The opportunity
At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers.
What you'll do
Develop, implement, and communicate Gusto's compensation programs, policies,: and procedures, ensuring internal equity, external competitiveness, and alignment with business strategy.
Partner with and influence key stakeholders: including HRBPs, Finance, and senior leadership — to translate compensation philosophy into clear, actionable programs.
Lead annual compensation cycles (merit, equity refresh, benchmarking) and own: the end-to-end process from data collection through communication.
Perform market analyses and compensation studies using survey data (e.g.,: Radford/Aon, Mercer, Pave) to recommend pay ranges, job levels, and offer positioning.
Use AI tools and automation thoughtfully to accelerate analysis, synthesize: benchmarking data, and reduce planning and reporting load — while maintaining sound judgment around data quality and decision guardrails.
Design and maintain scalable compensation workflows and tooling: automating recurring analyses, audit processes, and reporting so programs run reliably without manual intervention.
What they're looking for
- Build and maintain compensation dashboards and data visualizations that give: leaders real-time insight into pay equity, market positioning, and budget utilization.
- Craft competitive, compelling offers to attract top-tier talent, and build: playbooks to help recruiters and HRBPs communicate Gusto's total rewards story.
- Ensure ongoing compliance with federal, state, and local pay regulations —: including pay transparency laws, FLSA classification standards, and emerging pay equity requirements — and proactively flag legislative changes.
- Partner with People Operations to integrate and optimize HRIS and: compensation tools, ensuring data accuracy and system scalability as the company grows.
