Senior Manager, Compensation - M&A

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Senior Manager, Compensation M&A leads the total cash, equity, and incentive strategies throughout the full deal lifecycle from initial due diligence through post-deal. Serving as the primary compensation authority on deal teams, this role is responsible for evaluating target company reward structures, modeling financial deal costs, designing retention and severance programs, harmonizing job architectures, and aligning newly acquired talent with Uber’s compensation philosophy. This role also manages a team of analysts that supports compensation initiatives through the deal life-cycle.

Key Responsibilities

Due Diligence & Pre-Deal Strategy

• Review and analyze target company compensation plans, including base pay, annual incentives, sales commissions, and long-term equity arrangements.
• Partner with Legal to identify legal, tax, and governance risks, including change-in-control provisions, golden parachute rules , and collective bargaining agreements.
• Partner with HR Business Partners, Corporate Development, Legal, Finance, and Tax to model compensation-related deal costs, potential transaction liabilities, and post-close cost synergies.
• Design deal-specific talent retention strategy, sign-on equity conversions, and transaction bonus pools for key company executives and critical staff.

Post-Merger Integration & Harmonization

• Partner with the broad-based Compensation Team on the end-to-end integration of acquired employees into Uber’s job architecture, leveling structures, and salary bands.
• Conduct side-by-side total rewards gap analyses and implement phased migration plans for base salary, bonus targets, and sales incentives.
• Partner with People Operations and HR Technology to ensure accurate data migration into our HCM system/payroll platform.

Governance, Stakeholder Advisory & Day-to-Day Leadership

• Serve as the compensation subject matter expert for Corporate Development, HR Business Partners (HRBPs), integration management offices (IMOs), and acquired business leaders.
• Prepare executive compensation briefing decks, integration progress reports, and Compensation Committee materials for board-level review.
• Develop scalable M&A compensation playbooks, due diligence toolkits, and audit mechanisms to drive repeatability across future acquisitions.
• Manage, mentor, and review the analytical deliverables of compensation analysts and external compensation consultants.

Basic Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related quantitative field
• Experience: 8+ years of progressive global compensation experience
• Technical Depth:
  • Advanced financial modeling capabilities in Excel (pivot tables, complex formulas, scenario modeling, cost projections).
  • Direct experience with equity treatment, retention design, and job architecture mapping.
  • Working knowledge of M&A regulatory and tax frameworks
• Systems: Proficiency with enterprise HRIS and compensation management tools (e.g., Oracle, MarketPay, Radford/Aon, Mercer, or Payscale).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s/MBA preferred.
• Some experience directly supporting M&A due diligence, post-acquisition compensation integration, or carve-outs.
• Prior compensation consulting experience or experience handling fast-paced, recurring corporate M&A cycles.
• Experience managing cross-border transactions and international statutory transfer requirements.

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $195,000 per year - USD $217,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $195,000 per year - USD $217,000 per year.

For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.