# Head of Total Rewards

**Company:** [Notion](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/notion)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Compensation Strategy, Equity Compensation, Executive Compensation, Pay Bands, Market Pricing, Compensation Governance, Job Leveling, Total Rewards, Data Analysis, Compensation Philosophy
**Posted:** 2026-05-20

> Lead total rewards strategy and operations for a fast-scaling AI company. Own compensation philosophy, equity programs, executive pay, and AI-forward tooling while partnering with C-Suite and Board.

## Job Description

## 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.

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