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Director, Sales Compensation

Bazaarvoice · Austin · Remote

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About Bazaarvoice

Backed by Battery.

About the role

We are seeking an executive-facing, player-coach Director, Sales Commissions to lead the global strategy, plan design, execution, and analytics for our sales incentive compensation programs. Reporting to the VP of Finance Operations, you will serve as the subject matter expert and strategic partner to HR and Revenue leadership.This role bridges executive-level strategy with hands-on operational execution.

What they're looking for

  • Executive Alignment: Model compensation scenarios, present strategic plan recommendations directly to the CRO and CFO, and lead iterative revisions to land final executive approval
  • Define and maintain clear governance policies for variable compensation, including leaves of absence (LOA), guarantees, ramps, plan exclusions, exception management, and mid-year quota adjustments
  • Partner closely with HR, Revenue, and Sales Operations to gather business inputs, align on role-based metrics, ingest quotas and territories, and ensure smooth plan rollout and policy enforcement
  • Oversee the end-to-end execution and calculation of all variable comp plans within Everstage. Drive flawless payout accuracy, timely execution, and clear communication to maintain organizational trust with payees
  • Review, validate, and sign off on monthly and quarterly global commission and bonus payroll workbooks across US and international schedules prior to submission to Payroll
  • Serve as the primary decision-maker for first-level plan exceptions, dispute resolutions, and policy interpretations, formulating firm, data-backed recommendations prior to escalation
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About Bazaarvoice

At Bazaarvoice, we create smart shopping experiences. Through our expansive global network, product-passionate community & enterprise technology, we connect thousands of brands and retailers with billions of consumers. Our solutions enable brands to connect with consumers and collect valuable user-generated content, at an unprecedented scale. This content achieves global reach by leveraging our extensive and ever-expanding retail, social & search syndication network. And we make it easy for brands & retailers to gain valuable business insights from real-time consumer feedback with intuitive tools and dashboards. The result is smarter shopping: loyal customers, increased sales, and improved products.

The problem we are trying to solve : Brands and retailers struggle to make real connections with consumers. It's a challenge to deliver trustworthy and inspiring content in the moments that matter most during the discovery and purchase cycle. The result? Time and money spent on content that doesn't attract new consumers, convert them, or earn their long-term loyalty.

Our brand promise : closing the gap between brands and consumers.

Founded in 2005, Bazaarvoice is...

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