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Salary: USD 200,000 - 300,000 / annual
Klaviyo is seeking a Head of Global Compensation to lead the design and evolution of compensation strategy for a high-growth technology company. Reporting to the VP of Total Rewards, you will build and lead a compensation team while serving as a strategic business partner to the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
**Compensation Strategy & Architecture**: Lead the evolution of global compensation philosophy, job architecture, leveling, and pay structures. Develop a strong point of view on compensation investment balancing market dynamics, internal equity, business priorities, and financial sustainability. Shape the broader Total Rewards strategy, ensuring compensation integrates with benefits, recognition, and employee experience.
**Equity & Long-Term Rewards**: Own equity compensation strategy including new-hire grants, refresh programs, long-term incentives, and retention approaches. Manage multi-year equity models and budgets, considering burn rate, dilution, and future investment needs. Shape senior leadership compensation strategy and support Compensation Committee preparation, governance, and decision-making.
**Strategic Business Partnership**: Serve as a trusted advisor to People Leaders on hiring decisions, retention challenges, organizational changes, and compensation investments. Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure compensation approach supports talent attraction and reinforces Klaviyo as a compelling career destination.
**Team Leadership & Operating Model**: Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing compensation team, strengthening technical capabilities, business judgment, and a culture of ownership. Rethink how compensation work gets done using technology, automation, and AI to simplify processes, improve insights, and increase team impact.
The role may require up to 10% travel for new hire onboarding, team meetings, and industry events.
**Requirements:**
- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including significant leadership responsibility within a high-growth technology company
- 3+ years of proven success leading and developing a compensation team
- Demonstrated experience designing, transforming, or meaningfully evolving global compensation strategies and programs within a publicly traded company
- Strong financial and analytical capabilities, including equity modeling, burn rate, dilution, long-term incentive design, and compensation budget planning
- Experience with executive compensation, Compensation Committee support, public-company governance, and regulatory requirements
- Strong understanding of pay equity and evolving pay transparency requirements
- Experience extending compensation frameworks into new markets as a company scales, balancing global consistency with local market realities
- Hands-on experience with compensation systems, market data platforms, and analytics, along with demonstrated experience using AI and automation to improve work processes
