Manager of Compensation

ABOUT THE ROLE: 

The Compensation Manager supports salary administration and compensation operations across KIPP Texas. Reporting to the Director of Workforce Planning and Rewards, this role manages salary review processes, salary placement and negotiation processes, market analysis, and compensation communications across schools and SSP teams. This role also manages stipend, referral, and bonus payout processes and supports accurate implementation of salary-related changes across the organization.

The Compensation Manager partners closely with Finance, Talent divisions, and organizational leaders to support salary decisions, maintain compensation structures and pay practices, and help ensure processes remain equitable, consistent, compliant, and operationally effective across the organization.

This role also supports process improvements, salary administration guidance, reporting, audits, and special projects related to compensation and organizational planning.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Compensation Administration and Pay Operations

• Manage salary review processes across KIPP Texas including promotions, reclassifications, salary adjustments, stipends, bonus pay, and new position requests
• Manage stipend, referral, and bonus payout processes including tracking, approvals, communication, and implementation coordination
• Lead salary placement and negotiation processes for applicable school-based and SSP roles
• Review salary decisions for alignment to approved ranges, pay practices, internal equity, and budget guidance
• Conduct market analysis and benchmarking to support hiring decisions, salary recommendations, and annual review processes
• Track and communicate recommendations, approvals, decisions, and implementation timelines with leaders and cross-functional partners
• Identify trends related to salary compression, equity, or pay alignment and elevate recommendations as needed
• Collaborate with Finance and Talent divisions to support accurate and timely implementation of salary changes, stipends, referral payouts, and bonus payments

Process Communication and Organizational Support

• Support the revision and maintenance of compensation manuals, salary guidance documents, and operational procedures
• Support annual salary review and adjustment cycles across schools and SSP teams
• Help communicate salary timelines, review cycles, process updates, and guidance across the organization
• Develop and maintain trackers, templates, and tools that support leaders and internal teams through salary review and request processes
• Provide guidance to leaders and internal partners on salary administration practices, request processes, and applicable compensation guidance
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, documentation, and user experience across salary administration processes

Data Management and Compliance

• Maintain salary administration systems, records, reports, and tracking tools to support accurate data management and operational effectiveness
• Support salary-related reporting, analysis, audits, and ad hoc data requests
• Audit salary and staffing data to identify discrepancies, operational concerns, or data inconsistencies
• Ensure salary administration practices remain aligned to organizational policies and applicable regulatory requirements
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity of sensitive employee and organizational information
• Support compensation-related special projects and implementation efforts as assigned