Senior Compensation Partner, Tekion
$108-180k
+ Equity
End-to-end, AI-native platform for automotive retail
Be an early applicant
End-to-end, AI-native platform for automotive retail
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$108-180k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build the world's best business applications in the cloud.
Role
Who you are
- 5–7 years of experience in compensation, total rewards, or HR business partnering with a compensation focus
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field
- Deep knowledge of compensation tools, market surveys (e.g., Radford, Mercer), and HRIS platforms (e.g., Workday)
- Strong business acumen with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
- Excellent analytical, communication, and relationship-building skills
- Familiarity with compensation regulations (FLSA, Pay Equity, Transparency Laws)
What the job involves
- Serves as a strategic advisor and subject-matter expert to People and business leaders on compensation-related matters
- This role is responsible for providing advanced compensation consultation, managing complex compensation scenarios, and supporting the design and execution of company-wide compensation programs
- Partners with People Business Partners and business leaders to deliver strategic compensation guidance for offers, promotions, reorganizations, and retention planning
- Leads complex job evaluations and market pricing activities using industry surveys and internal benchmarking to maintain competitive and equitable pay practices
- Supports and influences the design and execution of global compensation programs including merit, bonus, and equity cycles
- Provides data-driven insights to senior leadership and contributes to compensation planning and forecasting efforts
- Helps evolve job architecture, salary structures, and leveling frameworks to support organizational growth and scale
- Advises on compensation governance, compliance, and pay equity issues in partnership with Legal and People Operations
- Contributes to compensation communication strategies, manager training, and enablement tools.
Our take
Car dealerships suffer from an inefficiency problem. The paperwork and administration required to complete a sale requires dealers to manage a disjointed set of various software applications. Tekion is offering an enticing remedy - a cloud-based automotive retail system that integrates the various software applications in a single infrastructure.
Competition has been strong, with rivals CDK Global and Reynolds & Reynolds offering a competitive raft of features, and benefiting from strong prior relationships with dealerships. Tekion, however, has nevertheless secured customers for the software in 28 states - likely in part due to the efficiency of partnering with a single growing service as opposed to a disparate spread.
This momentum shows no signs of slowing either, as Tekion has attracted attention from major players like CMC, Chrysler and Chevrolet. By streamlining dealership operations into a single platform, the company is proving that even in a crowded market, innovation and simplicity can win. Its recent release of AI agents and an AI interface also shows it is moving with the times.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2021
$250m
SERIES D
Total funding: $635.1m
Company benefits
- Silicon Valley Startup Environment
- Stock Options
- Focus on Work/Life Balance
- Recognition Culture
- Health and Wellness
- Unparalleled Career Development
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Jay Vijayan
(CEO & Co-Founder)They started their career at Oracle, where they spent over 7 years in Management before spending 4 at VMware. They then worked at Tesla for 4 years, leaving their position as CIO to found Tekion in February 2016.
Guru Sankararaman
(COO & Co-Founder)After working as a Chief Architect at Cisco, they joined Tesla for 4 years. Initially they served as Director of Information Technology and then later became VP of Information Technology. Left this role to co-found Tekion in 2016.
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