Manager of Compensation, Metropolis
$125-155k
4+ days a week in office
Autonomous commerce platform for urban mobility
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Autonomous commerce platform for urban mobility
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$125-155k
4+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To disrupt traditional city infrastructure to empower the future of urban mobility.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of progressive compensation experience, including hands-on experience designing, maintaining, and administering sales compensation plans
- Strong expertise in sales compensation mechanics (pay mix, quotas, accelerators, draw structures, crediting rules) and legal plan documentation
- Demonstrated experience managing high-volume, non-exempt populations and multi-state/multi-jurisdictional minimum wage compliance and zone-based wage grids
- Advanced data modeling skills in Excel/Google Sheets (nested formulas, pivot tables, scenario modeling) and direct reporting experience from HRIS/SPM systems
- Experience with Workday compensation module configuration and data maintenance
- Experience leveraging AI tools to transform static workflows into responsive, high-output processes
Desirable
- Experience supporting unionized populations or collective bargaining agreements
- Hands-on experience with Sales Performance Management (SPM) software (e.g., Salesforce, CaptivateIQ, Xactly, Varicent, Anaplan)
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP) designation
What the job involves
- Metropolis is seeking a Compensation Manager to serve as a strategic compensation partner supporting both our Operations and Growth organizations.
- This hybrid role bridges two critical areas: managing high-volume hourly pay structures, location-tiered wage grids, and compliance for frontline teams, while leading the operational governance, policy drafting, and plan administration for sales incentive compensation
- Act as the primary Compensation partner for Field Ops HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and operational leadership to evaluate market pay dynamics, high-volume hiring rates, wage grids, and frontline retention levers
- Design, maintain, and audit hourly pay structures and location-tiered wage grids; lead periodic hourly range refreshes, compression analyses, and the annual field review cycle
- Maintain real-time tracking of federal, state, county, and municipal minimum wage shifts and living wage ordinances to ensure 100% compliance across all operating jurisdictions
- Draft and maintain formal Sales Incentive Plan documents, SPIFF templates, terms & conditions, and governance policies in partnership with RevOps and Finance, serving as the final escalation authority for rep crediting disputes and policy exceptions
- Lead the annual rollout of sales compensation plans, rep plan acknowledgments, quota attainment auditing, and sales manager education on plan mechanics
- Track quota attainment distributions, pay-for-performance correlation, and payout ROI alongside RevOps data feeds to deliver performance insights to executive leadership
- Design and execute ad hoc compensation analyses, pay equity reviews, and executive reporting directly from core HRIS/SPM databases
- Partner with HR Operations to structure, configure, and maintain compensation data and structures within the HCM platform and in external databases (Excel, Google Sheets) as needed
- Provide operational backup for equity administration (grant processing, vesting tracking) during peak cycles in collaboration with the Corporate & Equity Compensation Manager
Our take
Driven by computer vision and AI technology, Metropolis offers a seamless parking and checkout experience by turning cars into wallets. This eliminates the need for physical tickets and pay machines, allowing property owners to maximise the financial performance of their parking assets and offer a modern service to customers.
Metropolis aims to revolutionise parking by integrating future mobility solutions, such as autonomous vehicle deployment, charging stations, and eVTOL infrastructure. Its approach includes dynamic pricing to optimise revenue during demand surges.
The company has expanded rapidly following several fundraising rounds and some lucrative partnerships. Its acquisition of SP Plus Corporation helped to position Metropolis as a leader in AI infrastructure for parking and mobility, and its now grown to be worth $5 billion.
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Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2025
$500m
SERIES D
Oct 2023
$1.1bn
SERIES C
Total funding: $1.8bn
Company benefits
- Equity options - We offer ownership opportunities through stock options
- Wellness benefits - A wellness program designed to support a variety of needs
- Health insurance - We subsidise high-quality health insurance coverage for full-time and hourly employees
- We subsidize high-quality health insurance coverage for full-time and hourly employees
- 401(k) match - Plan for your future with a 4% company match
- Parental leave - Receive support prior to, during leave, and as you transition back to work
- Time off - Unlimited PTO for salaried employees, and a generous PTO package for our hourly employees
- Paid holidays - We observe major holidays with company-wide closures, and double hourly rates for those who work
- Hybrid environment - Magic happens face to face, but we support a flexible working model
Company HQ
Downtown, Santa Monica, CA
Leadership
Alexander Israel
(CEO & Co-Founder)Former Vice President & General Manager at INRIX. Co-founder and former COO at ParkMe. BA in Business & Economics at University of Puget Sound.
Travis Kell
(CSO & Co-Founder)Former Senior Vice President at Winton Group. Previously Director of Hedge Fund Solutions at BlackRock. BA in Business at University of Puget Sound.
Courtney Fukuda
(Chief Integration Officer & Co-Founder)Formerly hedge fund solutions group at BlackRock. Managed senior relationships with sovereign wealth fund, central banks and other major institutional investors. BA in Economics at Yale University.
Peter Fisher
(CCO & Co-Founder)Formerly growth equity Investor at Transamerica Investment Management, BA in Political Science at Boston College.
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