Compensation Consultant, Payscale

• 7+ years of hands-on compensation experience, including demonstrated expertise in:
• Benchmarking and market pricing across multiple industries, geographies, and data sources
• Salary structure design, development, and analysis
• Job architecture, job family frameworks, and job leveling
• Compensation strategy development and implementation
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage moderately complex to highly complex client engagements independently
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, particularly the ability to communicate compensation concepts clearly to a range of client stakeholders, including senior leaders
• Advanced Excel and data analysis capabilities
• Client-facing experience delivering consulting services or professional services to external clients
• Willingness to share compensation expertise and support the development of teammates
• You're a continuous learner and curious problem-solver who thrives in ambiguity and brings creative solutions to complex compensation challenges
• You're client-centric and outcomes-focused
• You understand that compensation strategy isn't a one-size-fits-all
• You genuinely enjoy learning about different organizations, industries, and business models
• You craft tailored recommendations based on this knowledge
• You have strong executive presence and are comfortable navigating both detailed analytical work and high-level strategic conversations with C-suite audiences
• Perhaps most importantly, you're energized by the opportunity to be a strategic partner in clients' compensation journeys
• You know that the work you do directly impacts how organizations attract, retain, and fairly compensate their talent
• We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you

Desirable

• Payscale's Compensation Services team partners strategically with clients across their entire compensation journey
• We help organizations build foundational compensation strategies, design competitive pay structures, establish job families and level frameworks, and enhance pay transparency and communications - serving as trusted advisors who guide clients through complex compensation decisions across diverse industries, geographies, and organizational complexities
• Our role is to combine deep compensation expertise with data-driven insights from Payscale's platform to deliver tangible, measurable outcomes that help clients build defensible, strategic compensation programs
• Manage Complex Client Engagements: Serve as project manager on high-value, complex compensation projects that often require cross-functional collaboration with benchmarking, revenue, and other internal teams to deliver comprehensive solutions
• Execute Core Compensation Initiatives: Support and manage a range of project types within our service offerings - from stakeholder alignment and compensation strategy development through job pricing, structure modeling, job family framework development, policy documentation, and compensation communications training
• Provide Compensation Consultation: Deliver deep compensation expertise across benchmarking and market pricing, salary structure design, and job architecture - interpreting complex market data and tailoring recommendations to unique client circumstances and business objectives
• Facilitate Client Conversations: Partner with client stakeholders, including senior leaders, to discuss compensation strategy, findings, and recommendations, building credibility as a trusted compensation partner
• Support Team Collaboration and Learning: Share knowledge and best practices with teammates and support onboarding, shadowing, and peer review as needed
• Collaborate Cross-functionally: Partner across teams to deliver comprehensive client solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, regularly share best practices, and support revenue teams on prospect and renewal calls
• Contribute to Process Improvement: Identify gaps in team competencies, suggest professional development opportunities, and participate in departmental process improvement that enhance service delivery