Senior Variable Compensation Manager
At a glance
Senior Compensation & Benefits role at Crusoe. San Francisco · full-time · $175,000–$215,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Shape traditional and nontraditional incentive plans, then manage their documentation, calculations, validation and payouts
- Keep incentive plans accurate and compliant, including tracking signed plan documents for eligible employees
- Review program costs and results, then bring leadership recommendations grounded in market research and cost models
- Coordinate with Finance, Accounting and RevOps on compensation forecasts, accruals and budgets
- Build compensation dashboards with HRIS and People Analytics, and improve incentive data quality and tracking
What you bring
- At least seven years in compensation, with experience spanning startups and large technology companies
- Strong knowledge of incentive compensation and the ability to design, model and administer plans end to end
- Advanced analytical skills, including spreadsheet work and analysis of large datasets
- Experience building forecasts and explaining complex findings to senior leaders is valued
Who this fits
This senior, hands-on role suits someone who can work independently across ambiguous requests and several concurrent projects. You’ll collaborate with senior leaders and teams across Finance, Accounting, RevOps, HR and People Analytics. The role is onsite in San Francisco.
From the employer
Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world's most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster.
We're in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We're solving that — with an energy-first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI.
We're looking for problem-solving, opportunity-finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services.
If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high-performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe.
About the Role:
As a Senior Variable Compensation Manager, you will play a key role on the Total Rewards team, specifically providing strategic and operational support across Crusoe’s variable compensation programs. You will work closely with the Director of Variable Compensation, VP of Total Rewards, CPO, as well as other senior leaders at Crusoe to help design and deliver data-driven solutions that help us attract and retain top talent. This is a highly visible, hands-on role for a proactive and self-starting professional who will thrive in a fast-paced startup environment. This is a unique opportunity to build incentive programs from inception to operationalisation. To be successful in this role, candidates must have the ability to contextualise ambiguous requests, leveraging advanced analytical and modeling skills, in order to produce simple and reliable data driven insights. Ability to think outside of the box and deliver custom solutions is a major core competency.
What You'll Be Working On:
Incentive Program Design
Participate in the strategy, design, implementation and ongoing improvement of traditional (GTM) and non traditional incentive programs.
Lead end-to-end administration and governance of incentive programs - drafting plan documentation, modeling, achievement calculations, validation, and payout execution.
Serve as a point of accountability for incentive plan accuracy, compliance, and operational integrity.
Ensure all employees on a variable plan have a signed plan document in a smooth and trackable fashion.
Analyze program effectiveness, cost, and performance outcomes; proactively surface insights and recommendations to leadership.
Work on market research and cost modeling in order to help design competitive incentive programs for non-direct sales groups.
Partner with Finance, Accounting, and RevOps to ensure accurate compensation forecasting, accruals, and budget management.
Collaborate with the Internal Communications and HR team to effectively roll out and educate managers and eligible employees on variable compensation programs.
Data and Analytics:
Deliver complex modeling of ambiguous plan design.
Navigate data integrity issues in order to produce reliable insights.
Partner with HRIS and People Analytics to design, build, and maintain compensation dashboards that enable quick review of market positioning for short and long term incentives and budget utilization needs.
Help improve data integrity and optimize HR tech stack functionality for incentives tracking and accuracy.
Explore and pilot AI and automation tools to streamline repetitive tasks and enhance predictive analytics capabilities
Develop measurable metrics to track incentive program performance.
What You'll Bring to the Team:
Experience: 7+ years of compensation experience, with a mix of start up and large tech company experience. Fast pace start up experience preferred.
Experience with end-to-end ownership of incentive programs including design, modeling, and administration is a strong plus.
Experience with presenting and influencing senior leadership preferred.
Preferred Experience: Modeling/forecasting experience is a key competency.
Core Competencies: Deep knowledge of incentive-based compensation programs.
Skills: Exceptional analytical skills with a proficiency in spreadsheet software and experience with large datasets. Ability to navigate data integrity issues effectively in order to produce reliable dashboards and analytics. Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts and present recommendations to diverse audiences, including senior leaders.
A proven ability to work autonomously and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Proficiency with HRIS systems (Rippling, Workday, Pave) preferred.
Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives
Experience working with senior leadership preferred
Benefits:
Competitive compensation and equity packages
Restricted Stock Units
Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
Employer contributions to HSA account
Paid parental leave
Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
Professional development & tuition reimbursement
Mental health & wellness support
Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
Cell phone stipend
401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
Volunteer time off
Global travel insurance & emergency assistance
Daily meals allowance
Additional perks & programs specific to location
Compensation Range
Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $175,000 - $215,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.