Compensation Operations Analyst
OpenAI
Summary
We're hiring a Compensation Operations Analyst to build and run the systems, tools, and processes that power compensation at OpenAI. This role is deeply operational and technical: you will configure HRIS modules, manage compensation tools end-to-end, maintain pristine data quality, and ensure compensation cycles run flawlessly. You'll partner closely with People Systems, Total Rewards, Finance, and vendors to keep our compensation infrastructure accurate, scalable, and audit-ready.
Job description
About the Role
We're hiring a Compensation Operations Analyst to build and run the systems, tools, and processes that power compensation at OpenAI. This role is deeply operational and technical: you will configure HRIS modules, manage compensation tools end-to-end, maintain pristine data quality, and ensure compensation cycles run flawlessly. You'll partner closely with People Systems, Total Rewards, Finance, and vendors to keep our compensation infrastructure accurate, scalable, and audit-ready.
In this role, you will:
- Own configuration and day-to-day operations of compensation tools and HRIS compensation modules.
- Manage annual and off-cycle compensation processes, ensuring data integrity, testing, quality assurance, and on-time execution.
- Build and maintain compensation datasets, dashboards, audits, and data flows across systems.
- Lead compensation vendor relationships, including implementation, troubleshooting, and data submissions.
- Diagnose and resolve system issues, identify root causes, and drive process and tooling improvements.
- Partner with People Systems and Engineering to enhance architecture, workflows, and automation.
- Ensure high data accuracy across compensation systems and proactively identify gaps, risks, or anomalies.
- Translate technical or complex compensation system issues into clear guidance for stakeholders.
You might thrive in this role if you:
- Have 5+ years of experience in compensation operations, HRIS systems, or total rewards tooling in high-growth or technology environments.
- Have strong HRIS configuration experience, especially with compensation planning modules; Workday experience is preferred.
- Have advanced Excel skills and familiarity with BI tools such as Tableau or Looker; SQL or Python experience is a plus.
- Bring rigor and precision to data auditing, validation, and lifecycle management.
- Can manage and optimize tools at scale while navigating fast-moving environments.
- Communicate effectively across functions and are comfortable working with technical partners.
- Are action-oriented, organized, and reliable under tight deadlines.
- Have a strong ownership mindset and a bias toward simple, scalable systems.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in compensation operations, HRIS systems, or total rewards tooling in high-growth or technology environments
- Strong HRIS configuration experience, especially with compensation planning modules
- Workday experience is preferred
- Advanced Excel skills
- Familiarity with BI tools such as Tableau or Looker
- SQL or Python experience is a plus
- Rigor and precision in data auditing, validation, and lifecycle management
- Ability to manage and optimize tools at scale
- Effective communication across functions
- Action-oriented, organized, and reliable under tight deadlines
- Strong ownership mindset
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Mental health support
- 401(k) 50% matching
- Unlimited time off
- 13 company holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Family-planning support
- Learning stipend
- Relocation assistance
- Equity
Company overview
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory and company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2015 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and John Schulman, OpenAI initially operated as a non-profit research organization before transitioning to a capped-profit model. The company's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. OpenAI has developed groundbreaking AI technologies including GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) models, DALL-E for image generation, and Codex for programming assistance. Their most notable product, ChatGPT, has revolutionized human-AI interaction and brought large language models to mainstream audiences. OpenAI conducts cutting-edge research in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and reinforcement learning, while also developing practical AI applications that are transforming industries worldwide.