Senior Compensation Analyst

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · People : People Operations : People Operations

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Senior Compensation Analyst to support its hyper growth. The role involves architecting compensation strategies, managing compensation programs (salary structures, incentive plans, equity), conducting market pricing analyses, and partnering with various teams to resolve compensation issues and drive initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of compensation experience, strong analytical skills, and experience in high-growth environments. This role is critical for scaling Anduril's People infrastructure and ensuring competitive compensation practices.

What you'd actually do

  1. Assist in leading compensation programs and projects, enabling Anduril to scale it’s People infrastructure.
  2. Provide guidance People Business Partners and leadership teams throughout annual and mid-year compensation planning cycles.
  3. Design, implement, and manage comprehensive compensation programs, including salary structures, incentive plans, and equity compensation, aligned with organizational strategy and market trends
  4. Lead job evaluation processes, conduct market pricing analyses, and ensure internal equity and external competitiveness across all job families and levels
  5. Partner closely with leadership and HR teams to resolve complex compensation issues, support strategic decision-making, and drive the implementation of compensation initiatives across the organization

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience working in Compensation in roles.
  • Experience with job architecture, levelling guides and market analytics to ensure competitive compensation practices.
  • Experience working with internal stakeholders and executive leadership
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data and trends into key insights and recommendations
  • Proven ability to track, prioritize and drive to success multiple projects with a strong operational background.
  • Passionate about educating, mentoring and teaching partners the values and business impact behind compensation strategies

Nice to have

  • Prior experience in a high growth, hyper scaling startup building compensation programs from the ground up.
  • Prior experience leading compensation programs initiatives through various HCMs (WorkDay, PAVE, Rippling) is highly desired.

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities