Head of Total Rewards

What You'll Achieve

Set the vision for Total Rewards as a talent-density lever

• Define and evolve a clear compensation and equity philosophy that supports our strategy, values, and operating model.
• Design programs that drive clarity, motivation, and retention for high performers while maintaining internal equity and external competitiveness.

Reimagine our compensation architecture

• Own job/leveling alignment inputs, pay bands, market pricing strategy, and decision frameworks.
• Build mechanisms for fast, high-quality comp decisions (offers, promotions, internal mobility, retention, and exceptions).

Lead equity strategy across the employee lifecycle

• Own the equity framework and refresh strategy in partnership with Finance and Legal.
• Establish clear narratives and guidelines for leaders and employees.

Own executive compensation + Comp Committee

• Partner with senior leadership and the Board/Compensation Committee on executive compensation programs and governance.
• Prepare materials, analyses, and recommendations aligned with company priorities.

Build AI-forward total rewards tooling

• Design and ship systems using Notion and other tools to automate workflows and improve data quality.
• Identify AI opportunities to remove busywork in benchmarking, insights, scenario modeling, and communications.

Operate with rigor: data, governance, and global readiness

• Establish metrics and dashboards to monitor competitiveness, equity, spend, and effectiveness.
• Ensure compensation governance is scalable and compliant across geographies.

Lead, grow, and develop the Total Rewards team

• Manage and develop a team across compensation, equity, and benefits.
• Coach cross-functional partners and leaders on compensation decision-making.

Communicate with clarity and conviction

• Create communication strategies and enablement for leaders and employees.
• Build trust through transparent frameworks and thoughtful education.

Skills You'll Need to Bring

• 10+ years leading compensation and equity programs in high-growth technology companies, including senior/executive scope.
• Proven ability to design compensation philosophies, architectures (job structures, market pricing, bands/ranges, governance).
• Deep experience with executive compensation and working with senior leadership and Boards/Compensation Committees.
• Strong analytical capability and judgment to move from complex data to simple, high-quality decisions.
• Builder’s mindset: comfortable creating systems, processes, and tools from scratch.
• High agency, ownership, and urgency.
• High standards for craft and clarity in communication.
• Comfort operating globally with ability to adapt frameworks across markets.
• Curiosity and willingness to adopt AI tools.

Nice to Haves

• Experience building or modernizing compensation tooling using Notion, BI, and/or HR systems with AI leverage.
• Exposure to public-company readiness or higher governance environments.
• Experience partnering with Finance on modeling, budgeting, and long-range planning.