Manager – Total Rewards, Key Projects

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North America.

📋 Description

• Take charge of daily compensation programs for a global, remote workforce, encompassing base pay, variable pay, and equity-related procedures.

• Collaborate with leadership on offers, promotions, leveling, and compensation decisions.

• Develop and sustain job architecture, which includes job IDs, job families, levels, and titles.

• Evaluate roles and update pay ranges using market insights, survey submissions, and internal data.

• Conduct or assist with compensation cycles, including modeling, manager support, quality assurance, and close-out reporting.

• Implement, configure, and provide support for compensation platforms and associated tools.

• Offer guidance on global benefit frameworks and collaborate with specialists, brokers, and vendors.

• Assist with pay equity, pay transparency, and related compliance initiatives.

• Prepare recommendations for pay ranges, cycle results, cost models, and decision materials for People leadership, Finance, and business stakeholders.

• Aid Recruiting by providing ranges, leveling guidance, offer competitiveness, and context for exceptions.

• Ensure the integrity of job IDs and align the job catalog with hiring requisitions.

• Own or collaborate on headcount planning and budgeting for personnel.

• Perform scenario analysis regarding hiring pace, workforce composition, location, and leveling.

• Support M&A from a People/Total Rewards viewpoint, including due diligence, job/pay mapping, compensation and benefits comparisons, cost/risk assessment, and integration strategy.

• Lead and participate in analytical and operational People projects, such as workforce data analysis, process design, program development, integrations, and decision-making support.

• Collaborate asynchronously across time zones with colleagues, vendors, and leaders in various countries.

⛳️ Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Total Rewards, compensation, or closely related People analytics/operations, including management of compensation programs in a multi-country or globally distributed setting.

• Strong expertise in compensation: job architecture, market pricing, range setting, offer support, pay decisions, and cycle execution.

• Experience in managing multiple compensation data sets and surveys: submissions, matching, aging, blending sources, and resolving conflicts among vendors, geographies, and internal histories.

• Practical experience in implementing and/or serving as the main operator of a compensation platform.

• Familiarity with benefit structures across various countries.

• Proven collaboration with Recruiting, including real-time data on ranges, leveling, and offers; accuracy of job IDs; and consistent hiring practices.

• Capability to manage headcount planning and people budgeting, along with comfort in M&A-style analysis.

• Strong analytical skills; proficiency with spreadsheets and people data; ability to construct models and translate analysis into clear recommendations.

• Experience working across global locations and time zones.

• Sound judgment and discretion regarding sensitive pay, offer, and employee data.

• Ability to frequently overlap with West Coast working hours; preference for Pacific, Mountain, or Central time zone bases.

• Direct prior M&A experience, hands-on requisition management, experience in high-growth/remote/multi-entity settings, exposure to equity compensation, broader People analytics/workforce planning/HR systems experience, and relevant certification (e.g., CCP or equivalent) are desirable but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options

• Health Benefits

• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500

• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card