Total Rewards Manager, Compensation Lead

Benchling • San Francisco, CA

Posted 2w ago🏛️ On-Site Mid-Level People operations manager 📍 San francisco

Overview

Benchling is seeking a Total Rewards Manager, Compensation Lead to design and maintain global compensation programs. You'll collaborate with various teams to ensure competitive pay structures and manage compensation planning cycles. This role requires expertise in compensation strategy and analytics.

Job Description

Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it, from the medicines we take, to the crops we grow, the materials we wear, and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology.

Benchling’s mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The world’s most innovative biotech companies use Benchling’s R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market.

Come help us bring modern software to modern science.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We're looking for a sharp, execution-focused compensation professional to join our growing People team. This role reports to our VP of People Operations and works closely with People Partners, Recruiting, and Finance to design and operate Benchling's global compensation programs.
We're a growing team that moves fast, wears multiple hats, and builds scalable solutions. You'll have meaningful ownership over compensation strategy and programs while partnering across the business.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and maintain Benchling's global compensation framework, including job architecture, leveling, and pay bands across all functions
Lead merit, promotion, and off-cycle compensation planning cycles—partnering with Finance and leadership to manage budget and ensure consistency
Conduct market analysis and benchmarking using survey data to inform competitive positioning and make recommendations on pay structure adjustments
Partner with Recruiting and hiring managers on offer strategy, competitive market intelligence, and compensation for new roles
Serve as subject matter expert for People Partners and managers—advising on pay decisions, equity grants, job evaluations, and policy interpretation
Build reporting and analytics that surface compensation trends, pay equity insights, and risks or opportunities across the organization
Own compensation communications and enablement—translating complex programs into clear guidance for employees and managers

QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years of hands-on compensation experience including job leveling, market pricing, merit planning, and data analysis
Strong technical skills—comfortable working in Excel/Google Sheets, HRIS systems, and compensation survey tools (Radford, Pave, or similar)
Experience at a high-growth tech, ideally Series C through pre-IPO stage
Ability to operate independently and drive projects end-to-end with minimal oversight
Clear, direct communicator who can translate technical compensation concepts for non-technical audiences
Detail-oriented with strong judgment on when to escalate and when to decide
Comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities—you build the plane while flying it

HOW WE WORK

We offer a flexible hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes in-office collaboration. Employees are expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).

SALARY RANGE

Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay. The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role the base salary range is $169,129 - $247,127.

Total Compensation includes the following:

Competitive total rewards package
Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
Four months of fully paid parental leave
401(k) + Employer Match
Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
Monthly Wellness stipend
Learning and development stipend
Generous and flexible vacation
Company-wide Winter holiday shutdown
Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

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Benchling welcomes everyone.

We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences.

We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Please be aware that Benchling will never request personal information, payment, or sensitive details outside of Greenhouse or via email. All official communications will come from an @benchling.com email address or from an approved vendor alias. If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent Benchling and are unsure of their legitimacy, please reach out to us at recruiting-fraud-alert@benchling.com to verify the communication.

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