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Salary: USD 126,900 - 158,400 / annual
Juniper Square is a leading operations platform for private markets, serving 2,300+ GPs with $300B+ under administration. The company unifies technology, data, and fund administration services, and has recently launched JunieAI, an AI-powered platform for private markets workflows. Founded in 2014, backed by $350M+ in funding, and now 1,000+ employees strong, Juniper Square operates across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England, with physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, Mumbai, and Bangalore.
As Senior Compensation & Equity Manager, you will own compensation and equity programs end-to-end for a global, distributed workforce, serving as the analytical engine of the Total Rewards function. Reporting to the VP of Total Rewards & People Operations, you will partner with Finance, FP&A, Talent Acquisition, and People Business Partners to maintain market-competitive, internally equitable, and scalable pay programs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own market pricing and band builds across levels, job families, and geographies (U.S., Canada, India, UK), maintaining the Jobs Table as the source of truth and keeping systems in sync.
- Lead the annual band refresh, including cost modeling for level and band changes, and review internal pay relativities, job architecture, leveling, and titling decisions.
- Serve as the first point of contact for compensation band, level, and offer recommendations for recruiters and People Business Partners, backed by compa-ratio and internal equity analysis.
- Advise leaders on promotions, off-cycle adjustments, relocations, and retention packages.
- Price executive and hard-to-benchmark roles with external advisors where proprietary data is needed, and partner with RevOps and Finance on quota-carrying compensation plans.
- Run the annual rewards cycle in Pave end-to-end, modeling budgets by country and reporting cycle outcomes to People leadership.
- Own the Company Performance Plan and other bonus programs end-to-end.
- Administer one-time, spot, retention, and milestone bonuses, including approval workflows and award letters.
- Partner with the VP of Total Rewards & People Operations on equity strategy and model equity budgets and Board proposals.
- Benchmark equity for new hire, promotion, and executive grants, and advise on equity treatment for international moves, new countries, and acquisitions.
- Own the quarterly grant cycles submitted for Board approval, reconcile equity data across Shareworks, HiBob, and Pave, and lead employee equity education.
- Use structured candidate compensation data from Ashby to track win/loss on pay and flag when bands need revisiting.
- Support pay equity reviews to keep posted pay ranges current.
- Identify opportunities to automate high-repetition compensation and equity workflows, partnering with the team to embed AI-powered tooling.
This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role for someone with deep compensation and equity experience who can add value from day one. The Senior Benefits & People Programs Manager serves as your backup on compensation and equity operations.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 7+ years of compensation experience, ideally within a SaaS or technology company operating across multiple geographies.
- Deep expertise in market pricing, job matching, and band construction using compensation survey data; Radford experience is strongly preferred.
- Hands-on experience with equity strategy and operations, including grant guidelines, Board approval cycles, and equity administration platforms such as Shareworks.
- Experience administering bonus and variable pay plans and running compensation cycles in a platform such as Pave, with advanced spreadsheet and HRIS data modeling skills.
- Ability to turn analysis into a clear recommendation for leaders, hold a position with data, and exercise sound judgment with highly confidential data.
- Exceptional relationship-building skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities.
- Plus: Exposure to international compensation (Canada, India, UK) or sales compensation design, a CCP/CEP certification, or hands-on experience with AI-powered tools such as Claude.
