As a Senior Compensation Specialist, you will join a brand-new team as we completely reinvent the way we look at compensation during this transformative moment at EchoStar. In this role, you will manage and optimize our strategic compensation programs and operational processes. Serving as an essential strategic partner, you will work closely with HR leadership to support the design, evaluation, and implementation of strategic Compensation initiatives across the organization, while maintaining robust data integrity and performing complex analytical modeling.
This role is perfect for an experienced Compensation professional, who excels in a data-driven environment, drives enterprise-wide compensation initiatives, and seeks to maximize their strategic impact across the business.
What Success Looks Like (Objectives):
Key Responsibilities:
- Total Rewards Programs:
- Drive the ongoing administration and rollout of recurring compensation cycles, incentive plans, and employee recognition programs.
- Support and drive cross-functional compensation programs that impact the broader HR team and manage complex interdependencies across initiatives.
- Insights, Reporting & Advisory Support:
- Generate key operational reports and insights, effectively communicating data-backed recommendations to HR leadership and business partners.
- Respond to queries from HR team members regarding pay guidelines and partner in broader advisory discussions.
- Compensation Operations & Data Integrity:
- Lead data audits and maintenance within HR systems, while collaborating with team leadership to analyze data for strategic compensation projects.
- Update salary structures, job catalogs, and market benchmarks.
- Operational Excellence & Process Innovation:
- Leverage AI tools and automation to streamline compensation workflows and improve overall efficiency.
- Support day-to-day department operations, ensuring an integrated, cost-effective approach to compensation and recognition
Core Skills, Competencies, and Key Experiences (What you’ll bring)
- Skills and Qualifications:
- HR Foundations & Compensation Experience: 5 - 7 years of experience in Compensation or Total Rewards, including a comprehensive understanding of compensation plan structures, job leveling, and reward workflows.
- Analytical Proficiency & Data Management: Strong aptitude for managing, validating, and manipulating datasets with a high degree of accuracy. Comfortable leveraging HRIS, AI and data analysis platforms to support compensation modeling, reporting, and data-driven insights.
- Communication, Organization & Service Mindset: Clear written and verbal communication skills combined with excellent organization, and a service-oriented approach to supporting internal stakeholders and executing operational tasks reliably.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this role
Salary Range
Compensation: $83,160.00/Year - $118,800.00/Year
About Our Department
In Human Resources, we collaborate with the innovators who drive DISH's creative ambition. From recognizing and fostering the development of our company's talent to navigating an ever-changing business landscape, our HR team drives positive change for both the company and our team members interested in growing their careers at DISH.
About Our Company
EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products.
Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.
Benefits
We offer meaningful health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan. Review a benefits summary here: EchoStar Benefits
The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies. Compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change.
Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
This job posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.
EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications. If you have questions regarding your application or the recruitment process please email [email protected].
Click the links to access the following statements: EEO Policy Statement, Pay Transparency, EEOC Know Your Rights (English/Spanish)
Skills Required
- 5-7 years of experience in Compensation or Total Rewards
- Comprehensive understanding of compensation plan structures
- Experience with job leveling and reward workflows
- Strong ability to manage, validate, and manipulate datasets accurately
- Experience leveraging HRIS, AI, and data analysis platforms for compensation modeling, reporting, and insights
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Service-oriented approach to supporting internal stakeholders and executing operational tasks
What the Team is Saying
EchoStar Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement options include a 401(k) with company matching and discretionary profit sharing, which can add long‑term value depending on plan rules and vesting. Together they form a central pillar of the financial benefits.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan provides discounted access to company stock, expanding ownership opportunities. This feature complements retirement savings and can enhance total rewards depending on plan terms and performance.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Support includes five free mental‑health counseling sessions per year and notable discounts on DISH TV, Sling TV, and Boost Mobile. These perks deliver everyday savings and access to assistance resources beyond core insurance.
EchoStar Insights
What We Do
Tune into the innovation, collaboration and culture that our team members bring to the office every day. We want you to be a part of our journey to build the next generation of technology that transforms the way the world communicates. Our team members are the key to our history of groundbreaking innovation and our continued progress. If you bring an inquisitive curiosity, a sense of pride in your work, an openness to adventure and a drive to win, we’ll provide the structure to take the next step in your career. This is more than just another job, this is your launchpad to achieve your potential and a community dedicated to your growth.
Why Work With Us
At EchoStar, we work to create opportunity and cultivate an environment where people thrive. Between our brands, our partners, our teams and our customers, the opportunities are endless. Get started on your next career adventure with EchoStar!
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