Senior Manager, Sales Compensation Systems & Analytics

USD 168000 - USD 245000 - yearly Job Description Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hello, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte! Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point. Where and how you can work Our flagship office is in Sydney, Australia, but we've made our way from down under, to a hub in San Francisco , which is now home to our US operations. We offer flexibility in how and where you work. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

We’re looking for an experienced sales compensation leader to own the systems, data, reporting, and quarterly operating rhythm behind our global sales incentive programs. This role sits at the intersection of sales compensation, analytics, and technology. You’ll make sure our incentive platform is reliable, our compensation data is trusted, and leaders have a clear view of whether our plans are driving the intended outcomes. This is a senior individual contributor role with broad ownership and influence. You’ll work independently, using judgment to solve complex problems and seeking guidance only in the most complex situations. You may mentor teammates and lead cross-functional work, but direct people management is not the primary focus. What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

At the moment, this role is focussed on: Own the sales incentive platform Act as the business owner for the incentive compensation platform, including configuration, data flows, integrations, access, releases, vendor management, system performance, and issue resolution. Translate plan mechanics into accurate, scalable, and auditable system logic. Own requirements, testing, production validation, and change control. Build and prioritize the platform improvement roadmap across stakeholder needs. Simplify complex processes and solve new problems where established solutions do not exist. Own compensation data and payout readiness Own compensation data from source through payout, including eligibility, assignments, quotas, territories, crediting, rates, tiers, accelerators, and payment outputs. Lead recurring audits, reconciliations, and exception reviews. Proactively surface changes, risks, and root causes, then champion durable fixes. Partner with Sales Operations, People, Data Engineering, Revenue Accounting, Finance, and Payroll to maintain dependable data flows and on-time commission processing. Perform and validate complex or high-stakes sales compensation calculations. Build reporting and plan health insights Build the quarterly sales compensation QBR, creating a fact-based view of plan health, seller outcomes, operational performance, and emerging risks. Analyze attainment distributions, pay-for-performance alignment, payout-to-revenue ratios, incentive effectiveness, payout concentration, ramp outcomes, exceptions, error trends, and performance by role, segment, and region. Develop scalable dashboards and define the metrics, data structure, and quality standards needed for consistent decisions. Turn analysis into a clear point of view and build executive-ready Canva decks that explain what happened, why it matters, and what leaders should consider next. Run annual/quarterly plan delivery Own plan setup, participant mapping, compensation letter generation, quality assurance, distribution, acknowledgement tracking, and final records. Maintain accurate plan documents, rate tables, version history, and change logs. Create practical materials that help