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Employ is transforming how hiring gets done. With our three ATS solutions - Jobvite, Lever, and JazzHR - plus cutting-edge AI Companions, we free recruiters from admin work and give them more time for what matters: connecting with people. More than 23,000 global customers rely on Employ to make millions of candidate connections each year, helping them hire smarter, faster, and at scale. From growing startups to the world's most recognized brands, we're redefining what's possible in talent acquisition.

We're a fast-moving, remote-first team of builders and innovators who live our people-first philosophy every day. We back it up with flexible work scheduling and paid time off, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities that help you thrive. At Employ, you won't just grow your career - you'll help millions of others grow theirs.

Come join our team where we have each other's backs, champion our customers, hold ourselves accountable, and shape what's next in talent acquisition.

Candidate Safety Notice

Please note, employ takes candidate safety seriously. Employ recruiters and employees communicate only via official @employinc.com email addresses. We will never request payment or personal financial information during the hiring process. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from Employ, please report it to ...@employinc.com .

About the Role:

This role is a critical control point in how Employ drives revenue, motivates sellers, and protects financial integrity. As the Commission Manager, you will own the design, governance, and execution of our sales compensation programs, ensuring they align to revenue strategy while remaining fair, scalable, and trusted by the field.

Beyond execution, this role brings experienced judgment, spotting trends at the rep and IC level, understanding seller personas, anticipating objections, and rationalizing outcomes that balance company goals with individual performance. Your work directly influences seller behavior, retention, and confidence in our compensation programs.

You'll partner closely with Finance, Sales, RevOps, and HR to translate strategy into compensation mechanics that work in the real world and hold up under scrutiny.

About the Team:

This role sits within Finance and partners daily with Sales Leadership, RevOps, HR, Payroll, and Legal. The team is highly cross-functional and impact-driven, focused on ensuring revenue programs are clear, credible, and operationally sound. Together, the team balances growth, discipline, and trust across the organization.

What You'll Do:

• Designing and governing annual and mid-year sales compensation plans aligned to revenue growth, margin protection, retention, and budget discipline
• Translating revenue strategy into quotas, payout curves, accelerators, decelerators, thresholds, and crediting rules
• Modeling plan costs, payout scenarios, and revenue impact across multiple performance outcomes
• Owning end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual commission cycles, including calculations, audits, and payout validation
• Serving as the central authority for commission plan interpretation, dispute resolution, and edge-case decisioning
• Owning CaptivateIQ administration and Salesforce-sourced commission data pipelines, ensuring accuracy, auditability, and scalability

What You Bring:

• 3-5 years of experience in Sales Compensation, Revenue Operations, Finance Operations, or Commission Management
• Hands-on experience with commission systems such as CaptivateIQ (or comparable platforms like Xactly, Spiff, or Varicent)
• Strong Salesforce reporting, data modeling, and commission logic experience
• Advanced Excel modeling and financial analysis skills
• Experience supporting SaaS or subscription-based revenue models
• The ability to analyze trends at the rep and IC level and apply sound economic judgment to recommend fair, defensible outcomes
• A strong professional presence and "persona" that can handle objections, explain tradeoffs, and build confidence with stakeholders

Why You'll Love Working Here:

Make an impact: Your work will directly shape how thousands of employees experience total rewards at Employ - ensuring programs that attract, engage, and retain top talent across the globe.

Meaningful, mission-driven work: Join a team where operational excellence in HR directly supports Employ's mission to improve hiring outcomes for both people and businesses.

Remote-first culture: Work from where you're most productive while staying connected to a collaborative, high-energy team through virtual-first rituals and regular in-person meetups.

Unlimited PTO: Trust-based time off so you can recharge and bring your best self to work.

Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage to support you and your family's health and well-being.

Learning & development programs: Access to training, mentorship, and development resources to grow your skills - from HR operations to total rewards strategy.

At Employ, we believe that when people from different backgrounds and perspectives come together, amazing things happen. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, respected, and able to thrive.

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe that when people feel they belong, they can do their best work and we want every member of our team to feel that sense of belonging.

If you need accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please reach out. We'll be glad to support you.

Recruitment Fraud Notice:

Employ takes candidate safety seriously. Please be aware that Employ recruiters and interviewers will only communicate with candidates using official email addresses ending in @employinc.com.

We will never ask for payment, banking information, or personal financial details at any stage of the hiring process, and we do not conduct interviews via messaging apps or social media platforms.

If you receive communication that appears suspicious or claims to represent Employ but does not come from an @employinc.com email address, do not respond or continue engaging with the sender . Please report the message to ...@employinc.com .