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Angela Rao

Evaluator · DISC type Dcs
Director, Compensation at PagerDuty
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Angela is the Rewards Leader at PagerDuty, with over a decade of expertise in shaping global compensation programs. A University of Washington graduate, she is described by colleagues as a talented, driven, and well-rounded expert. She also advises multiple HR technology startups, lending her expertise to shape new products.

She has a forthcoming and authentic nature, preferring meaningful conversations over small talk. Angela focuses on connecting with people to understand them better, which she uses to leverage and grow her teams skills. She is passionate about creating clarity, acting on ideas, and fostering engaging, lively discussions.

Angela is a founding member of Paves Customer Advisory Board, directly influencing the product roadmap of a leading compensation technology tool.

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Experience
3 Years
Current Role
Director, Compensation
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Angela shows up

Quality Focused
Fast But Analytical
Hard To Convince

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service

Priorities

Topics Angela cares about

Compensation Strategy
Her entire career is focused on designing and managing global compensation programs to drive behavior and engagement.
HR Technology
Serves as an advisor for multiple people-tech companies, including Stride and Pave, helping to shape their product roadmaps.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Director, Compensation
PagerDuty
2-2023
Advisor
Stride
2-2023
Customer Advisory Board (Founding) Member
Pave
2-2022
Advisor
PeopleTech Partners
5-2023 - 12-2024
Director, Total Rewards
Drata
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Media appearances

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Education
2000 - 2002
B.S.
University of Washington
1998 - 1999
n/a
University of Southern California
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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