[Hiring] Senior Director, Sales Compensation @Fivetran

Role Description

We are hiring a Senior Director, Sales Compensation & Strategy to lead our global compensation governance and operations for our GTM motion. This role is for someone who values clear ownership, operational excellence, and long-term thinking. You will report to the VP, Finance & Strategy and partner closely with Sales, RevOps, HR, Legal, and Finance. We expect a hands-on leader who is as comfortable driving incentive designs through a data-driven approach as they are coaching the team and influencing executive decisions.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the global sales incentive planning and design process, owning frameworks that translate executive strategy into field behavior.
• Architect and implement compensation plans for consumption/usage-based pricing models across Enterprise, Commercial, and Channel sales.
• Lead the design and integration of sales compensation plans across the Fivetran and dbt GTM motions, harmonizing crediting, quota, and plan mechanics into a unified framework post-merger.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to GTM and Finance senior leadership, presenting data-driven tradeoffs and recommendations to the Sales Compensation Committee.
• Own the incentive compensation management (ICM) system of record and modernize operations through AI automation, governance, and scalable execution.
• Build and lead a high-performing Sales Compensation team, including managers and senior analysts, and own hiring, coaching, and development.
• Establish global plan governance, clear plan documents, exception workflows, consistent audit and approval processes, and SOX-ready controls to support IPO readiness and external audits.
• Design, run, and report plan effectiveness analytics, attribution, and ROI modeling; propose and implement plan changes based on rigorous analysis.
• Drive transparent, inclusive communications and enablement so sellers understand how they earn and how changes affect them.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure compensation programs are ASC 606 compliant for revenue recognition and commission accounting, and comply with local regulations and tax practices.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in sales compensation or sales strategy, including significant hands-on experience designing and operating global incentive programs at enterprise scale.
• Deep knowledge of incentive plan mechanics across Enterprise, Commercial, and Channel sales, including quota and territory design, pay mix, accelerators, SPIFFs, and exception governance.
• Proven experience with consumption or usage-based pricing models and how to translate them into effective incentive plans.
• Strong technical command of Xactly, CaptivateIQ, or comparable ICM platforms, plus advanced modeling skills in SQL, Excel, and BI tools.
• Exceptional analytical rigor with experience running complex modeling, scenario analysis, plan ROI and leakage reviews, and commission accrual modeling under ASC 606.
• Experience operating in a pre-IPO or newly public environment, with familiarity building SOX-compliant compensation controls and supporting external audits.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills; comfortable advising C-suite and navigating matrixed organizations without direct authority.

Bonus Skills

• Direct experience at a high-growth SaaS company undergoing product or pricing transformation.
• Experience harmonizing compensation programs across acquired entities or merged go-to-market motions.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI or automation to improve compensation transparency and forecasting.
• Familiarity with international pay compliance and tax considerations for variable pay.