Lead, Compensation Strategy and Special Projects

Atlassian is seeking an innovative strategy professional to join our growing compensation team. Reporting to the Director, Executive Compensation and Strategy, you will play a critical role in bringing strategic, creative thinking to solve some of the most complex challenges in the compensation space. This is a highly entrepreneurial role where you will frequently start from a blank slate, independently identifying problems and developing solutions from the ground up. Though strong business acumen and financial literacy are essential for success in this role, direct compensation or HR experience is not required.
You are excited about this role because you will get to:

• Shape and execute on a compensation strategy that enables Atlassian to attract and retain world-class talent, incentivize behaviors that drive outsized impact and enduring growth, and champion pay equity and fairness.
• Leverage your analytical, consultative, and communication skills to inform and influence the Founders, C-suite, and Compensation Committee on global, business-impacting compensation design and strategy.
• Build and implement new tools, processes, and technology solutions-often from scratch-that enable effective execution of compensation and business strategies, ensuring scalability and alignment with organizational needs.
• Independently identify ambiguous or undefined problems, develop hypotheses, and create innovative solutions with minimal direction.
• Partner cross-functionally with teams such as People Analytics, Talent Acquisition, and FP&A to ensure compensation strategies are data-driven, aligned with hiring and business goals, and financially sound.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across the compensation team and the business to identify opportunities for evolution and investment, define solutions to complex and high-impact problems, and ensure alignment between our compensation and business strategies.
• Build strong relationships with internal business partners by understanding organizational priorities and driving compensation initiatives to support those priorities.

You may be a good fit if you bring the following experience & qualities:

• 4+ years in management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, or a related field with an interest in the People space. (Experience in compensation or HR is a plus, but not required.)
• Expertise in designing, incubating, and launching new programs, processes, or initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to build or implement new tools, systems, or processes from the ground up to support business or people strategies.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a proven track record of independently developing solutions to open-ended or undefined problems.
• Strong business acumen and financial literacy, with the ability to understand and interpret financial data, business drivers, and the broader organizational context.
• Experience in change management and influencing across complex topics.
• Passion for approaching complex problems with a balance of data and insights, first principles thinking, and an eye for innovation and disruption.
• Track record of successful senior stakeholder engagement and partnership, including exceptional consulting, communication, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional partners such as People Analytics, Talent Acquisition, FP&A and HRBPs to drive holistic solutions.

Nice to have:

• Experience with compensation plan design, including short- and long-term incentive plan design, retention programs, and equitable offer strategies.

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: $152,300 - $203,000
Zone B: $137,100 - $182,700
Zone C: $126,400 - $168,500
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
Benefits & Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .