Senior Variable Compensation Manager

Crusoe is an active AI-infrastructure company operating an AI cloud platform, managed AI services, and AI data-center infrastructure.

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Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026

Denver, United States
About Crusoe, Inc.

Crusoe designs, builds, and operates energy-first AI infrastructure. Its offerings include Crusoe Cloud for GPU-based training, fine-tuning, inference, and managed services, alongside AI-optimized data centers and energy infrastructure.

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About the Role

You will design, implement, administer, and govern variable compensation programs. You will model plan outcomes, validate and execute payouts, analyze program performance, maintain compensation dashboards, improve data quality, and partner with Finance, Accounting, RevOps, HRIS, and People Analytics.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of compensation experience
  • Knowledge of incentive-based compensation programs
  • Experience with incentive-program design, modeling, and administration
  • Modeling and forecasting experience
  • Analytical skills and proficiency with spreadsheet software
  • Experience working with large datasets and data integrity issues
  • Communication skills for presenting recommendations to senior leaders
  • Ability to manage multiple projects autonomously
  • Experience with HRIS systems, preferably Rippling, Workday, or Pave
  • Project management skills

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and improve incentive programs
  • Lead incentive-program administration and governance
  • Draft plan documentation, model achievement calculations, validate results, and execute payouts
  • Ensure incentive plan accuracy, compliance, and operational integrity
  • Ensure employees on variable plans have signed plan documents
  • Analyze program effectiveness, cost, and performance outcomes
  • Conduct market research and cost modeling
  • Partner with Finance, Accounting, and RevOps on forecasting, accruals, and budgets
  • Educate managers and eligible employees on variable compensation programs
  • Build and maintain compensation dashboards
  • Improve incentive-tracking data integrity and HR technology functionality
  • Explore AI and automation tools for repetitive tasks and predictive analytics
  • Develop metrics for incentive-program performance

Benefits

  • Restricted Stock Units
  • Paid time off, paid holidays, and leave of absence programs
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Employer contributions to an HSA account
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid life insurance
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Professional development and tuition reimbursement
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Commuter benefits
  • Cell phone stipend
  • 401(k) plan with company match up to 4% of salary
  • Volunteer time off
  • Global travel insurance and emergency assistance
  • Daily meals allowance
  • Location-specific perks and programs