This role is ideal for a senior-level Program or Product Manager who thrives at the intersection of customer research and product strategy. You should have 5+ y
Work type: hybrid
Location: Orange County HQ | San Francisco
Salary: $100,000 – $140,000/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is ideal for a senior-level Program or Product Manager who thrives at the intersection of customer research and product strategy. You should have 5+ years of experience, specifically in architecting "Design Partner Programs" and facilitating deep-dive sessions with enterprise leaders. The ideal candidate enjoys translating complex customer feedback into actionable product requirements within a fast-moving, venture-backed startup environment. The compensation for this hybrid role ranges from $100k to $140k. You’ll be joining a high-growth AI startup that already counts industry giants like NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Stripe as clients. It’s a unique opportunity to build a repeatable innovation playbook from scratch while working alongside the Product and Sales teams to shape the future of compensation intelligence. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have a background in compensation, HR tech, or talent acquisition. * Are an expert at facilitating discovery workshops for Fortune 100 executives. * Love turning raw customer insights into structured product roadmaps. * Prefer a hybrid work model in Orange County or San Francisco.
### About Compa
Compa is a venture-backed AI startup revolutionizing the future of compensation.
In a dynamic job market with hiring challenges, accountability, and the rise of AI, companies need the best data to stay ahead of industry changes, competition, and costs. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams.
Compa is a compensation intelligence company built to augment enterprise compensation teams in the era of AI.
Our customers include the world’s biggest companies: NVIDIA, Stripe, DoorDash, Open AI, TMobile, Moderna, Workday, Ulta, Target, and more.
Locations:
Compa headquarters are located in Irvine, California, with growing sites in Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California. We’re a collaborative, curious, and driven team that values transparency, ownership, and continuous learning and prioritizing in person work where possible.
Location: Irvine, CA (hybrid) or remote in San Francisco, CA.The Role:
Compa is seeking an Innovation Program Manager to lead how we collaborate with enterprise customers and to shape the future of compensation intelligence. In this role, you will design and facilitate structured customer programs that surface insights, validate concepts, and accelerate product development. You will partner closely with Product, Compensation, Sales, and Marketing to translate customer input into meaningful impact across the business. This is a highly cross-functional role that requires strong facilitation, strategic thinking, and a customer-centered mindset.
### Key Responsibilities