Director, Compensation

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About AlphaSense : AlphaSense is the AI platform redefining market intelligence and workflow orchestration, trusted by thousands of leading organizations to drive faster, more confident decisions in business and finance. The platform combines domain-specific AI with a vast content universe of over 500 million premium business documents — including equity research, earnings calls, expert interviews, filings, news, and internal proprietary content. Purpose-built for speed, accuracy, and enterprise-grade security, AlphaSense helps teams extract critical insights, uncover market-moving trends, and automate complex workflows with high-quality outputs. With AI solutions like Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, AlphaSense delivers the clarity and depth professionals need to navigate complexity and obtain accurate, real-time information quickly. For more information, visit www.alpha-sense.com . Come join us. About the Role We are looking for a Director, Compensation to lead AlphaSense's global compensation function: a results-oriented leader ready to own the full compensation lifecycle, while building a high-performing team and partnering closely with the VP, Total Rewards, Finance, Legal, and business leaders across the company. We envision this highly visible, high-impact role as a strong influencer with the business and the go-to person for all things Compensation, including base pay, short-term incentives, and long-term incentives (equity). You will lead AlphaSense's Compensation team and act as the primary owner of the company's compensation philosophy, structure, and programs. You will partner with the VP, Total Rewards on executive compensation, and serve as the owner and subject matter expert for compensation matters across the business, balancing the discipline required of a company approaching IPO with the pace and flexibility of high-growth tech. This role requires prior experience scaling compensation functions at high-growth or newly public technology companies. A flexible, growth mindset, comfort with ambiguity and change, and successfully balancing operational excellence with a sense of urgency will be critical to success in the role. What You'll Do Strategy. Define AlphaSense's multi-year compensation roadmap in alignment with market positioning that scales with the business. Own and manage the global compensation philosophy. Stru…