Senior Manager, Sales Compensation Systems & Analytics

Location: San Francisco, United States. Flexible work arrangements are offered, and interviews are conducted virtually.

Salary: USD 181,000–260,000 per year

Company

Canva is a design technology company building a platform for creating and sharing visual content.

What you will do

• Own the enterprise incentive compensation platform, including configuration, integrations, access, releases, vendor management, performance, and issue resolution.
• Translate sales compensation plans into scalable, auditable system logic and manage requirements, testing, validation, and change control.
• Manage compensation data from eligibility and quotas through crediting, calculations, payment outputs, audits, and reconciliations.
• Partner with Sales Operations, People, Data Engineering, Revenue Accounting, Finance, and Payroll to maintain reliable data flows and timely commission processing.
• Build quarterly sales compensation QBRs, dashboards, and executive-ready presentations covering plan health, seller outcomes, payout trends, and risks.
• Lead annual and quarterly plan delivery, governance improvements, strategic projects, and large-scale changes while introducing automation and AI with human oversight.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in sales compensation, incentive compensation systems, analytics, or related financial and operational work.
• Hands-on ownership or administration of an enterprise incentive compensation platform.
• Strong analytical skills, including complex calculation validation, pattern identification, and translating findings into business recommendations.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills and experience with Tableau or Snowflake; SQL experience is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of sales compensation operations at scale, including quotas, crediting, eligibility, accelerators, guarantees, plan documents, controls, and payout processing.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional projects, influencing without formal authority, and working independently through ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience using Canva and willingness to become highly capable in the platform.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible ways of working with a San Francisco hub for US operations.
• Equity packages and health benefits plans.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution.
• Inclusive parental leave and flexible leave options.
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing, social connection, and office setup.

Hiring process

• Interviews are conducted virtually.
• Hiring decisions consider experience, skills, merit, business needs, and applicable local laws.