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Compensation Analyst

Remote (United States) San Francisco, CA

The Total Rewards team is looking for our next compensation expert who will support the management of our compensation and equity programs, which are core to our employee value proposition and enable us to attract and retain our talented team. Reporting into our Director of Total Rewards, as a Compensation Analyst you will work with our team to establish compensation analytics, supporting the design, development and evaluation of Discord's compensation program, as well as supporting a variety of initiatives to continue to build a global Total Rewards strategy. We are looking for a data expert with a strategic mindset, and the ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a startup environment and has proven success in establishing scalable and efficient operations.


What You'll Be Doing

  • Conduct ongoing market pricing analysis to ensure market competitiveness as we grow (e.g. Radford, Mercer, ERI.)
  • Analyze utilization metrics for our Total Wellness Program; provide recommendations and adjustments as needed. Project manage initiatives in partnerships with ERGs and POps team to drive engagement
  • End-to-end management of our semi-annual compensation cycle
  • Business partner to recruiting team for offer guidance, management and escalations
  • Assess our current attrition, offer acceptance/declination rate metrics and other key data points and perform yearly market competitive analyses to assess the effectiveness of our compensation program
  • Build compensation systems and tooling to automate our compensation management process
  • Special projects, such as a review and analysis of trending pay practices, LTI taxation in international locations, compensation business reviews, etc.


You'll Thrive In This Role If You Have

  • 5+ years of experience in compensation management, including an emphasis on global compensation administration across fixed and variable cash and equity compensation
  • Experience with stock options, RSUs, and other equity offerings, building and running compensation programs and incentive-based plans
  • Compensation experience with rapidly scaling technology companies (pre- and post-IPO equity, mergers and acquisitions) where the business is constantly evolving
  • Laser focus on large datasets to maintain accuracy and ability to summarize data to support our decisions
  • Experienced communicating in a simple, clear manner, deftly answer challenging compensation questions, and connect with a variety of audiences
  • Respectful to confidential information as a trusted partner
  • Advanced experience in Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets and knowledge of functions) and Google Sheets
  • A love for analyzing. Including statistical analysis and modeling along with experience evaluating and managing online salary management tools
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion


Bonus Points

  • CCP or other relevant certification
  • Experience in a pre-IPO environment
  • Experience with R, Stata or other statistical software


New York City residents only: Minimum salary of $109,000/year + equity and benefits*Note: Disclosure as required by NYC Pay Transparency Law.Colorado residents only: Minimum salary of $87,200/year + equity and benefits*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20).


Benefits and Perks

  • Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision (plus up to $20,000 for gender affirmation procedures)
  • Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
  • 16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days 
  • Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
  • Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
  • Volunteer time off
  • A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups 
  • Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees


Discord is a voice, video and text app that helps friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests — from artists and activists, to study groups, sneakerheads, plant parents, and more. With 150 million monthly users across 19 million active communities, called servers, Discord has grown to become one of the most popular communications services in the world. Discord was built without selling ads or user data and instead, offers a premium subscription called Nitro that gives users special perks like higher quality streams and fun customizations.


We’re working toward an inclusive world where no one feels like an outsider, where genuine human connection is a click, text chat, or voice call away. A place where everyone can find belonging. Challenging? Heck yes. Rewarding? Double heck yes. It’s a mission that gives us the chance to positively impact millions of people all over the world. So if this strikes a chord with you, come build belonging with us!

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