Intro
- Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.
Role
- Design and evolve our compensation philosophy, frameworks, and leveling.
- Oversee base pay, equity and benefits offerings, leveraging our tools (Radford, Pave, Salary.com) to benchmark these offerings against our peers.
- Manage benefits strategy, vendor relationships, renewals, and plan optimization.
- Partner with the SVP of People to build the people analytics function - leveraging pre-built dashboards to pull insights and reporting for leaders across the company.
- Partner with Finance on headcount planning, workforce modeling, and budgeting.
- Ensure compliance across jurisdictions; lead audits and policy updates.
- Advise execs and managers on reward decisions, tradeoffs, and market trends.
- Improve systems and data integrity across HRIS, equity platforms, and analytics tools.
- Lead a small team; develop processes that scale with company growth.
Requirements
- 10+ years in compensation, benefits, or total rewards; strong analytics background.
- Expertise in comp design, equity structures, market data, and benefits regulations.
- Advanced Excel/Sheets; familiarity with reporting dashboards, ability to story tell with data.
- Strong business judgment and ability to translate data into action.
- Experience in a fast-paced environment.
Bonus
- Clear compensation frameworks.
- Predictable budgeting.
- Rewards aligned with performance and market reality.
- Leaders making faster, better decisions with your insights.
- Transparency into the workforce through our data.
