VP, Total Rewards – People Operations

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

📋 Description

• Lead, nurture, and motivate a global team across compensation, benefits, people operations, and HR systems.

• Create a high-performing organization with defined ownership, accountability, transparency, and team development.

• Oversee the compensation philosophy, structure, and programs, including base pay, variable pay, and equity.

• Direct executive compensation strategy and collaborate with the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors.

• Prepare compensation documentation and provide advice on program design in partnership with external consultants and legal counsel.

• Design and refine equity programs, encompassing guidelines, refresh strategies, burn rate, dilution management, and future planning.

• Align pay practices with public-company standards, ensuring governance, disclosure readiness, pay equity analysis, and compliance with pay transparency.

• Manage the global benefits strategy across over two dozen countries.

• Oversee broker, carrier, and vendor relationships, including renewals, plan design, and assessment of program effectiveness.

• Standardize benefits across the integrated organization.

• Spearhead people operations, HRIS, and people systems strategy utilizing tools, automation, and AI.

• Manage the global employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding.

• Ensure data integrity and drive people analytics.

• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and IT on payroll, global employment entities, EOR strategy, and internal controls.

• Provide counsel to the executive team on rewards and operational matters.

• Translate complex trade-offs into straightforward recommendations and communicate rewards practices openly to employees.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in total rewards or people operations, including substantial time leading these functions at the VP level or similar.

• Proven, seasoned people leader who has developed and scaled high-performing, efficient teams.

• Extensive experience managing employee and executive compensation, including direct involvement with a Compensation Committee and Board of Directors.

• Background in leading global benefits across multiple countries within a complex, multinational context.

• Experience supervising people operations and HR technology, with a strong perspective on building scalable functions through systems.

• Robust enterprise experience at a company of comparable size or larger, preferably in high-growth B2B software or technology.

• Authentic and straightforward operating style.

• Quick and decisive decision-making capabilities.

• Sound and pragmatic judgment.

• People-first leadership philosophy.

• Builder's mindset.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% employer-covered medical insurance.

• Generous paid time off, including vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation based on role and location.

• Paid sick leave.

• Inclusive parental leave policy.

• Paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest.

• Volunteer time off.

• RSU stock grants.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Company-hosted virtual happy hours, complimentary food, and enjoyable team-building activities.

• Monthly cell phone allowance.

• Access to an innovative mental health support platform providing therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for eligible employees and dependents.