Lead Compensation Analyst

About this role

About Nebius: Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure. Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D. Leads employee compensation programs to ensure pay practices are competitive, equitable , and aligned with organizationa l objectives . Owns salary structure, job classification standards, financial modeling, and end-to-end administration of merit and bonus cycles.

Develops compensation policy and partners with senior HR and Finance leadership on compensation decisions. Sets reporting standards, designs training, and leads process improvement across the function. Leads participation in external compensation surveys, resolves job matching discrepancies, and recommends competitive positioning strategy across pay levels. Owns the company's salary structure, determining changes to pay grades and range spread/midpoints and presenting them for approval.

Reviews and approves job classifications, resolves escalated classification decisions, and establishes classification standards for the team. Oversees the integrity of job and pay records within the HRIS and establishes audit protocols to prevent errors, duplicates, and classification inconsistencies. Analyzes compensation data across the organization to identify systemic pay equity or compression issues and recommends corrective action plans.

Reviews and resolves escalated compensation requests and establishes guidelines for how requests are evaluated. Owns the financial models used to project the cost of merit, market, and promotional guidelines, and presents recommendations directly to senior HR and Finance leadership. Leads the merit and bonus planning cycle end-to-end, designs manager guidelines and audit protocols, and resolves discrepancies between planned and actual compensation expenditure with Finance.