Compensation Manager, London

Isomorphic Labs is applying frontier AI to help unlock deeper scientific insights, faster breakthroughs, and life-changing medicines with an ambition to solve all disease.

The future is coming. A future enabled and enriched by the incredible power of machine learning. A future in which diseases are curtailed or cured starting with better and faster drug discovery. 

Come and be part of an interdisciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals, while being a part of an inspiring and collaborative culture.

The world we want tomorrow is the one we’re building today. It starts with the culture at this company. It starts with you. 

About Iso

Isomorphic Labs (IsoLabs) was launched in 2021 to advance human health by building on and beyond the Nobel-winning AlphaFold system. Since then, our interdisciplinary team of drug discovery experts and machine learning specialists has built powerful new predictive and generative AI models that accelerate scientific discovery at digital speed.

Our name comes from the belief that there is an underlying symmetry between biology and information science. By harnessing AI’s powerful capabilities, we can use it to model complex biological phenomena to help design novel molecules, anticipate how drugs will perform and develop innovative medicines to treat and cure some of the world’s most devastating diseases.

We have built a world-leading drug design engine comprising AI models that are capable of working across multiple therapeutic areas and drug modalities. We are continually innovating on model architecture and developing cutting-edge capabilities to advance rational drug design.

Every day, and with each new breakthrough, we’re getting closer to the promise of digital biology, and achieving our ambitious mission to one day solve all disease with the help of AI.

 

Your impact 

Reporting to the Director of Reward and Analytics, this is a high impact role where you’ll do more than just crunch numbers; you’ll provide strategic compensation guidance to Leadership and People Teams on how to attract and retain top talent.  You’ll advise on how to strike the right balance between adhering to frameworks and creatively tailoring offers to secure world class people for Iso. You’ll serve as a key partner cross functionally, partnering with Finance, Legal, CorpDev (in addition to the People and Talent team) to influence decisions and streamline workflows. 

This role requires an interdisciplinary approach to your work, excellent communication skills, and high attention to detail.  If you have private company experience and thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, then this is the role for you! 

What you will do: 

• Conduct detailed compensation benchmarking and drive data driven market insights to maintain a deep understanding of the competitor landscape,  ensuring Iso retains  its competitive advantage amongst relevant talent pools. 
• Contribute to the design and maintenance of Iso’s global compensation strategy and compensation programs to attract, retain, and motivate employees.
• Manage and approve new hire offers, ensuring alignment with established frameworks and internal fairness.
• Design, implement, and manage fair and competitive pay structures, using compensation benchmarking (comparing internal roles to external market data) to ensure competitive salaries, bonuses, and benefits, aligning rewards with business goals, attracting/retaining talent, and ensuring legal compliance, relying on data analysis and market trends to advise leadership and manage programs.
• Perform meticulous compensation analytics and spend forecasting to inform decisions and manage relevant budgets in collaboration with Finance.
• Manage the administration of equity programs, including grants lists and long-term incentive plans.
• Drive cyclical program management, including compensation planning and bonus programs.
• Develop and iterate on compensation tools, metrics, and reports to enhance the efficiency of our programs.
• Share knowledge and deliver training for managers and Talent Acquisition on articulating our compensation offering externally. 
• Ensure global compliance with pay legislation and reward policies through regular audits and collaboration with Legal.
• Manage medium-scale compensation-related projects.
• Incorporate DEI&B principles into all compensation work to ensure fair and equitable pay practices.

 

Skills and qualifications 

• Proven experience leading the design and implementation of reward programmes that support business objectives.
• Sector experience in AI, machine learning, tech, life sciences or pharma.
• Experience cross-collaborating with leadership teams and internal People partners.
• Experience operating in a global organisation.
• Aptitude for change management and contributing to innovative reward initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence outcomes.
• Solid commercial and business acumen.
• Working knowledge of HR operations, processes and systems (e.g., G Suite, Greenhouse, Workday).
• Strong project management skills, with experience delivering on complex tasks.
• Experience managing budgets and partnering with Finance teams.
• Analytical skill set;experience using data to inform decision-making, leveraging tools such as SQL, R, Google Sheets / Excel, etc.
• Strong attention to detail, numeracy and problem-solving skills.
• Proactive attitude toward learning and understanding the broader organisation to enhance impact. 

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: FRI 30TH JAN 

Culture and values

We are guided by our shared values. It's not about finding people who think and act in the same way. These values help to guide our work and will continue to strengthen it. 

Thoughtful
Thoughtful at Iso is about curiosity, creativity and care. It is about good people doing good, rigorous and future-making science every single day.

Brave
Brave at Iso is about fearlessness, but it’s also about initiative and integrity. The scale of the challenge demands nothing less.

Determined
Determined at Iso is the way we pursue our goal. It’s a confidence in our hypothesis, as well as the urgency and agility needed to deliver on it. Because disease won’t wait, so neither should we.

Together
Together at Iso is about connection, collaboration across fields and catalytic relationships. It’s knowing that transformation is a group project, and remembering that what we’re doing will have a real impact on real people everywhere.

Creating an extraordinary company

We believe that to be successful we need a team with a range of skills and talents. We're building an environment where collaboration is fundamental, learning is shared and every employee feels supported and able to thrive. We value unique experiences, knowledge, backgrounds, and perspectives, and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Hybrid working

It’s hugely important for us to share knowledge and build strong relationships with each other, and we find it easier to do this if we spend time together in person. This is why we follow a hybrid model, and would require you to be able to come into the office 3 days a week (currently Tuesday, Wednesday, and one other day depending on which team you’re in). If you have additional needs that would prevent you from following this hybrid approach, we’d be happy to talk through these if you’re selected for an initial screening call.

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