About Ramp
Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence to maximize the impact of every dollar and hour spent. More than 40,000 businesses, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over $80 billion in purchases each year.
Ramp’s investors include Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, and Redpoint, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.
Ramp has been named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn’s Top U.S. Startups for more than 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies.
About the Role
As Ramp’s Compensation & Equity Manager, you’ll be a critical strategic partner to our People and Talent leadership, driving the design and evolution of our compensation and equity programs. You’ll work closely with both the People and Talent (recruiting) teams to ensure our practices are competitive, equitable, and aligned with our values, while empowering our recruiting and people managers to make informed, consistent decisions.
We’re looking for someone who brings relevant experience but is equally excited to challenge conventional thinking - applying innovative ideas to help us grow sustainably and deliver on our promise to employees. Compensation is a key part of how we show our people they’re valued, and we’re committed to getting it right.
Please note that this role will require you to be comfortable with working in-person at our NYC office 3 days/week.
Strategy & Program Development
Develop and execute strategic compensation and equity initiatives that enhance clarity, impact, and consistency.
Continuously evaluate emerging compensation trends, tools, and practices to ensure Ramp remains at the forefront of the market.
Own and regularly evaluate internal processes and tools to identify and implement data-driven improvements across compensation and equity operations.
Cross-Functional Partnership
Serve as a thoughtful communicator and advisor to all stakeholders, distilling complex compensation topics into accessible, actionable insights and education.
Provide guidance, tools, and scalable processes for candidate offer pricing, while empowering the recruiting team to lead on day-to-day execution and approvals.
Collaborate with our People Success Partners (Ramp’s version of HRBPs), Finance, and Investor Relations to align our approaches with our philosophy, business goals, and budgets.
Partner with the Growth Finance team to integrate company-wide compensation strategy with sales team commission and incentive plans.
Program Execution
Lead ongoing compensation benchmarking efforts to maintain competitive and fair practices across roles, levels, and geographies.
Lead biannual compensation and promotion cycles, balancing operational excellence with a people-first mindset.
Own our equity programs (new hire, refresh, promotion, etc.) ensuring accurate and timely administration of equity grants.
7+ years of experience, including 1–2 years in total rewards or compensation, ideally in fast-paced or high-growth environments.
Expertise in compensation design, including leveling, pay bands, benchmarking, and equity strategies across all levels—from individual contributors to executives—and across functions such as engineering, sales, and corporate teams.
Strong communicator and stakeholder partner, comfortable navigating nuanced or sensitive topics.
Strategic yet hands-on—you design frameworks and enjoy building the systems behind them.
Tech-savvy and adept at tools and systems for comp analysis, reporting, and workflows.
Self-starter and lifelong learner who tracks trends and contributes fresh thinking to the field.
Collaborative and effective at cross-functional partnerships.
Passionate about fairness, transparency, and making compensation a standout part of the employee experience.
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
Partially covered for your dependents
One Medical annual membership
401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
Flexible PTO
Fertility HRA (up to $5,000 per year)
WFH stipend to support your home office needs
Wellness stipend
Parental Leave
Relocation support to NYC or SF
Pet insurance
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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