Role Description
OpenLoop is looking for a Manager of Incentive Compensation who owns the accuracy, timeliness, and defensibility of incentive compensation across our GTM organization. This is a build-and-run role where you'll:
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Own commission administration across the GTM team, calculating and issuing statements, resolving disputes, and partnering with Finance on accruals and payroll.
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Shape future processes by modeling plan changes, pressure-testing crediting rules, and moving from manual spreadsheet work to real system logic.
If you're the person who reconciles numbers three ways before sending them, and can explain a payout to a skeptical AE without getting defensive, this role is for you.
What You'll Own
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Commission Calculation & Statements:
Run the full commission cycle for the GTM organization, validate closed-won data, apply plan mechanics, calculate payouts, and produce individual statements.
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Crediting & Attribution Logic:
Own the rules for crediting, maintain quota and territory assignments, resolve split and multi-rep deals, and adjudicate edge cases.
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Data Integrity & Controls:
Validate commissionable data, identify deal records that will break payout logic, and maintain a clean audit trail.
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Dispute Resolution:
Serve as the first line for commission questions, investigate discrepancies, and provide documented answers.
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Plan Design & Modeling Support:
Model attainment distributions, payout curves, and cost of sales for proposed plan changes.
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Finance & Payroll Partnership:
Partner with Finance on accruals, forecasting, and deliver commission inputs on the payroll calendar.
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Systems & Automation:
Partner with Revenue Systems to move commission logic into the CRM and reporting layer.
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Documentation & Governance:
Maintain current plan documents, quota records, and process runbooks.
Qualifications
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5β7+ years of experience in commission operations, sales compensation, revenue operations, or FP&A.
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Experience designing or materially redesigning incentive plans.
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Advanced spreadsheet skills (Excel and Google Sheets).
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Working knowledge of incentive compensation mechanics.
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Hands-on experience with CRM data (HubSpot and/or Salesforce).
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Exceptional accuracy and self-review discipline.
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Clear written and verbal communication with non-analytical audiences.
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Discretion and judgment with confidential compensation data.
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Comfortable in ambiguity and confident in holding a position with Sales leadership.
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SQL, BI tooling, or compensation platform experience is a plus.
How We'll Measure Success
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Payout Accuracy:
Error rate in issued commission statements and volume of post-issuance adjustments.
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Cycle Timeliness:
On-time delivery of statements, payroll files, and accrual inputs.
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Dispute Volume & Resolution Time:
Number of commission inquiries per cycle and average time to documented resolution.
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Automation Progress:
Share of the commission cycle running on system logic.
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Audit Readiness:
Ability to reproduce any calculation on request.
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Stakeholder Trust:
Feedback from Sales leadership, Finance, and reps.
Benefits
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Relatively flat organizational structure.
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Encouragement to bring ideas to the table.
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Core values of Autonomy, Competence, and Belonging.