Director, Compensation

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $144k - $294.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Calix

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2000

📡 Telecommunications

☁️ SaaS

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $50M Venture Round on 2009-08

Telecommunications • SaaS • Enterprise

Calix is a comprehensive solutions provider that focuses on enabling broadband service providers (BSPs) to simplify, innovate, and grow their businesses. Through its advanced broadband platform, Calix offers technologies like 10G-PON, 5G, Wi-Fi 7, and more to improve network operations, reduce downtime, and enhance the subscriber experience. The company provides managed services such as SmartLife and SmartHome, which help subscribers operate, secure, and enhance their connected lifestyles. Calix serves diverse provider types including telcos, cable operators, and municipal utilities, helping them deliver critical broadband connectivity and transform community access to digital services. With a focus on cloud technology, analytics, and transformation guidance, Calix empowers service providers to thrive in the digital age.

📋 Description

• Lead the global compensation function and team, and establish the strategic direction for all compensation programs, policies, practices, and governance activities worldwide. • Serve as a primary compensation advisor to COLT, executive leadership, and Talent & Culture leadership on compensation strategy, talent compensation competitiveness, and compensation-related risk. • Lead, coach, and develop the compensation team while creating a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, innovation, operational excellence, and continuous development. • Own the design, governance, and administration of global compensation programs including salary structures, annual compensation reviews, incentive compensation, bonus programs, recognition programs, geographic pay programs, and equity compensation. • Assist the Associate VP Total rewards for executive compensation, including market benchmarking, executive pay analysis, peer group assessments, executive employment arrangements, and executive compensation recommendations. • Establish and evolve Calix’s compensation philosophy and ensure compensation programs remain competitive, equitable, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. • Direct annual compensation planning processes, including merit, promotion, equity, and incentive planning cycles while ensuring alignment with financial and talent objectives. • Partner with Finance to evaluate compensation investments, workforce planning initiatives, and compensation-related financial impacts. • Ensure compliance with global compensation regulations and emerging legislation, including pay transparency, equal pay, executive compensation disclosure, and other compensation-related requirements. • Identify market trends and emerging best practices, recommending strategic enhancements to compensation programs and policies. • Provide compensation leadership for mergers, acquisitions, organizational redesigns, expansion into new countries, and other strategic business initiatives as needed.

🎯 Requirements

• 12–15+ years of progressive compensation experience, including substantial experience in the technology industry. • 7+ years of experience leading compensation teams and developing compensation professionals. • Deep expertise in global compensation strategy, executive compensation, equity programs, incentive design, market pricing, and compensation governance. • Extensive experience supporting compensation programs within a publicly traded company environment. • Significant executive compensation experience, including Compensation Committee and Board-level support. • Strong experience with compensation survey providers and market pricing tools such as Aon/Radford, Mercer, or WTW. • Strong Workday and Bettercomp compensation administration experience. • Exceptional analytical, financial modeling, communication, and stakeholder management skills. • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or related field (or equivalent experience). • Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation preferred. • Requires less than 25% travel and periodic attendance at in-person meetings.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Bonuses