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Viant Technology

Sr. Manager, Compensation

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Key details

Salary

$165K – $185K

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Senior

Years experience

3-5

Location

Irvine, California, United States

Full job description

The Sr. Manager, Compensation leads execution of compensation cycles, benchmarking, internal equity analysis, and data integrity across systems. Collaborates with Compensation leadership, Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, and Finance to ensure accurate data, disciplined pay practices, and reliable forecasting. Responsibilities include managing merit, bonus, and equity cycles; maintaining compensation files; conducting market pricing and job architecture management; ensuring compensation census accuracy; forecasting headcount and compensation; providing cost analyses and scenario modeling; supporting offer reviews and internal equity; producing compensation analytics and dashboards; ensuring compliance with pay transparency laws and SOX; and collaborating cross-functionally on compensation processes. Requires 4 to 7+ years in Compensation, Total Rewards, or Finance/FP&A with strong analysis, modeling, benchmarking, and communication skills. Proficiency in Excel and experience with HRIS systems like ADP, Charthop, and Greenhouse preferred. Benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave, and unlimited PTO. Salary range: $165,000 - $185,000. Location: Irvine, California, United States.

What you'll do

  • Run annual merit, bonus, and equity cycles end-to-end, including data prep, audits, templates, modeling, and manager support
  • Build, maintain, and reconcile compensation files used for comp cycles and executive reviews
  • Conduct market pricing, maintain job architecture and salary bands, evaluate new job requests, and ensure consistent leveling and pricing across functions and locations
  • Own day-to-day accuracy of the compensation census—job codes, bands, geography, cost centers—and partner with HRIS on audits, validations, and corrections
  • Maintain rolling headcount and compensation forecasts; model the impact of hires, exits, promotions, and adjustments to support annual and ongoing planning
  • Provide cost analyses, scenario modeling, and recommendations during reforecast and planning cycles, streamlining and automating reporting where possible
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition to review offers, ensure internal equity, validate band placement, and support offer guidelines and negotiation guardrails
  • Produce compensation dashboards and analytics (compa-ratios, distribution, equity, compression, geographic differentials, risk areas) and provide ad hoc insights to HR, TA, and Finance
  • Ensure compliance with pay transparency laws, internal equity standards, SOX requirements, and maintain audit-ready documentation for all compensation decisions
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with HR Ops and TA on job changes, data accuracy, workflows, system builds, and compensation inputs for budgeting and forecasting

Requirements

  • 4 to 7+ years experience in Compensation, Total Rewards, or Finance/FP&A with compensation exposure
  • Strong comp analysis, modeling, benchmarking, and data accuracy skills
  • Solid understanding of compensation best practices, job leveling, pay equity, and salary structures
  • Expert in Excel and comfortable manipulating large datasets
  • Experience partnering with HRIS teams; ADP, Charthop and Greenhouse familiarity a plus
  • Ability to manage deadlines, maintain accuracy, and operate with discretion
  • Strong communication skills and ability to explain comp concepts to managers and leaders

Tech stack

ExcelADPCharthopGreenhouse

Benefits

Fully paid health insurancePaid parental leaveUnlimited PTO

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