Head of Compensation

About the Role:

Gusto’s People team is growing and scaling with the company! As our business scales and becomes more complex, and as we add hundreds of new Gusties each year, we need to ensure that our compensation programs evolve and scale in a values-driven manner to attract, retain, and motivate Gusties.

This individual will lead a small but mighty Compensation Team and partner closely with the Head of People, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Equity Admin, and People Partner teams.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

• Design, implement, and manage compensation programs that are competitive, equitable, easily understood, and incentivize employee performance.
• Lead compensation research, using both standard benchmarking approaches and more creative approaches in order to keep Gusto ahead of fast changing market dynamics.
• Execute on all components of our compensation programs including cash, variable, equity, executive, and other compensation programs.
• Ensure that our compensation offerings are effectively communicated and understood across Gusto and externally to candidates.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local compensation laws and regulations.
• Work collaboratively with senior leaders and other stakeholders at Gusto on all matters of compensation to influence and meet Gusto’s talent strategy. You will work closely with HR, Finance, and Legal departments to ensure a collaborative approach to compensation.
• Empower Gusto’s compensation team to do the best at their craft, inclusive of removing roadblocks, develop decision making frameworks, and development plans.

Here’s what we're looking for:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in compensation, with at least 2 years in a managerial role.
• Proven experience in developing and implementing effective compensation strategies in a complex, fast-paced, tech environment.
• Advanced knowledge of standard competitive market pay practices but eager to find unique solutions tailored to fit Gusto’s business model, stage, and culture.
• Comprehensive understanding of pre-IPO equity vehicles and practices.
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders of all levels.
• Ability to break down complex compensation concepts and educate stakeholders and employees of all levels, experiences, and prior compensation knowledge.
• Pragmatic, action-oriented, with a strong service mindset.

Our cash compensation amount for this role is between $181,000 - $223,000/year in Denver and between $212,000 - $262,000/year for New York and San Francisco. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.