Total Rewards Manager

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

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance Ashby’s global compensation framework, which includes compensation bands, alignment of job levels, market positioning, review schedules, benchmarking methods, and guidelines for offers, promotions, refreshers, and market adjustments.

• Design principled, practical, and scalable compensation structures and governance.

• Utilize market data, internal metrics, and external trends to track market movements and influence compensation choices.

• Oversee Ashby’s Total Rewards strategy encompassing compensation, equity, benefits, and perks on a global scale.

• Assess programs and suggest enhancements while balancing market competitiveness, internal equity, business requirements, and sustainability.

• Direct the global benefits strategy, including selection, evaluation, vendor and broker management, renewals, design reviews, and administrative tasks.

• Manage and operationalize equity programs in collaboration with Finance and company leadership.

• Enhance Total Rewards systems, workflows, documentation, and operational procedures utilizing tools like CandorIQ, Pave, and OpenComp.

• Employ automation, AI, and operational design to boost efficiency, accuracy, and employee experience.

• Act as the Total Rewards subject matter expert, collaborating with Finance, Talent Acquisition, People Business Partners, and functional leaders.

• Establish documentation, operational rhythms, standards, and decision-making frameworks to prepare the function for scaling.

• Start as an individual contributor and transition into people management as the function expands.

⛳️ Requirements

• Several years of progressive experience in Total Rewards, with significant ownership of compensation, benefits, and equity programs in high-growth environments.

• In-depth expertise in compensation, with experience in creating compensation programs and frameworks from the ground up.

• Thorough understanding of centralized principles with specific adaptations for various functions.

• Capability to navigate ambiguity using data, sound judgment, and business context.

• Experience in building and scaling compensation frameworks and benefits programs for globally distributed organizations.

• Ability to support leaders with diverse needs while ensuring trust, consistency, and quality of decisions.

• Strong strategic and execution skills, comfortable being the primary owner of day-to-day operations.

• Outstanding communication skills for articulating complex Total Rewards concepts.

• Detail-oriented and operationally adept, focused on enhancing systems, processes, and program quality.

• Experience in leading or managing teams, or a willingness to contribute to the development and scaling of a future Total Rewards team.

• Bonus: Experience with global programs across different regions and employment models.

• Bonus: Familiarity with automation, AI, and technology in Total Rewards operations.

• Bonus: Experience with CandorIQ, Pave, or OpenComp.

• Bonus: Advanced degree in HR, business, finance, or organizational development.

• Bonus: HR certification such as PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, CCP, or CEBS.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity options.

• 10-year exercise window for stock options.

• Unlimited PTO with a recommendation of four weeks per year.

• Twelve weeks of fully paid family leave for employees in the US.

• Generous budget for equipment, software, and office furniture.

• $100/month education budget.

• Higher education expenses, such as conferences, covered with managerial approval.

• For US employees, comprehensive health insurance for employees and their dependents with all premiums covered.

• Opportunities for equity participation.