Senior Sales Compensation Manager

Role Overview

• Design and manage global sales commission plans that align with our company goals and strategy.
• Assist with setting quotas, modeling incentives, and analyzing how well the plans are working.
• Build smart simulations to predict commission costs and ensure our plans stay within budget.
• Act as the "go-to" expert for sales reps & sales leaders, providing training and clear communication on plan mechanics to build trust and transparency.
• Work hand-in-hand with HR and Finance to keep our policies consistent and our strategies aligned.
• Master the day-to-day operations while saving time for strategic long-term projects that support the scale of DeepL.
• Develop and maintain documentation and training materials to support compensation processes.
• Ensure that diversity and fairness are at the heart of every pay structure we build.
• Embrace our AI tools to automate repetitive tasks and find smarter ways to deliver impact.

Requirements

• Experience working in a Sales Compensation / Commission Manager or Analyst position within a high growth technology organisation, ideally SaaS.
• Proven expertise in designing and managing complex, multi-layered commission plans for go to market roles such as SDRs, Account Executives, Solution Consultants, Partner Managers etc.
• Experience working with sales compensation technology tools such as Everstage, Xactly as well as CRM systems such as Salesforce.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to model financial data using Excel and / or G-Sheets.
• Commercial mindset with a deep understanding of sales culture and passionate about how a strategic compensation strategy can impact company goals.
• Adaptability and build mindset to embrace change in a high growth scale up.

Benefits

• Diverse and internationally distributed team: joining our team means becoming part of a large, global community with people of more than 90 nationalities.
• Open communication, regular feedback: we value the importance of clear, honest communication.
• Hybrid work, flexible hours: we offer a hybrid work schedule, with team members coming into the office twice a week.
• Virtual Shares: An ownership mindset in every role.
• Regular in-person team events: we bond over vibrant events that are as unique as our team.
• Monthly full-day hacking sessions: every month, we have Hack Fridays.
• 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind.
• Competitive benefits: we've crafted it to reflect the diversity of our team.