Senior Manager, Global Compensation

Pax8 is looking for a Senior Manager of Global Compensation!

Do yo u bring experience in global compensation programs as well as expertise with equity (RSUs and stock options) alongside strong Workday capability?

If that sounds like you, this could be one of the most impactful compensation opportunities you'll find this year.

If you enjoy working in an environment where things move quickly, decisions are made collaboratively, and your contributions are visible, you'll thrive here.

🌎 Why Pax8?

Pax8 is redefining cloud commerce through a marketplace that connects vendors, partners and small businesses worldwide.

Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organisation, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business.

✨ What You'll Be Doing

🔹 Design and evolve global compensation strategies that align with business priorities and talent goals.

🔹 Lead the development of scalable salary structures, benchmarking frameworks, incentive programs, and equity approaches.

🔹 Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, People Operations, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to ensure compensation programs remain competitive and effective.

🔹 Use market intelligence, analytics, and workforce insights to guide compensation decisions and recommendations.

🔹 Drive enterprise-wide compensation reviews, job architecture improvements, and governance processes.

🔹 Identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and improve compensation workflows and employee experiences within Workday and related systems.

🔹 Influence senior leaders through data-driven recommendations, presentations, and strategic guidance.

🌟 The Impact You'll Have

Your work will directly influence how Pax8 attracts, motivates, and retains talent across the globe. You'll create programs that empower hiring managers, improve employee experiences, enable better workforce planning, and ensure compensation remains aligned with our ambitions as a high-growth technology organisation. The frameworks you build today will help shape the future of our workforce tomorrow.

🧩 You'll Be a Great Fit If You Have...

• Strong experience designing and leading global compensation programmes
• Direct experience managing equity and stock option programmes within a privately held company
• Strong Workday knowledge, including process optimisation, system improvements, and scalable job architecture design.
• Experience partnering with business leaders and influencing stakeholders at senior levels.
• Demonstrated expertise using compensation benchmarking tools and market data to inform strategic decisions.
• A proactive, ownership-minded approach with the ability to thrive in environments where priorities evolve quickly.
• A passion for continuous improvement, automation, and creating exceptional internal customer experiences.

Preferred

• Sales compensation and commission plan experience.

🤝 Trust and Hiring

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust based relationships — starting with how we hire.

To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we're excited to meet you.

We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritising applications, but hiring decisions