compensation programs company-wide.
Requirements
- Strong analytical rigor with advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, HRIS systems, and benchmarking tools
- Ability to operate as both a strategic advisor to senior leadership and a hands-on builder of scalable, principled compensation systems.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate compensation philosophy and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Company-facilitated 401(k)
Compensation
- Lead bi-annual leveling and compensation review cycles to ensure market competitiveness and reward high performance across teams.
- Oversee annual bonus planning and payouts, ensuring alignment with company performance and individual impact.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
- Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
- Paid parental leave
- Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
- Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.
- If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.
- Manage new hire equity grants in partnership with Finance and Legal.
- Design and administer a thoughtful equity refresher program for tenured employees.
- By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production.
Company info
- At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
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