Compensation Manager, Temporal
$150-200k
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.
Open source microservice state management
Open for applications
Open source microservice state management
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$150-200k
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Temporal’s equity plan.
201-500 employees
Company mission
To remove the complexity in developing reliable software for the cloud.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in Total Rewards / Compensation within a fast-paced, high-growth SaaS or tech environment
- Deep understanding of compensation structures, job leveling, equity programs, and market benchmarking and complex sales compensation plans
- Excellent analytical skills with experience in compensation tools, HRIS, and market data platforms (e.g., Pave, Radford, Mercer)
- Experience managing equity programs and understanding regulatory compliance
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence leadership and collaborate cross-functionally
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- Passion for creating fair, competitive, and transparent total rewards programs
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Compensation Manager to design, implement, and optimize our compensation and equity programs
- Reporting to the VP of People, this role will play a key part in ensuring Temporal’s total rewards strategy is competitive, equitable, and aligned with our business goals
- You will work cross-functionally with Finance, Talent, and Leadership to drive data-informed decisions that attract and retain top talent
- Design and maintain a competitive equity compensation strategy that drives performance, supports retention and attraction of top talent, and aligns with the company’s financial objectives
- Analyze compensation data; including salary, incentives, and equity awards to ensure alignment with the company’s goals for attracting, engaging, and retaining talent
- Conduct benchmarking and market analyses to develop job families and competitive compensation packages that maintain a clear job architecture and support the company’s strategic growth
- Support core compensation operations, including annual planning cycles, system administration and testing, job leveling, salary structure management, compliance reporting, reconciliations, and compensation analytics
- Support equity program operations through ad hoc analyses, project contributions, and preparation of equity grant schedules for the Board of Directors’ Compensation Committee
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting of monthly stock-based compensation expenses, and maintain effective operation of all equity-related internal controls
- Prepare reports and executive presentations on compensation trends, program effectiveness, and strategic recommendations for key leaders and the Board of Directors
- Partner closely with People Business Partners, Recruiting, Finance, and other cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and seamless integration of compensation programs
- Develop and guide communication strategies to clearly and effectively convey compensation programs and updates to employees
- Coach managers on how to effectively communicate compensation programs, decisions, and changes to their employees with clarity and confidence
Our take
The complexity of modern software systems puts a major strain on developers as it makes products difficult to plan, build and test. Cloud-native services simplify life for end-users, but app developers unfamiliar with the challenges of state management behind the construction of microservices. As the leading state management systems company, Temporal Technologies is an MIT licensed platform for unifying and managing application state.
The company offers an open source microservices orchestration platform, giving developers more time to code, while Temporal manages the scalability and reliability. The company’s technology is used to solve state management at an impressive list of cloud and tech companies, including Netflix, Doordash, Snap, and Google Cloud.
The company has achieved unicorn status with a valuation of over $1.5 billion following its early 2022 Series B. Temporal plans to use its latest Series "B-Prime" 2023 funding to continue growing its open-source community, and developing new features for its cloud offering.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
76% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2025
$144m
LATE VC
Jan 2024
$103m
LATE VC
Total funding: $711m
Company benefits
- Medical/Dental (including ortho)/Vision Benefits
- Unlimited Time-Off
- 401(k)
- AD&D, Long and Short- term disability
- Life Insurance
- HSA + Employer Contribution
- Employee Assistance Program
- Company Issued Hardware + $1,000 Annually Home Office Setup
- Remote-First
Company HQ
West Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
Leadership
Maxim Fateev
(CEO)Former Senior Staff Engineer at Uber. Previously worked as a Staff Software Engineer at Google, Principal SDE at Amazon Web Services, Principal RSDE at Microsoft, and was a Senior Software Engineer at Amazon .com.
Samar Abbas
(CTO)Former Staff Software Engineer at Uber. Previously worked at Microsoft as a Principal Software Engineer, and was a Software Design Engineer at Amazon.
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