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Senior Compensation & People Data Analyst

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Mission Summary

As a Senior Compensation & People Data Analyst, you will play a key role in supporting compensation programs and leveraging people analytics to drive data-informed business decisions. You will contribute to the design and administration of compensation structures, job evaluations, and salary benchmarking while also analyzing workforce data to provide actionable insights that enhance business strategy.

This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to translate complex people and compensation data into meaningful insights for business leaders. You will work closely with the People team, Finance, and other key stakeholders to improve compensation effectiveness, workforce reporting, and people analytics capabilities. This role will report to the Compensation & People Analytics Director.

This is a Hybrid position two days onsite and three offsite.

What you'll be doing:

Compensation Responsibilities:

  • Support the development and administration of compensation programs, including base pay, incentive plans, and equity programs for Motional’s global sites across the US and Singapore
  • Conduct job analyses, market pricing, and benchmarking to ensure competitive and equitable pay practices.
  • Assist in annual compensation planning, including salary increases, pay structure adjustments, and budget analysis.
  • Maintain and update compensation structures, salary bands, job leveling, and FLSA status reviews.
  • Complete compensation surveys for both U.S. and international positions, working with survey vendors to collect and analyze market data.
  • Ensure compliance with state, federal, and international employment regulations related to compensation.
  • Provide data-driven insights to leadership for salary reviews, budget planning, and decision-making.
  • Assist in the creation and delivery of compensation training materials for HR and business leaders.

People Analytics:

  • Analyze workforce data trends, including headcount, turnover, pay equity, DEI metrics, performance, engagement, and hiring trends, to provide actionable insights focused on attracting and retaining top talent.
  • Support the development of dashboards and data visualizations for leadership, helping to inform decision-making.
  • Work closely with People leadership and stakeholders to centralize and standardize key people data  metrics that impact business strategy.
  • Assist in preparing executive reports and presentations, including materials for leadership and Board reviews.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve people data governance, ensuring consistency and accuracy in people data and compensation reporting.
  • Help streamline reporting processes to provide leadership with real-time insights on workforce trends and compensation effectiveness.
  • Contribute to the people analytics roadmap, helping to define long-term data solutions and reporting enhancements.

What we're looking for:

  • You are curious and analytical, with a strong passion for leveraging data-driven insights to shape compensation strategies and workforce decisions. You thrive in a fast-paced environment where problem-solving, collaboration, and adaptability are key to success.
  • You have at least 5 years of experience in compensation analysis or people analytics, with a Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Finance, or a related field.
  • You have strong technical skills in Excel, HRIS (preferably Oracle), and various compensation and HR platforms such as CompTool and Culture Amp.
  • You have a strong attention to detail and can translate complex compensation and workforce data into clear, actionable insights that inform HR and business leaders. You’re comfortable working with large datasets, HR systems, and visualization tools, and you enjoy finding ways to improve reporting and analytics processes.
  • You build trusted relationships across teams by communicating insights in a way that is easy to understand and use. You are proactive in seeking opportunities for process improvements and can balance both the technical and human aspects of compensation and people analytics.

Bonus points (not required):

  • Experience with emerging technology 
  • Experience working with global locations

Why you should join us:

  • This is a unique opportunity to leverage data and analytics to shape compensation and workforce strategies in a dynamic, high-growth environment.
  • As a Senior Compensation & People Analytics Analyst, you will play a key role in enhancing pay programs, delivering impactful insights, and driving data-informed decisions that support our people and business objectives.
  • If you enjoy solving complex challenges, building scalable solutions, and collaborating with a forward-thinking team, this role is for you!

 

If you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above - that’s okay! We encourage you to apply if you think this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and that you can deliver the results we need.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process. 

Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Salary Range

$109,000 - $142,000 USD

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.

Our journey is always people first.

We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

Higher purpose, greater impact.

We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.  

Scale up, not starting up.

Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.

Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit  www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

 

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