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Director, Total Rewards

Los Angeles, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 7 Jul 2025

💰 $240,000/yr($160,000/yr – $240,000/yr)

About the role

We are seeking a visionary Director, Total Rewards to lead, drive, and elevate our global compensation and benefits programs at our high-growth, pre-IPO SaaS company. This is a pivotal leadership role where you will blend hands-on program execution with high-impact strategic design, ensuring our Total Rewards engine attracts and retains top-tier talent while fostering an engaged and motivated workforce.
You’re a player-coach: hands-on with program execution, strategic in designing scalable solutions, and relentless in leading a lean, high-performing team of two (Compensation Analyst and Benefits Program Manager). You are highly competent and possess expertise globally in Cash Compensation, Equity Compensation, and Benefits Programs, and have standout expertise in equity frameworks for pre- and post-IPO environments (think complex long-term incentives, stock refresh programs, and post-IPO equity structures.)
We move fast, prioritize automation, and demand data precision. You’ll leverage analytics to align rewards with our pay-for-performance culture, educate everyone from individual contributors to the C-suite, and prepare materials for the Compensation Committee and Board. If you thrive in ambiguity, inspire through action, and set sky-high standards, this is your shot to build something extraordinary with a high-performing well respected People team.
This role is required to be on-site 3 days per week Tuesday-Thursday, and will increase to 4 days per week in 2026 to Monday-Thursday . We are seeking candidates in the Los Angeles, CA, New York City, NY, Chicago, IL, or Austin, TX area.
*Visa sponsorship is NOT available at this time

What You'll Do:

Oversee, design, and execute all Total Rewards programs to be competitive, compliant with applicable global regulations, fiscally responsible, and aligned with our business initiatives.
Compensation programs including annual merit cycles, promotion cycles, salary adjustments, Company Bonus plans. Partner with VP, People to manage and advise on Executive Compensation planning.
Equity programs including global framework, market data research, option grant tracking for new hire and follow-on grant cycles. Partner with the Corporate Finance team to enable accurate modeling and dilution forecasting.
Benefit programs including global health and welfare plans, retirement plans, leave of absence management, well-being and perk programs, long-term strategy planning, employee education, Open Enrollment, QLEs, integrations and file feeds etc.
Develop and report on key performance indicators that drive business outcomes on workforce performance in relation to total rewards incentives.
Manage and mentor a small, high-performing team, fostering a culture of efficiency, automation, data cleanliness, and excellence.
Own the development and execution of equity compensation programs, including the potential for post-IPO structures, secondary markets, and acquisition-related awards.
Develop a strong partnership with the wider People team to collaborate and support initiatives including Job Architecture, Salary Structures, Equity Frameworks, Performance & Talent Review cycles.
Partner with executive leadership to craft and present Total Rewards strategies that drive engagement and retention.
Use data and analytics to tell compelling stories and utilize our career development programs to align total reward strategies with performance management reinforcing a pay-for-performance culture.
Drive education and enablement efforts, ensuring that employees, managers, and leaders deeply understand all of our compensation philosophy and programs. An educated workforce is a successful workforce!
Champion automation and efficiency, leveraging data and technology to optimize processes and improve employee experience.
Any other tasks that may be assigned to help the company meet its goals.

What You'll Bring:

8+ years of relevant successful experience in Total Rewards with at least 3 years in a leadership role leading global programs in a high-growth tech or SaaS company.
Experience working for a US based company with global subsidiaries is required.
Deep expertise in compensation strategies pre- and post-IPO, including LTIs and public company programs.
Proven successful ability to design total rewards programs that fuel sustainable business growth.
Expert analytical skills with advanced proficiency with excel or google sheet for modeling and forecasting compensation scenarios.
Talent for using data to tell stories and enable our leaders with insights to their team and the health of the organization.
Deep expertise with global Job Architecture, Salary Structure, Market Analysis programs, and global compensation tools such as Me