Thinkingmachines
Compensation Partner
2mo ago
USAcompensation strategymarket researchequity compensation
Responsible for designing and implementing the company's compensation framework and advising on pay decisions to attract and retain talent.
Responsibilities
- We're hiring a compensation partner to join our Operations team. You'll own the full spectrum of compensation at Thinking Machines – from building our philosophy and job architecture to partnering on day-to-day offer and pay decisions.
- This role directly impacts our ability to hire and retain exceptional talent. We're looking for a compensation partner who brings a point of view, not just a process.
Requirements
- 7+ years of compensation experience in a high-growth environment.
- Track record building compensation programs from the ground up, ideally in an early-stage environment.
- Experience operating in a competitive and dynamic talent market without relying on benchmarks and mature processes.
- Ability to articulate a clear point of view on good compensation philosophy.
Nice to have
- Experience at an AI lab, foundation model company, or high-growth tech company where compensation moves faster than survey cycles.
- Familiarity with the compensation landscape across research (PhDs, postdocs, industry researchers), engineering, and non-technical functions, and how expectations differ meaningfully across all three.
Other
- Thinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone has access to the knowledge and tools to make AI work for their unique needs and goals.
- We are scientists, engineers, and builders who’ve created some of the most widely used AI products, including ChatGPT and Character.ai, open-weights models like Mistral, as well as popular open source projects like PyTorch, OpenAI Gym, Fairseq, and Segment Anything.
- Design and implement Thinking Machines’ overall compensation framework and programs to attract and retain highly sought-after talent.
- Advise managers and leadership on pay decisions across offers, promotions, and retention.
- Establish our compensation strategy based on market research, analysis, and your own judgment, with awareness that standards benchmarks lag the reality of the talent market.
- Build the equity compensation framework in partnership with finance and leadership.
- Communicate compensation to candidates and employees in a clear way that builds trust.
- Location: This role is based in San Francisco, California
- Compensation: Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $250,000 - $425,000 USD.
- Visa sponsorship: We sponsor visas. While we can't guarantee success for every candidate or role, if you're the right fit, we're committed to working through the visa process together.
- Benefits: Thinking Machines offers generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.
- As set forth in Thinking Machines' Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
- Thinking Machines Lab will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the California Fair Chance Act, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other applicable state or local fair chance ordinance or law.