Senior Director of Compensation, BuzzFeed
$175-195k
Corss-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content
Job no longer available
Corss-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$175-195k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To spread joy and truth across entertainment, news, food, pop culture, and commerce and drive conversation and inspire what audiences watch, read, and buy now - and into the future.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of compensation experience; consulting experience a plus
- Experience in designing equity-based and commission-based compensation plans and programs
- Strong analytical rigor with the ability to effectively analyze data and create clear and comprehensive reports and recommendations
- Ability to lead and influence across multiple levels of an organization on key compensation topics
- Self-starter, independently motivated, leads oneself and others
- Comfort with ambiguity, uncertainty and rapidly evolving landscape
- Excellent written and visual communication skills
- Passionate about analysis, program design, and teamwork
- The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic professional with a knack for being effective and thrives in an accelerated environment
What the job involves
- Reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will be responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of the global compensation and equity programs
- This is a “hands on” role. You will be expected to both think strategically regarding vision and design of programs -- and also perform analysis and ensure compensation processes and other programs run smoothly
- Partner with the People leadership team and executives to define and execute the total rewards strategy
- Lead the compensation function including base, short-term and long-term incentive compensation; semi-annual compensation review cycle; equity administration; market data survey participation
- Work with FP&A teams to forecast spends for anything compensation and benefits related
- Lead overall compensation planning for BuzzFeed from strategy to execution, including leading the annual compensation process
- Provide insight and leadership to team members and executives that will contribute to shaping the way we think about attracting and retaining the best talent at BuzzFeed
- Create and innovate compensation programs that meet the needs of our various functions, business areas, and growth
- Lead benchmarking, survey analysis, and analytics to elevate understanding of our competitiveness globally with a view toward evolving our compensation and benefits programs over time
- Manage, oversee and update as needed, our global compensation programs including cash, incentives, sales commission, equity and recognition
- Provide subject matter expertise and accurately interpret, counsel, communicate, and educate Recruiters, HR Business Partners, managers and executives on pay decisions, policy and guideline interpretations, and job evaluations
Our take
BuzzFeed is a global digital media company reaching hundreds of millions of readers each month through entertainment, lifestyle, and cultural content. Originally known for pioneering viral internet formats such as quizzed, listicles, and shareable pop-culture stories, BuzzFeed helped define the social-media-driven publishing era and at its peak attracted more than a billion monthly page views.
The company later expanded into journalism with the launch of BuzzFeed News in 2011, which went on to win major accolades including a Pulitzer Prize and multiple industry awards. In 2023, BuzzFeed made the strategic decision to wind down the division as part of a broader restructuring across the digital media industry, instead consolidating its news operations under HuffPost, which the company acquired in 2020 and continues to operate as a profitable newsroom.
Today, BuzzFeed is focused on evolving its publishing model for the next phase of internet media. The company continues to build audiences across platforms like YouTube, podcasts, and social channels, while also investing in new formats, creator partnerships, and AI-powered content tools designed to deepen audience engagement and support long-term growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jun 2021
$150m
CONVERTIBLE
Nov 2016
$200m
SERIES G
Total funding: $646.3m
Company HQ
Gramercy Park, New York, NY
Leadership
Jonah Peretti
(Founder & CEO)Jonah Founded BuzzFeed in 2006 and has served as CEO since. He is also the co-founder of The Huffington Post.
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