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About the Role

Nscale is seeking a Manager, Executive Compensation to build and scale executive compensation and equity programs during a period of rapid growth and transition to a public company. This role is part of the People team, reporting to the Director of Equity & Executive Compensation, and will collaborate with various departments and external consultants to ensure executive and equity compensation strategies are market-informed, operationally sound, and aligned with governance standards.

Responsibilities

Support the design and ongoing management of executive compensation programs, including base salary, short-term incentives, and long-term incentive structures for senior leadership.
Own the executive and equity compensation benchmarking process using Radford and peer group analysis, translating market data into defensible pay recommendations.
Build and maintain compensation tally sheets, performance-to-pay models, and total reward analyses for the executive population.
Support the preparation of materials for the Compensation Committee.
Partner with external compensation consultants and outside counsel to ensure program design aligns with market best practices, governance standards, and stakeholder expectations.
Support the preparation of annual executive compensation reporting, disclosures, and governance statements.
Contribute to the Directors Remuneration Report and related frameworks in compliance with UK and international corporate governance expectations.
Maintain current knowledge of global compensation disclosure trends and governance guidelines.
Support the strategic design and iteration of Nscale's global equity programs.
Lead the development of equity grant guidelines, eligibility frameworks, and vesting structures for the broad-based employee population.
Own the annual equity refresh cycle, including budget modeling, grant recommendations, and equity target-setting.
Partner with the broader Compensation team on equity design for the broad-based population, ensuring alignment and consistency between executive and employee programs.
Work with equity administration on program implementation, ensuring reward design decisions are operationally executable.
Build and maintain financial models to support equity program design, compensation scenario planning, and executive pay decisions.
Conduct ad hoc analysis to support executive hiring, offer construction, retention strategies, and leadership transition scenarios.
Act as a subject matter expert to People Partners, Finance, Legal, and senior business stakeholders on executive compensation and equity matters.
Translate complex compensation and equity data into clear, actionable guidance for non-technical audiences.
Support sensitive executive compensation conversations and provide analytical input into executive-level reward decisions.

Requirements

Significant experience working specifically in executive compensation and equity design, within a high-growth tech or complex multinational environment.
Direct experience with US and or UK corporate governance requirements and executive remuneration reporting.
Direct, hands-on experience working within a sophisticated, highly governed corporate environment, including exposure to institutional investor guidelines and Compensation Committee processes.
Proven experience supporting complex reward disclosures, executive compensation tables, and pay-versus-performance analysis.
Deep technical knowledge of executive pay program design, including long-term incentive (LTI) mechanics, annual incentive design, and equity program structures.
Strong benchmarking expertise using Radford or equivalent executive compensation surveys.
Experience designing or managing broad-based equity programs, including annual refresh cycles and equity target-setting.
Strong financial and analytical acumen with advanced Excel and modeling capability.
Confident operating as a senior individual contributor, able to own complex workstreams independently and influence without direct authority.
Comfortable working at pace in an ambiguous, fast-evolving environment and building programs from scratch.
High attention to detail, strong governance mindset, and excellent stakeholder management skills.

Skills

Executive Compensation
Equity Design
Radford
Financial Modeling
Excel
Stakeholder Management
Governance

Experience Level

Senior individual contributor

Salary/Compensations

$121,000—$200,000 USD

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation package (base + bonus + equity)
Performance reviews every 12 months
Dynamic progression plan
Flexible workplace
Medical
Dental
Vision
Flexible paid time off
Parental leave
Retirement plan participation

About the Company

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI, providing cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers.
Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development.
Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.
We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency.
As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work.
If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

Equal Opportunity

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.