Head of Compensation at Klaviyo

Department: PeopleEducation: education_required

Compensation

$200,000 – $300,000/yr

Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Sep 3, 2026

Description

Klaviyo is hiring a Head of Compensation to build and own the company’s compensation architecture, including role leveling, market pricing, multi-year equity modeling, burn-rate analysis, pay equity, and compensation strategy. The role partners with Finance, Talent Acquisition, Legal, People Operations, and business leaders, and includes AI-driven automation, international and M&A compensation work, and executive and board support. It requires at least 10 years of compensation experience, including ownership of strategy and structure at a growth-stage company, and offers a base salary of $200,000–$300,000 USD across US locations.

Required Skills

Comp strategy
Market pricing
Equity modeling
Pay equity
AI automation
Pay transparency

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 10+ years of compensation experience, including ownership of strategy and structure at a growth-stage company
Experience rebuilding or meaningfully overhauling a compensation function or framework
Hands-on experience with modern compensation tools and data sources
Experience designing defensible, explainable, and equitable compensation structures
Experience navigating tense compensation disputes and retention situations
Experience partnering with Talent Acquisition, Finance, and business leaders
Experience with pay transparency practices and regulatory landscapes
Preferred Qualifications: Experience applying AI tools to automate compensation analysis or reporting at scale
Experience in a rapidly growing or strategically pivoting company
Background spanning in-house compensation leadership and consulting or advisory work
Experience shipping iterative compensation models rather than waiting for perfection

About Klaviyo

Klaviyo

B2C CRMBoston, MA, US

Klaviyo is an AI-first CRM built for B2C brands, combining a built-in data platform and AI insights with marketing automation, analytics, and customer service in one unified solution. Its platform unifies customer data and automates email, SMS, RCS, WhatsApp, and mobile push to power personalized, revenue-generating campaigns. Klaviyo offers a free plan, paid plans that scale based on contacts and channel usage, and enterprise pricing for large organizations with advanced needs. Founded in 2012, the company reports 205,000+ paying customers in 100+ countries and 2,000+ Klaviyos worldwide.