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# Compensation Lead at Peregrine Technologies

- **Company:** Peregrine Technologies
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $185k–$220k
- **Posted:** 2026-08-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/peregrinetechnologies/jobs/4722126005

## Job description

Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our AI-enabled platform turns siloed and disconnected data into operational intelligence — instantly surfacing mission-critical information to empower better, faster decisions that improve outcomes at every touchpoint. Today Peregrine supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving more than 125 million people — and we’re amplifying our impact as we expand into the enterprise and internationally.

## The Role

Peregrine is looking for a Compensation Lead to architect and run the programs, frameworks, and analytics that support our people through every phase of growth. This role owns compensation strategy, job architecture and leveling, compensation cycles, equity programs, and compensation analytics—and partners closely with Talent Acquisition, People, Finance, and company leadership on how we pay, level, and reward people as we scale.

This is a build-and-run role. You'll design the compensation philosophy, build the job architecture and leveling framework, own our merit and compensation review cycles end-to-end, and give recruiters, HRBPs, and managers the tools they need to make confident pay decisions. You'll also build the analytics muscle that surfaces market competitiveness, band positioning, and pay equity before anyone has to ask. As Peregrine grows, you'll have the opportunity to expand your scope and shape how the compensation function evolves.

## What You Will Do

- Scale the philosophy and framework. Assess Peregrine's existing compensation programs, data, and decision-making processes, and recommend a roadmap that supports growth from roughly 500 to 1,500+ employees. Refine and document a compensation philosophy covering market competitiveness, internal equity, and the roles of base, bonus, and equity. Establish principles for market data, peer groups, and geographic positioning, and translate them into repeatable guidelines for hiring, promotions, and merit decisions.
- Build the job architecture. Design and implement a company-wide job catalog, job families, career tracks, and leveling criteria. Reconcile the new architecture with existing departmental frameworks, and partner with functional leaders, HRBPs, and Talent Acquisition to validate and drive adoption. Establish compensation bands backed by market benchmarks and internal equity principles.
- Own the compensation cycles. Run Peregrine's merit and compensation review process end-to-end—including planning, modeling, guidelines, manager inputs, approvals, communications, and post-cycle analysis. Build promotion, off-cycle adjustment, and retention award processes that scale with headcount growth. Partner with Finance to model costs and budgets.
- Enable recruiters and managers. Build tools and guidance so recruiters can self-serve the compensation inputs they need to construct and close offers. Define offer-setting guidelines and manager enablement materials. Establish a clear escalation process for exceptions, and use feedback to keep programs useful and understandable.
- Drive analytics and controls. Build compensation metrics and reporting that give People, Finance, and leadership visibility into market competitiveness, band positioning, and pay equity. Own survey participation and benchmarking cadence. Run recurring pay equity, comp-ratio, and offer-outcome analyses, and turn findings into recommendations.
- Evolve equity programs. Build the framework for new-hire, promotion, and refresh equity grants, balancing attraction and retention against dilution and affordability. Help candidates, employees, and managers understand equity as part of total compensation through clear tools and communication.
- Support executive- and board-level compensation. Develop market-informed points of view on executive compensation and prepare clear, defensible analyses for leadership and board discussions in partnership with People and Finance leadership.

## About You

- You easily move between strategic design and hands-on execution—you can architect the framework and also build the spreadsheet.
- You’re an effective influencer and listener — able to bridge the world between new Peregrine systems around comp and job families, and the messy, on-the-ground reality of differing departmental contexts, dynamics, and stages of maturity.
- You’re adaptable and flexible, able to think about what will worst best for Peregrine from first principles, while still balancing that with best practices and uncompromising focus on results.
- You partner effectively with recruiters, HRBPs, executives, and board members by communicating clear, well-supported compensation recommendations.
- You have experience creating programs and infrastructure from the ground up and improving existing processes as needed.
- You assess ambiguous situations and determine when a formal program is warranted versus when a pragmatic, lighter-weight solution will work.
- You're comfortable turning messy data into a clean analytical model and translating insights into clear recommendations.

## What We Look For

- 7+ years of progressive experience in compensation, with direct ownership of compensation strategy, job architecture, and program design.
- Experience building compensation infrastructure through significant headcount growth, ideally in technology or other high-growth environments.
- Deep expertise in equity compensation, market benchmarking, and job leveling.
- Strong command of HR and compensation systems and data.
- Located in San Francisco and able to work in the office 4 days/week.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Annual Salary + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable) $185,000—$220,000 USD

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, certifications or licenses, and specific work location. Information on the benefits offered is [here](https://peregrine.io/careers/).

Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

## About Peregrine Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Peregrine Technologies provides a full-stack AI platform that unifies fragmented data from disparate systems into a single, permission-aware operational intelligence layer for high-stakes government and enterprise organizations.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D, $6.8B valuation)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Nick Noone (CEO) and Ben Rudolph (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Public Safety, Government Technology (GovTech), Enterprise Data & AI Software
- **Target customers**: B2G (state and local government, federal agencies, public safety), B2B (financial services, travel, enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To help the world’s most critical organizations solve their hardest problems — the ones that shape the safety, stability, and strength of entire communities [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).

## Products & Services
- **Peregrine Platform (Full-Stack AI)**: A SaaS platform that ingests, enriches, and connects data from siloed legacy systems into a unified operational view. It includes:
  - **Data Governance**: Granular, role-based access controls and full auditability to ensure privacy and civil liberties protections.
  - **Semantic Ontology**: Understands an organization’s unique terminology, data relationships, and rules.
  - **AI & Intuitive Interfaces**: Surfaces actionable intelligence to both leadership and frontline operators via natural language queries and dashboards.
  - **Forward Deployed Engineering**: Peregrine deploys engineers directly with customer teams to understand workflows and tailor the platform on-site.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $6.8 billion (as of Series D, June 22, 2026) [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/resources/peregrine-technologies-raises-250-million-series-d-at-68-billion-valuation)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $250 million in its latest Series D round. Estimated annual revenue of $25M–$50M [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/peregrine-technologies).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Fifth Down Capital, Sequoia Capital, OG Venture Partners, Goldcrest Capital, XYZ Ventures, Godfrey Capital [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/resources/peregrine-technologies-raises-250-million-series-d-at-68-billion-valuation)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Doubled customer base in the past year, now supporting 400+ agencies across North America serving 125M+ people.
  - Expanded to federal, enterprise, and international markets with offices in Toronto and London.
  - Headcount grew 106.7% YoY to 298 employees [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/peregrine-technologies).
  - Used for high-profile events: Super Bowl, Grammys, World Series, Kentucky Derby, Academy Awards, and eight of eleven World Cup host cities in 2026.
  - In Fairfax County, VA, helped identify a child abduction suspect in 13 minutes.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep vertical integration**: The platform is not a generic AI tool; it is purpose-built for high-stakes, mission-critical operations with built-in privacy, security, and governance from day one.
- **Forward Deployed Engineering model**: Engineers embed directly with customers to tailor the platform to their specific workflows, creating deep switching costs and high customer stickiness.
- **Trust and compliance focus**: Designed for transparency and security, giving customers full ownership and control over their data with role-based access and clear AI oversight.
- **Proven real-world impact**: Track record of quantifiable outcomes (e.g., crime reduction, faster emergency response) builds credibility and a strong reference base.

## Strategic Focus
- **Product Development**: Continued investment in AI capabilities and platform depth.
- **Market Expansion**: Scaling from state/local government into federal agencies, enterprise sectors (financial services, travel), and international markets (Canada, UK).
- **Team Growth**: Expanding engineering and implementation teams to support rapid customer acquisition and deployment.
- **Liquidity for employees**: The Series D included a liquidity opportunity for employees, signaling a mature approach to talent retention.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven work**: Employees directly contribute to public safety and community well-being. The company emphasizes that the impact is "visible, tangible, and often life-changing" [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **High autonomy and ownership**: The company seeks "entrepreneurial thinkers" and promises extreme agency and cross-functional collaboration, allowing employees to shape the work and company [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **Exceptional growth velocity**: Headcount doubled in the last year, and the company states that an employee’s career trajectory will match the company’s speed [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **Culture**: Values include integrity, service, empathy, a beginner’s mindset, and diversity as an imperative for better decision-making [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **Work model**: Hybrid/office-based presence in San Francisco, Washington DC, New York City, Toronto, and London. Daily team lunches are provided to foster collaboration [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).
- **Key Benefits (US-based)**:
  - Health, dental, and vision insurance
  - Mental health support and services
  - 401k
  - Unlimited PTO
  - Commuting benefits
  - Paid parental leave
  - Life and disability insurance
  - Fertility and family planning support [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers)
- **Engineering culture**: Hands-on experience, autonomy, educational resources, and cross-team collaboration are highlighted as key career accelerators [peregrine.io](https://peregrine.io/careers).

## Sources
1. [Peregrine.io - Homepage](https://peregrine.io/)
2. [Peregrine.io - Careers](https://peregrine.io/careers)
3. [Greenhouse - Jobs at Peregrine](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/peregrinetechnologies)
4. [LinkedIn - Peregrine Technologies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/peregrine-technologies)
5. [Peregrine.io - Series D Announcement](https://peregrine.io/resources/peregrine-technologies-raises-250-million-series-d-at-68-billion-valuation)

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