Senior Compensation Partner - Corporate Functions & M&A

Rocket Lab’s People & Culture team is responsible for looking after our most valuable asset: our people. Across our global teams, the People & Culture team supports our people and departments across recruitment, new staff orientation, compensation, learning and development. They make sure our growing and diverse glo...

SENIOR COMPENSATION PARTNER - CORPORATE FUNCTIONS & M&A

Based out of Rocket Lab's global headquarters in Long Beach, CA, the Senior Compensation Partner is responsible for providing strategic analysis and assisting with the design, implementation, and administration of executive and broad-based compensation decisions for new hires and internal employees. You will report ...

Act as business partner to the People & Culture (P&C) team along with business leadership to support their decision making for hiring, promotions, specific organizational initiatives, and annual compensation programs
Manage the global compensation architecture including the design and creation of new jobs and salary structures.
Conduct research, quantitative analysis, data modeling, data mining, and the presentation of data to see beyond the numbers and understand trends to drive strategic decisions around people.
Aggregate data and participate in compensation surveys as needed
Develop and implement communication and training on compensation programs for recruiters, human resources professionals, and managers to promote understanding and transparency of Rocket Lab’s compensation practices.
Research and provide recommendations for innovative compensation tools and resources with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).
Assist with the development of a comprehensive total rewards strategy and roadmap
Collaborate with IT on process improvements and systems enhancements
Provide analytical support for total rewards compliance requirements
Review and approve compensation requests for new hires and internal transfers
Develop presentations and provide recommendations to leadership

8+ years of professional experience in compensation analysis and administration and a bachelor's degree or equivalent years of work experience (12+ years of total work experience).
Experience leading internal and external market analysis
Advanced proficiency in excel, including experience building models and analyses
Master’s Degree
Ability to receive & implement constructive feedback into future work products
Experience managing compensation decisions as part of a corporate function or in management consulting
Prior experience supporting and employees base of corporate functions (Finance, IT, P&C, etc.) professionals along with mergers and acquisitions
Strong analytical, project management, and quantitative skills with the ability to present to a variety of team members
Knowledge of laws and regulations as they apply to base compensation, incentive compensation programs, company policies, and operations
In-depth understanding of compensation best practices
Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written communication skills
Strong consultative skills and highly effective in communicating clearly and constructively to a variety of audiences
Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems using best practices, knowledge of internal and external business issues to provide a new perspective on existing solutions or create new solutions
Experience developing stock-based compensation packages
Highly organized with ability to manage multiple high-priorities in a fast-paced environment
Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)
Experience using artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Compa, Pave, Open Code
Experience using Radford compensation survey

Citizenship of AU / NZ / EU / NATO