Senior Executive Compensation Analyst

Senior Executive Compensation Analyst

The Senior Executive Compensation Analyst supports the design, analysis, and administration of Sandisk's executive compensation programs reporting into the Head of Executive Compensation. This role delivers data-driven insights, market intelligence, governance support, and program execution to support Sandisk's executive talent strategy, partnering closely with senior leaders, HR Business Partners, Stock Administration, Finance, Legal, Payroll, and external consultants to ensure executive compensation programs are competitive, compliant, and aligned with business and shareholder priorities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Business Partnership

• Act as a trusted thought partner and advisor to Total Rewards leadership, HR Business Partners, and senior executives on executive compensation matters.
• Translate business strategy, performance outcomes, and talent priorities into data-driven analyses, benchmarking, and governance-aligned recommendations.
• Provide consultative guidance on executive offers, retention strategies, promotions, and transitions, balancing enterprise consistency, market competitiveness, and governance considerations.
• Handle highly sensitive information with discretion and sound judgment and communicate effectively with senior leadership.

Executive Compensation Strategy & Analytics

• Conduct executive market benchmarking and peer group analysis using external surveys and public disclosures to assess competitive positioning across executive pay levels, incentive design, and governance practices.
• Model executive compensation scenarios covering base pay, annual incentives, long-term incentives, and total direct compensation, evaluating outcomes relative to market, internal guidelines, and governance considerations.
• Develop clear, executive-ready insights and materials that support informed decision-making by leadership.

Compensation Committee & Proxy Support

• Prepare meeting materials for the Compensation and Talent Committee (CTC) of the Board of Directors aligned with the CTC Charter, including incentive design, compensation recommendations, equity budgeting, and scenario modeling.
• Support development of proxy disclosure, including CD&A narrative and SEC-required compensation tables, in coordination with Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, and external advisors to ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency across disclosures and communications. Partner cross-functionally to ensure accuracy, compliance, and consistency across disclosures and communications.

Program Administration & Governance

• Ensure the effective execution of executive compensation programs, including annual incentives, equity awards, and merit and promotion cycles, through close partnership with HR Business Partners, HR Operations, IT, Payroll, Stock Administration, Legal, and senior leadership.
• Monitor external governance and regulatory trends and recommend program or policy enhancements.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, HR, Accounting, or related field.
• 610+ years of experience in executive compensation, compensation analytics, or total rewards within a public technology company.

SKILLS:

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills with strong executive communication capability.
• Experience using executive compensation surveys (e.g., Radford, Willis Towers Watson, Mercer).
• Experience partnering cross-functionally within a highly regulated business environment.

PREFERRED:

• CECP certification preferred.

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person's gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at View email address on click.appcast.io to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 08/12/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee's pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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