# Senior Director, Compensation & Analytics at Cognite

- Company: Cognite
- What the company does: Deliver a step-change in productivity, safety, and performance with unified, trustworthy industrial data for every use case. Backed by Accel.
- Company website: https://www.cognite.com/en/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: USA (Phoenix)
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/cognite/jobs/4938942101
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cognite-senior-director-compensation-and-analytics/

## About the role

We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here. Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

## What they're looking for

- Minimum 10+ years in compensation and/or people analytics, including 3+ years leading a team, ideally in global technology, industrial software, or a company that has gone through AI-driven market repositioning
- Direct experience with M&A compensation integration — job architecture mapping, equity harmonization, or retention program design during a live transaction
- Demonstrated ability to build predictive or dashboard-based analytics capability from scratch (not just consume someone else's dashboard)
- Comfort growing a globally distributed team , including a direct report based in a different country and time zone
- Fluency in modern comp benchmarking, including how to position against AI-native / hypergrowth tech competitors, not just traditional industry peers
- Experience preparing materials for board compensation committees

Tags: P&O