Compensation Manager

Compensation Manager

At Algolia, we're proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requestsfour times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

The People Operations team builds scalable, equitable, and data-driven programs that enable all Algolians to thrive. We lead global initiatives across compensation, systems, and processes that support growth and retention, anchored in Algolia's values of Care, Trust, Candor, Grit, and Humility.

As a key member of this team, you'll play a critical role in ensuring that Algolia's pay practices are competitive, transparent, and aligned with our mission to reward impact.

Your Role Will Consist

As a Compensation Manager, you'll own the design and execution of Algolia's global compensation programs. You'll partner closely with People, Finance, and Leadership teams to ensure our pay and equity structures scale with our business and reflect our values.

You will :

• Review and optimize compensation frameworks, including job leveling, salary bands, and equity structure.
• Develop scalable, data-driven compensation programs that drive internal equity, market competitiveness, and retention.
• Lead recurring compensation cycles : mid-year and year-end reviews, equity submissions to the Board, and annual band refreshes.
• Build and maintain audit processes to ensure data accuracy and governance across all systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Talent Acquisition, and People Business Partners to operationalize our compensation strategy.
• Provide analytics, insights, and reporting to inform leadership decisions on pay equity, geographic calibration, and total rewards trends.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on compensation philosophy, ensuring compliance and alignment with market benchmarks.
• Partner with the broader People team to align compensation with benefits and other total rewards initiatives, contributing to the evolution of a holistic rewards strategy over time.

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Algolia is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The annual base salary compensation range for this role reflects US market pay data within this location. The exact compensation offered for this role may vary depending on specific location and job-related knowledge, technical skills, and experience; and is only one part of our Total Rewards philosophy to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Remote US : Base Salary Pay Range $94,500 - $118,095 USD

Algolia's flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual's impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when.

We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney, and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.

We're looking for someone who can live our values :

We're looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world's best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration. We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and supportedregardless of race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background.

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Ready to apply? If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world's best search & discovery technology, we'd love to review your application!