Senior Director, Total Rewards

Human Interest is on a mission to ensure that people in all lines of work have access to retirement benefits. 

Nearly half of all working Americans are not saving enough for their future. Too often it’s because they are employed by a company that doesn’t offer a retirement plan. Human Interest is changing that by making it affordable and accessible for small and medium-sized businesses to offer employees a path to financial independence through retirement savings.

Human Interest is looking for an experienced compensation leader to serve as its Senior Director of Total Rewards, a role that is critical to the continued success and rapid growth of the company. You will report directly to our Chief People Officer, be part of the department’s leadership team, and regularly consult and collaborate with our Executive Team and Nominating & Compensation Committee. 

Our Total Rewards leader will own the strategy and implementation of compensation, benefits and system programs, policies, and procedures to attract and retain a talented workforce. You will expertly use data and analytics to generate insights, while ensuring our processes drive desired business outcomes. You bring a broad spectrum of knowledge to this position from your prior work in leadership roles, including ownership of compensation management tools and systems. 

What you get to do every day

• Building, leading, and developing a world-class Total Rewards and Systems team to support our business as we scale
• Building and optimizing our job architecture that will serve as a foundation for compensation changes and reviews
• Driving the strategic evolution and execution of our Total Rewards program in line with Human Interest’s strategy, culture, and operating principles to include: philosophy, job evaluation and salary surveys, salary and incentive structures, pay budgets and equity analysis
• Partner with leaders in the organization to understand their specific organization's compensation needs. Design and implement cash and equity programs that suit those needs, driving towards equitable and competitive total cash and equity compensation".
• Benchmark company total rewards programs and monitor external trends in order to proactively adjust company plans and programs to ensure market competitiveness
• Design and recommend cutting edge benefits programs by assessing Human Interest’s needs, reviewing competitor and general industry practices, and analyzing cost impact/ effectiveness
• Partner with Finance on a long-term compensation and equity strategy that is competitive in the marketplace while keeping in mind our equity pool
• Manage a team that consists of a compensation analyst, benefits manager and HRIS analyst 

What you bring to the role

• 15+ years of relevant experience in compensation (including Executive compensation), bonus structures, equity programs, and benefits planning; preferably with recent experience working in remote, high growth, rapidly evolving organizations
• You have the ability to think strategically about problems as well as a knack for tactical execution; you anticipate trends in the market, “see around corners,” and proactively mitigate risk and/or maximize opportunities
• You have a collaborative approach with executives and Boards of Directors, particularly the Compensation Committee
• You have a comprehensive understanding of stock options, RSUs, and other equity offerings, and have built successful strategies to employ the right tools at the right time for growth companies at various stages
• Advanced problem solving, process improvement and change management skills with the ability to think strategically, analytically, and creatively
• Data-driven with a strong ability to analyze data surface actionable insights aligned with Human Interest’s goals and objectives
• You hold a bias for action, and are comfortable making decisions in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity
• Strong analytical, statistical, and conceptual skills; Sheets and/or Excel expertise is strongly preferred (i.e., index match, VBA, macros, more advanced functions such as goal seek, automated error-checking, joining multiple workbooks, etc.)

Please feel free to apply to this position even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements listed above.

Why you will love working at Human Interest

Mission - Highly collaborative startup dedicated to supporting employee engagement and growth. It’s an opportunity to help solve one of the biggest unsolved problems in America: saving for retirement.

Culture - Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Human Interest’s unique view on wh