What are the responsibilities and job description for the Compensation Analyst position at Georgia Tech?
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting Faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's Faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and is No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the well-being of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good, breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) serves the Institute and its more than 14,000 employees through strategic counsel, employee engagement, and essential human capital management operations. As the people's unit, GTHR is engaged throughout the employee's lifetime at Georgia Tech. Our team works with sensitive employee information and assists in the management of complex employee issues. Professionalism and confidence are of the utmost importance within our team.
What we do:
- Process payroll and maintain employment data for approximately 14,000 active faculty, staff, and students
- Strive to attract, recruit, and retain the best talent in the marketplace.
- Provide immigration, labor, and tax support required for foreign national faculty and staff to work at Georgia Tech and support employees performing services overseas.
- Leverage a market-driven compensation structure to attract and retain employees.
- Advise employees and managers regarding work performance and conflict management.
Compensation and Classification Department
Define and maintain job structures by evaluating roles to ensure accurate job titles, levels, and classifications aligned with organizational needs, governance requirements, and market context. Establish and manage market-driven salary structures that support talent attraction and retention while maintaining internal consistency and alignment with Georgia Tech and the University System of Georgia requirements. Support talent attraction and retention by applying competitive, sustainable, and data-informed compensation practices. Monitor parity and compression to identify pay concerns and inform data-driven recommendations. Advise leaders, managers, and employees on job classification and compensation practices.
Provide strategic compensation and classification consulting for an assigned portfolio, partnering with unit leaders and Human Resources partners to support pay decisions, job changes, and workforce planning needs.
Job Duty 2 -
Conduct complex market pricing, job matching, and survey interpretation; develop recommendations on pay positioning and range considerations supported by clear rationale and documentation.
Job Duty 3 -
Lead job evaluation and leveling for complex or sensitive positions within the portfolio; ensure job documentation and career level placement are consistent within job families and classification standards.
Job Duty 4 -
Serve as an escalation point for high-risk or high-impact cases within the portfolio (e.g., exceptions, internal alignment concerns, or critical offers), and provide defensible options that describe costs, risks, and workforce impact.
Job Duty 5 -
Lead segmented unit studies and analyses (for example, parity and compression diagnostics, internal alignment reviews, or targeted market assessments) and translate findings into clear decision options for unit leadership.
Job Duty 6 -
Develop and maintain portfolio analytics, dashboards, and recurring reports; use technology and AI-enabled analysis, as appropriate, to identify patterns, improve scenario modeling, and strengthen decision support.
Job Duty 7 -
Lead project workstreams for compensation and classification initiatives, including planning, milestone tracking, risk management, and stakeholder updates to ensure timely, high-quality delivery.
Job Duty 8 -
Strengthen process quality and audit readiness for portfolio work by improving standard work, documentation, and quality review practices aligned with Institute guidance and applicable requirements.
Job Duty 9 -
Provide tools, templates, and knowledge transfer to Human Resources partners and peers by sharing guidance and training that promotes consistent outcomes without formal supervisory accountability.
Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Typically 8 years of relevant professional experience in compensation and/or classification work with progressively increasing scope and complexity.
- Experience leading market studies, establishing market-based salary structures and analysis, job architecture modernization, or compensation system/process improvements in a complex environment.
- Experience applying analytics and data visualization to support senior leader decision-making.
The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.
Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.
The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.
Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This role is considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel
This position requires a security clearance.
The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest
Georgia Tech is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, genetics (including testing and characteristics), or protected veteran status, uniformed service-member status, political affiliation or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Consistent with its obligations under federal law, each company that is a federal contractor or subcontractor is committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified women, minorities, disabled individuals and veterans.
Georgia Institute of Technology is committed to making our online job application as accessible as possible. In the event you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions, please contact us at employee-relations@ohr.gatech.edu.
Salary : $99,096 - $115,000