Mastering Talent: Startup Compensation

"The sooner you think about your compensation philosophy, the stronger the position you"ll be in to hire and retain the best talent in the market." - Homebrew

We will teach you about:

• compensation trends and best practices for high-growth companies;
• the nature of total compensation and leveraging it in talent attraction;
• building out a compensation structure; and
• creating effective sales compensation strategies.

You"ll also gain access to a comprehensive startup compensation module with breakthrough resources and tools.

Who should attend:

• HR, talent acquisition and recruiting leaders in high-growth companies
• High-growth startups that plan to double their teams
• Business executives who want to deepen their understanding of compensation

Agenda:

8:00-8:30 am - Coffee & Networking

8:30-8:45 am - Welcome & Business Case presented by Daneal Charney, Director, Talent Services, MaRS & Heather McCarthy, Manager, Talent Advisory, MaRS

9:00 - 9:30 am - Creating a Compensation Structure - Dee DiPietro, Founder, Advanced HR

9:30- 10 am - Sales Compensation preseneted by Sonya Meloff, Co-Founder, Sales Talent Agency

10:00 -10:15 am - Networking Break

10:15-10:45 am - Defining Your Compensation Strategy - Angela Dawson, Senior Compensation Lead, Shopify

10:45 - 11:15 am - Panel Q+A with speakers

11:15-11:30 am - Salary Data, Tools & Resources & Close presented by Heather McCarthy, Manager, Talent Advisory, MaRS

11:30-12:30 pm - Networking Luncheon

Guest speaker: Dee DiPietro, Founder, AdvancedHR

Dee DiPietro is a recognized industry expert and pioneer in compensation for private, venture-backed companies. Over the past two decades, she has led the industry in defining new practices and methodologies to help companies develop effective compensation plans.

With more than 35 years" experience in business management, Dee has consulted both smaller ventures and Fortune 500 companies in the technology and life sciences sectors. Her expertise is complemented by a broad professional network in the compensation community, supplementing information gathered from traditional data sources.

Guest speaker: Sonya Meloff, Co-Founder, Sales Talent Agency

Sonya Meloff is a co-founder of Sales Talent Agency, Canada"s largest and most respected sales recruitment company. Launched in 2007, the agency has worked with over 1,200 companies across North America, helping them find, attract, choose and equip their best talent. Notable clients include Thomson Reuters, Salesforce, SAP, Dell, IBM, Amex, League, Honeywell, Waste Management, Rogers, Nudge.ai, Ritual, TouchBistro, Top Hat, and Nulogy. Sales Talent Agency has earned more than 130 per cent revenue growth for 11 straight years and is a five-time PROFIT 500 recipient for Canada's Fastest Growing Companies.

Guest speaker: Angela Dawson, Senior Compensation Lead, Shopify

Angela Dawson has over 8 years experience in compensation at the global level, focused mainly in the high tech space. She has experience building and executing compensation strategies and frameworks. A strong understanding of the market, and a passion to disrupt and go against the grain has allowed her to develop innovate solutions. Angela currently leads the Compensation team at Shopify responsible for all areas of comp; Exec comp, sales comp, market analytics, global salary & equity framework design globally, and pay equity compliance.

Co-host: Daneal Charney, Director, Talent Services, MaRS

Top 25 Human Resource Professionals award | High Growth Advisor | Co-Producer #MoveTheDial inaugural event.

At MaRS, Daneal heads up the talent team within MaRS Venture Services, with the mandate to serve entrepreneurs across all high-growth sectors to scale their talent. She works with executive teams to develop strategies that advance their competitiveness as both employers and workplaces.

Co-host: Heather McCarthy, Manager, Talent Advisory, MaRS

Heather advises on HR best practices, working with MaRS Growth and Scale ventures to help them build effective talent strategies and create inclusive and diverse workplace cultures.

Prior to joining MaRS, Heather held HR and talent acquisition roles across a varierty of industries in both start-up and enterprise organizations, navigating the unique challenges of each.

About MaRS Mastering Talent Series

Mastering Talent is a quarterly series designed for MaRS high-growth ventures and their HR leaders that are passionate about utilizing the latest HR technology, tactics and trends to scale.