Compensation Partner

About the company

LinkedIn is a global professional network that connects people to opportunities, helps them build skills, and supports meaningful professional relationships. The company emphasizes employee development and aims to foster a workplace culture grounded in trust, care, inclusion, and enjoyment.

The mission is to help transform how people work around the world.

Role summary

This opportunity is for a Compensation Partner who will work closely with business leaders, HR Business Partners, the Global Compensation team, and other internal stakeholders. The role focuses on supporting compensation strategy, program design, implementation, and administration in a highly competitive talent environment.

The position may be based in San Francisco, Mountain View, New York, or Chicago. The working model is hybrid, with time split between home and a LinkedIn office based on business needs.

What you will do

You will act as a consultative advisor on compensation matters, analyze compensation structures, help shape competitive offers, and present market and pay insights to leadership.

• Partner with business leaders and HR Business Partners on compensation strategy, annual cycles, ongoing programs, and related initiatives.
• Serve as the main contact for compensation-related employee questions routed through HR Business Partners.
• Prepare compensation recommendations for external hires, internal transfers, and international moves.
• Support annual compensation planning by aligning investment approaches, reviewing manager proposals, building analytical models, and advising decision-makers.
• Take part in salary and equity range reviews and use internal and external benchmarking data to inform recommendations.
• Monitor market conditions and compensation practices to keep pay programs competitive and equitable.
• Help create briefing and enablement materials for Leadership Team meetings.
• Work with cross-functional partners and enterprise resources to deliver consistent outcomes across business areas.
• Resolve operational issues and complex queries from internal and external partners.
• Coordinate with global or regional teams to maintain consistency and compliance across geographies.
• Use strong analytical skills to interpret complex data and develop compensation models that support automated, data-driven decisions.
• Perform ad hoc compensation analyses to identify ways to improve existing programs.
• Help drive compensation initiatives that promote globalization, standardization, and automation.
• Educate stakeholders on compensation policies, market trends, and best practices through communication and consultation.
• Support broader organizational transformation efforts.

Qualifications

Applicants should have either a BA/BS degree or equivalent experience with 4+ years of relevant experience in compensation, finance, HR, data analytics, or a related area, or 7+ years of experience in those fields.

Preferred experience includes presenting analytical insights clearly to small and large groups, using tools such as Excel, PowerBI, data modeling, and data reporting, and working with internal client relationships.

Additional strengths include advanced data analysis and visualization, strong written and verbal communication, the ability to work across a complex organization, an action-oriented mindset, adaptability, creativity in solving problems, and familiarity with systems such as Workday.

Compensation

The expected annual pay range for this role is $116,000 to $189,000. Final pay will depend on factors such as skills, experience depth, certifications, and location.

The overall package may also include an annual performance bonus, stock, benefits, and/or other incentive-based compensation.

Additional information

LinkedIn follows fair and equitable compensation practices and is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other protected status.

The company provides an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for candidates with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations may be requested for job searches, applications, or interviews.

• Examples of accommodations include alternate-format documents, accessible interview locations, support from a service dog, and sign language interpretation.
• Accommodation requests are typically addressed within three business days.
• Requests unrelated to disability accommodations, such as application follow-ups, will not receive a response.

Employees and applicants are protected from pay discrimination in accordance with LinkedIn policy, subject to applicable exceptions for individuals who access compensation information as part of their job duties.

LinkedIn will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in line with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

The company also follows applicable pay transparency and non-discrimination requirements as a federal contractor.

A privacy notice is available for candidates to understand how personal data is handled during the hiring process.