Senior Director, Compensation and Analytics

Job overview

The Senior Director, Compensation and Analytics role is hybrid in the Phoenix, AZ area; candidates must be based there or willing to relocate. Compensation is not specified. Cognite builds industrial AI and data solutions to support digital transformation and operational improvements across global industries. The director owns compensation strategy and governance while building people analytics capabilities for workforce, compensation, and attrition insights. The role supports talent attraction and retention, pay transparency, organizational decision-making, and the company’s global growth and integration work.

What you'll do

• Lead compensation model and equity-retention framework evolution
• own job architecture and annual compensation cycles
• govern pay transparency procedures and compliance documentation
• provide compensation-related external and ESG reporting
• build and own the People Dashboard and predictive attrition analytics
• manage reporting cadence
• lead compensation work for potential M&A integration
• and partner with People Operations, Legal, Compliance, and Finance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior director

compensation and analytics

hybrid

phoenix az area

cognite

people analytics

compensation strategy

pay transparency

people dashboard

predictive attrition analytics

m&a integration

global team

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• 401(k) with employer matching, health, dental, vision, and disability coverage for employees and dependents, unlimited paid time off, paid parental leave, and employee referral program.

Why this role

The role requires 10+ years in compensation and/or people analytics, including 3+ years leading a team, and direct experience with compensation integration in M&A. The posting specifies a hybrid work model in the Phoenix area.

About the employer

Cognite - AI for Industry is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.