Sales Compensation Manager

Databricks · Bengaluru, India · Posted 13 days ago

About this role

Overview: The Sales Compensation Manager (L6) leads complex compensation operations workstreams that drive reliability, scalability, and risk reduction across the sales compensation function. You will own end-to-end commission administration for a large payee portfolio, ensuring flawless execution across payroll submissions, SOX compliance, exception management, and stakeholder delivery, operating at the frontier of what AI and modern tooling make possible so that automation is embedded by default, not bolted on. Operating with a 6–12 month horizon, you’ll independently scope and solve moderately complex problems, influence Directors and Sr. Directors, and raise the bar for the team through mentorship, enablement, and operational discipline with strong automation. The impact you will have: Own end-to-end sales compensation administration for a large payee portfolio with full accountability for accuracy, timeliness, SOX compliance, and high-quality execution across participant setup, plan distribution, calculation, payment readiness, and payroll submission. Lead payroll submission for one or more GEOs with 100% accuracy, timeliness, and SOX compliance, including zero-pay confirmations, audit checkpoints, and evidence completeness across controls. Proactively detect anomalies and apply conservative holds to prevent overpayment; operationalise Exception Committee items with traceable implementation and reduced exception cycle time, leveraging AI-powered anomaly detection and pre