Lead Compensation Program Manager

Summary

Join Unity as a Lead Compensation Program Manager and ensure our compensation structures remain competitive, data-driven, and scalable. Lead global market pricing, survey management, salary range design, and incentive frameworks. This foundational role translates external market data into internal pay structures and insights. Success demands precision, systems thinking, and the ability to create scalable tools and actionable insights. You will empower compensation decision-making across the company. This role requires strong analytical and communication skills, and experience with compensation benchmarking methodologies.

Requirements

• Significant experience in compensation program management, market pricing, or related roles
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Finance, Business, or a related field
• Strong expertise in compensation benchmarking methodologies (e.g., Radford, Mercer)
• Experience designing salary ranges and incentive frameworks at a global scale
• Proficiency in Workday or similar HRIS platforms, with a focus on survey job matching and data integrity
• Exceptional analytical skills with expertise in Excel, Tableau, or similar tools for building dashboards and automating workflows
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights for diverse stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead Unity’s annual market pricing and benchmarking strategy across all geographies and job functions
• Own the design, maintenance, and evolution of global salary ranges, ensuring competitiveness and alignment to Unity’s compensation philosophy
• Manage all compensation survey participation, including Radford, Mercer, and other providers, in collaboration with external partners and internal teams
• Own the integrity of survey job matching in Workday and ensure all roles in Unity’s job catalog are accurately and consistently benchmarked
• Partner with the Job Architecture team to ensure levels, families, and functions align to market frameworks and enable consistent pricing
• Develop incentive design inputs such as target bonus percentages and performance-aligned structures for non-executive roles
• Analyze market movement, pay trends, and emerging shifts in compensation practices, delivering insights to inform program and range updates
• Build templates, dashboards, and repeatable tools that automate benchmarking workflows and make insights more accessible to the broader Total Rewards team
• Collaborate with Total Rewards Consultants to apply ranges effectively and adjust structural elements as needed for evolving business needs
• Support cross-functional initiatives such as compensation audits, pay equity analysis, or strategic workforce planning by providing data-backed guidance on structure
• Document methodology, decisions, and maintenance schedules to ensure transparency and continuity

Preferred Qualifications

• CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) certification
• Experience in high-growth, technology-driven organizations
• Familiarity with pay equity analysis and compensation audits
• Demonstrated ability to document processes and methodologies for transparency and scalability

Benefits

$103,000 — $166,800 CAD