This is an exciting opportunity to help build the Compensation function at a high-growth pre-IPO startup as part of Verkada’s growing Compensation team. As an early team member, you will play a critical role in cross-functional partnerships across all business units at Verkada. You will be asked to project manage large programs like the compensation cycle, survey submissions, compensation tools, and benchmarking.
We are committed to a thriving in-office culture. This role requires that you be on-site at our HQ in San Mateo, CA 5 days a week.
What You'll Do- Partner with leaders across the company – Work closely with teams, including Finance, People Operations, and Sales, to design and execute compensation strategies that support business goals.
- Own and enhance compensation models – Build and maintain detailed models to support compensation planning, forecasting, and budgeting. Provide insights to leadership on pay competitiveness, market trends, and equity refresh strategies.
- Develop and monitor compensation dashboards – Create tools to track total rewards metrics, analyze pay equity, and surface insights to leaders.
- Support compensation cycles – Assist in executing merit, bonus, and equity refresh cycles, ensuring accuracy and alignment with company philosophy.
- Conduct market analysis and benchmarking – Analyze data from compensation surveys and industry sources to inform pay decisions and maintain competitive positioning.
- Drive ad hoc analyses and business cases – Deliver insights on compensation strategies and new initiatives that support hiring, retention, and equity practices.
- Get sh*t done! – Roll up your sleeves and dive into the details to drive impact daily—solving immediate issues while building scalable long-term processes.
- 2+ years of experience – You have experience in Compensation, People Analytics, Strategic Finance, or a related analytical role, ideally within a high-growth tech company.
- Strong analytical and modeling skills – You can proficiently build well-structured compensation models and dashboards in Excel/Google Sheets. Experience with tools like Workday, Radford, and/or Pave is a plus.
- Attention to detail with business acumen – You produce error-free work and know when to prioritize speed over perfection to meet business needs.
- A growth mindset and comfort with ambiguity – You thrive in a fast-paced environment, can build a structure from scratch, and quickly adapt when business needs to evolve.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management – You can engage effectively with partners across teams and are comfortable presenting insights to senior leaders. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must.
- A collaborative, low-ego teammate – You are known for being a team player who brings a positive, solutions-oriented attitude to your work. You’re here to grow and help others succeed.
- Must be willing and able to work onsite five days per week.
Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
- Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
- Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
- Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
- Expanded mental health support
- Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
- Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
- Professional development stipend
- Fertility Stipend
- Wellness/fitness benefits
- Healthy lunches provided daily
- Commuter benefits
- You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.
Annual Pay Range
At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)
Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).
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