Senior Compensation Partner, Manufacturing

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Ashville, OH · People : People Operations : Compensation

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Senior Compensation Partner to architect compensation strategies and support growth. The role involves partnering with leadership and People Business Partners to manage compensation programs for Manufacturing, Production, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams. Responsibilities include designing salary structures, incentive plans, and equity compensation, leading job evaluation and market pricing, resolving compensation issues, and ensuring data integrity. The role requires 5+ years of compensation experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects. Prior experience in high-growth startups and the manufacturing/production workforce is preferred.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will drive Anduril’s success by bringing your compensation expertise to our leadership team and helping us scale.
  2. Partner with Senior Leaders and People Business Partners to drive and ensure the success of Anduril’s compensation programs for Manufacturing including Production, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams at Arsenal-1.
  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

  • 5+ years of experience working in Compensation in roles.
  • Experience with job architecture, leveling 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.

Nice to have

  • Prior experience in a high growth, hyper scaling startup building compensation programs from the ground up including knowledge in the Manufacturing/Production hourly workforce.
  • Prior experience leading compensation initiatives through Mergers & Acquisitions is highly desired.

What the JD emphasized

  • Must be authorized to work in the United States.