Lead, Compensation Analyst

Opengov - Boston, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Boston, MA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

OpenGov is home to an exceptional team - passionate about our mission to power more effective and accountable government. By bringing the OpenGov Cloud to our nation's state and local government, we're transforming communities so they can thrive! Imagine yourself being able to help small business owners open their doors faster, ensuring our tax dollars are accounted for, creating safer infrastructure, modernizing the permitting process, and assisting with disaster recovery. The work you do here every day has a meaningful impact on people's lives! OpenGov is a 2023 Top Workplaces USA award winner and a Forbes America's Best Startup Employer. Join our smart, fun, and humble team to experience the most rewarding career of your life! As the Senior Compensation Analyst, you will be driving impactful efforts to evolve and scale our compensation processes and programs in alignment with our business objectives. This role will be responsible for all of the traditional analyses of a compensation professional in addition to partnering with the broader People Team to strengthen our organization's baseline knowledge of compensation and administer OpenGov's compensation programs. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who is an analytical thinker, skilled at solving new and unfamiliar problems, and is driven by a desire to meet business needs through a consultative approach for a fast-growing organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide business relevant compensation solutions and guidance to stakeholders, including compensation inquiries and recommendations for new & existing employees.
• Scale our processes and tools; lead a continual effort to operationalize and automate compensation processes.
• Maintain integrity of compensation data and systems including internal job architecture, career paths, salary scales, and compensation ranges.
• Benchmark jobs against external survey providers and other market intelligence to determine compensation ranges for each position.
• Prepare and maintain job descriptions for each position, ensuring they accurately reflect the work being performed and are classified correctly.
• Administer compensation programs such as compensation cycles, promotions, goal-setting/scoring, and variable pay.
• Create and deploy compensation content and training for HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, Managers, and Employees.
• Help implement processes and mechanisms that drive equitable and fair compensation practices as part of the pay transparency journey.
• Design and build compensation metrics, reports, and tools to inform compensation program decisions and forecast/analyze compensation outcomes.
• Be an advocate and help champion OpenGov's culture and values.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in compensation, consulting, or related field in a high-growth, fast-paced environment required.
• Experience building compensation programs, managing projects, and scaling processes with company growth.
• Strong experience with benchmarking roles with external survey providers, required; experience benchmarking against Radford is preferred.
• Strong analytical and strong Excel/Google Sheet skills are required to analyze data and create meaningful, understandable models and reports.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws impacting people operations and compensation.
• Experience working with base pay and incentive plans, required.
• Experience with global compensation strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or commensurate experience required, a strong background in data/quantitative analysis such as Finance, Statistics, or Economics preferred.
• Ability to present and distill complex topics in a concise and meaningful manner to diverse stakeholders.
• Must be able to independently problem solve and work under pressure in a deadline driven, rapidly changing organization.
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in maintaining confidential and sensitive information.
• The ability to gain alignment and represent a common point of view across multiple stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with global compensation strongly preferred.

Benefits

• 90% paid Medical/Dental/Vision premium for employees
• Fully paid Life and Short/Long term disability insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental Leave policy
• Annual wellness stipend
• Anniversary awards
• Bonus eligible