Senior Compensation Partner

ABOUT THE TEAM At Anduril, we're not just disrupting defense technology – we're revolutionizing how we value and compensate the brilliant minds behind our innovations. We're seeking a Compensation Partner who's ready to architect the future of our compensation strategy and propel Anduril to new heights. The Total Rewards team is looking for a Compensation Partner to support Anduril’s continued hyper growth. WHAT YOU’LL DO You will drive Anduril’s success by bringing your compensation expertise to our leadership team and helping us scale. Utilize and combine your prior high growth company experience, quantitative rigor, business mindset, and communication skills to serve as a strategic advisor to our People Business Partners. Lead compensation programs and projects, enabling Anduril to scale its People infrastructure. Guide People Business Partners and leadership teams throughout our compensation planning cycles through calibration sessions and identifying compensation remedies. Design, implement, and manage comprehensive compensation programs, including salary structures, incentive plans, and equity compensation, aligned with organizational strategy and market trends. Lead job evaluation processes, conduct market pricing analyses, and ensure internal equity and external competitiveness across all job families and levels. Partner closely with leadership and HR teams to resolve complex compensation issues, support strategic decision‑making, and drive the implementation of compensation initiatives across the organization. Work closely with our People Business & Talent Acquisition Partners on how to navigate compensation issues & offers, calibration sessions, analyze compensation data and create materials for managers and employee trainings. Lead change management and communications of compensation practices with managers, team members, and across the People Team. Spearhead Anduril’s compensation philosophy and strategy as related to the growth of our company. Build strong partnerships with the People Business Partner, Talent, Legal, Stock, Finance and Accounting teams as well as our third‑party vendors. You’re a proactive motivated problem solver; offering to fill skill gaps and offer solutions; we would rather tell you slow down than accelerate. You enjoy working at a place where no one minds if you leave early one day to go to an appointment or run an errand, but you also don’t mind responding to Slack messages in the evening while you’re watching Netflix. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 6+ years of experience working in Compensation in roles. Experience with job architecture, levelling guides and market analytics to ensure competitive compensation practices. Experience working with internal stakeholders and executive leadership. Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data and trends into key insights and recommendations. Proven ability to track, prioritize and drive to success multiple projects with a strong operational background. Passionate about educating, mentoring and teaching partners the values and business impact behind compensation strategies. Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Prior experience in a high growth, hyper‑scaling startup building compensation programs from the ground up. Prior experience leading compensation programs initiatives in a matrix‑led organization. Prior experience includes mergers & acquisitions, talent acquisition strategy, and executive compensation knowledge is highly desired. US Salary Range $146,000 – $194,000 USD Benefits At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits. #J-18808-Ljbffr