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About the Role

As Vice President, Compensation Strategy & Operations at Prologis, you will serve as a senior enterprise compensation advisor to business leaders, HR partners, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Legal, Stock Administration, and other key stakeholders. You will help shape compensation strategy, strengthen execution, and elevate the effectiveness of the function by combining operational leadership with transformation. This role ensures compensation programs and processes are executed with precision while advancing stronger analytics, modern tools, and scalable approaches that improve quality, speed, and the employee and leader experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as a senior compensation advisor to executives and HR leadership, building trusted relationships and shaping compensation strategies that support business priorities, talent outcomes, and long-term value creation.
Lead compensation strategy across assigned business areas, including base pay, annual incentives, long-term incentives, equity programs, recognition, retention, and differentiated arrangements for critical talent.
Anticipate business needs, frame complex issues, assess risks and tradeoffs, and use data analysis, market intelligence, financial modeling, and business context to deliver clear, decision-ready recommendations.
Partner with Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners on executive and senior-level compensation decisions.
Own compensation operations and annual planning cycles, including salary planning, incentive and equity award cycles, pay-for-performance calibration, pay equity analysis, executive review materials, and leadership decision support.
Ensure compensation processes, governance, controls, systems, and annual calendars are disciplined, scalable, and executed effectively, creating a seamless experience for leaders, HR partners, and employees.
Drive continuous improvement through process redesign, automation, AI-enabled solutions, stronger analytics, and modern compensation tools that improve quality, consistency, speed, and scalability.
Advance global compensation initiatives, including support for M&A due diligence and integration.
Lead, coach, and develop a small compensation team, establishing clear priorities, raising analytical and consulting capability, strengthening service delivery, and ensuring strong execution across both operational and strategic work.
Foster a collaborative and empowering team environment.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive compensation experience in a public company or similarly complex environment.
Deep expertise in compensation strategy, equity, incentives, market pricing, pay governance, and annual compensation planning.
Strong operational discipline, with experience improving compensation processes, systems, and annual cycles.
Demonstrated people leadership experience, with the ability to build capability and strengthen team performance.
Strong executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to influence senior leaders and partner effectively across functions.
Exceptional analytical, financial modeling, problem-solving, presentation, and communication skills.
Experience supporting reorganizations, business transformation, and other complex organizational changes.
Experience leveraging AI, automation, or process redesign to improve operational effectiveness.
High judgment, discretion and integrity.
Ability to travel up to 10%.

Skills

Compensation strategy
Equity programs
Incentive programs
Market pricing
Pay governance
Annual compensation planning
Financial modeling
Problem-solving
Presentation skills
Communication skills
AI
Automation
Process redesign
Workday
Compensation planning tools
Benchmarking tools
Executive compensation programs
Proxy disclosures
Long-term incentive plans
Global compensation initiatives
Operational excellence
Continuous improvement

Location

San Francisco, California

Work Type

Full time

Experience Level

12+ years of progressive compensation experience

Education Level

Advanced degree and/or CCP certification (Preferred)

Salary/Compensations

$255,000 - $319,000

Benefits

Healthcare, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
Several other wellness, financial, and work/lifestyle-specific benefits.
401(k) retirement plan with a company match of 50% up to 12% of eligible compensation.
Generous PTO with a starting accrual of 22 days a year.
Paid holidays.
Volunteer time.

About the Company

Prologis leads the industry with a 1.3 billion square foot portfolio and an annual throughput of approximately $3.2 trillion.
We create the intelligent infrastructure that powers global commerce, seamlessly connecting the digital and physical worlds.
Our ecosystems help businesses move faster, operate smarter and grow sustainably.
With unmatched scale, innovation and expertise, Prologis is a category of one—not just shaping the future of logistics but building what comes next.
We value people who are decisive, courageous and adaptable.
Individuals take the initiative here.
When you join Prologis, you work shoulder to shoulder with some of the top talent in the industry to do the best work of your career.
Every employee belongs. Every employee contributes. Employees advance their careers here.
As a successful global enterprise, Prologis has never lost sight of what matters most, our strong belief that our people are the most important part of our business.
We provide a generous total rewards package and take a lot of time to focus on quality management and leadership development.
People come first here.

Equal Opportunity

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification.
Prologis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.