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This role directly shapes that story: understanding where the business is going and ensuring our compensation structure continues to support that trajectory. You'll be responsible for designing for the current and the future while also being the trusted expert for employees, managers, executives, and company leadership when it comes to our compensation approach and program.\nYou will...\nAnchor compensation in the business trajectory. Build a deep understanding of Waabi's growth path, including headcount plans, commercialization milestones, geographic expansion, and funding outlook, and use it to guide compensation decisions.\nDesign the compensation structure of the future and the plan to get there. Define how base, equity, and variable pay work together to support where the business is headed. Understand today’s structure, set the long-term philosophy, ranges, and grant guidelines, then lay out the roadmap and sequencing to evolve if needed.\nOwn the end-to-end annual compensation cycle, including administering the compensation tool and partnering with managers and senior leaders to plan outcomes for their teams. Streamline and scale the process, including through AI tools where they add value.\nLead market benchmarking for all roles across Waabi's locations, deeply understanding the job architecture and talent marketplace, to effectively complete job matching, survey submissions, and recommending updates to cash and equity ranges.\nBuild bottoms-up compensation forecasts with Finance, modeling spend and equity usage against the business plan. Own a variety of modeling and analysis projects to inform decision making.\nLead compensation enablement and education across the organization. Be the single owner of how Waabi teaches compensation:Training managers on the structure, philosophy and how pay decisions are made\nHelping employees understand the value and mechanics of their total compensation, including stock options\nEquipping Recruiting to structure competitive offers\nBuilding employee communications that tie it together\n\nCommunicate and advise across company leadership. Translate complex compensation topics into clear recommendations and trade-offs for the executive team. Manage preparation of compensation materials for board review and discussions\nEnsure pay equity and compliance through regular reviews and adherence to pay transparency and reporting requirements across the U.S. and Canada.\nQualifications:\nA bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Human Resources, or a related field.\n7+ years of compensation experience, ideally in high-growth technology companies, including owning annual cycles and multi-location benchmarking.\nExperience designing compensation philosophy, structures and programs (salary, variable and equity).\nExtensive analytical and modeling skills (including building forecasts) as well as expertise in benchmarking and survey methodology (Radford, Carta, Pave, etc).\nExecutive presence, with clear, confident communication to employees, managers, and senior executives.\nStrong collaboration and communication skills\nSound judgment and discretion with sensitive, confidential information.\nEnthusiasm for applying AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) to improve workflows.\nOpen-minded and collaborative team player with the willingness to help others.\nPassionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.\nBonus/nice to have:\nExperience with private company compensation planning, including planning through company evolution (revenue, funding, and maturity).\nExperience managing preparation for board review of compensation programs.\nDirect experience in HIgh-Tech, AI or AV company, with an understanding of how the talent marketplace shapes pay.\nHands-on experience using AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) to automate compensation analysis, modeling, or cycle workflows.\nThe US yearly salary range for this role is: $175,000 - $260,000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. 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