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Block's Total Rewards team is responsible for designing and delivering the global compensation programs that help us attract, retain, and recognize the people who build our products. As our Compensation Automation & Tooling Specialist, you'll serve as the technical lead for the team — owning the systems, automated workflows, and self-service tools that power our compensation operations for approximately 6,000 employees worldwide. This is a high-impact, highly visible role where you'll drive our shift from manual administration to a scalable, technology-enabled model, and directly shape how the team works for years to come.
Job Responsibility:
Design and deploy end-to-end automation for high-volume compensation processes, including benchmarking data ingestion, market pricing analytics, offer approvals, off-cycle adjustments, and personalized compensation statement generation
Serve as primary technical administrator for specialized compensation management software and define integration requirements with the enterprise HRIS team
Partner with the Compensation Partners and Compensation Programs Design lead to configure and stress-test core systems ahead of the Annual Compensation Cycle
Build and maintain self-service tools for HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders — examples include internal mobility calculators, global transfer modeling tools, and automated statement generators
Design and maintain Total Rewards dashboards providing real-time visibility into compensation metrics, budget utilization, and market trends
Lead development and ongoing training of internal AI agents to handle and route foundational compensation inquiries and escalate to the appropriate reviewers on the team
Manage the Total Rewards knowledge base, ensuring global policies and technical guidelines are accurate and optimized for AI ingestion and end-user use
Establish and enforce data privacy and governance protocols for all AI applications used by the Total Rewards team, ensuring sensitive data (PII, salary, equity) is handled in strict alignment with InfoSec, Legal, and AI usage policies
Champion modern technical collaboration practices — including version control via GitHub — and upskill non-technical team members in adopting these tools
Requirements:
6+ years of experience in HRIS, Compensation Operations, People Analytics, or HR Technology
Expertise with Workday integrations and other HCM platforms
Experience with workflow automation platforms and the ability to build and maintain end-to-end data pipelines
Proficiency with technical collaboration and version control tools (e.g., GitHub), and a track record of guiding non-technical teams through adoption
Strong data modeling and visualization skills
experience building executive-facing dashboards
Solid foundation in global compensation principles — market pricing, equity mechanics, annual review cycles — and the ability to translate compensation strategy into technical requirements
Experience partnering with InfoSec, Legal, or Compliance teams to vet and govern AI tools and automated workflows handling sensitive data