Director, Total Rewards

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Report directly to the Chief People Officer, collaborate closely with the Executive Leadership Team, and act as a trusted advisor on significant compensation and equity matters.

• Anticipate the impact of AI on workforce composition, skills requirements, market availability, and talent valuation.

• Develop and enhance skills-based reward systems and job architecture.

• Collaborate with functional leaders to evaluate the compensation effects of automation, role redesign, and the introduction of new positions.

• Create differentiated compensation programs that reward impact.

• Benchmark and refine the compensation philosophy, bands, and structures.

• Establish a compensation philosophy and infrastructure that accommodates multi-market hiring, geographic variations, and international growth.

• Oversee pay transparency, equity systems, communications, analytics, and ongoing equity audits.

• Modernize benefits and clarify equity value through education, tools, and effective communication.

• Develop data, modeling, and market intelligence capabilities.

• Ensure that programs are competitive, compliant across various states, scalable, and resilient.

• Assess, implement, and enhance compensation technology platforms.

• Empower managers to confidently discuss pay, equity, and total rewards with their teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in Total Rewards, with a proven history of developing strategies in dynamic, high-growth organizations.

• Strategic, business-oriented mindset linking rewards to talent density, retention of key performers, and overall company performance.

• Proactive understanding of how AI and evolving skill demands are transforming workforce composition and compensation structures.

• Proficient in utilizing AI tools in personal work and capable of instilling AI-driven rigor within the Total Rewards function.

• Extensive expertise in compensation, including skills architecture, compensation banding, variable structures, and executive incentive strategies.

• In-depth knowledge of equity, encompassing scenarios from Series C to exit-stage, founder ownership dynamics, transitions from options to RSUs, dilution modeling, and executive equity strategies.

• Strong analytical skills, advanced modeling capabilities, and fluency with contemporary compensation/HR systems and market data such as Workday, Radford, and Pave.

• Presence and influence at the executive level; a hands-on builder who can formulate and advocate for strategy while advising executive leaders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary aligned with the role and experience.

• Equity options available for all employees.

• Annual bonuses or commissions may be applicable based on the role.

• Comprehensive benefits package; full details available at engine.com/culture.

• Hybrid-hub model offering fully remote or office-based work environments depending on the role.

• Perks and benefits may differ based on employment type and location.