VP, Total Rewards – People Operations

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

📋 Description

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

• Establish a high-performing organization characterized by clear ownership, accountability, transparency, and strategic team growth.

• Oversee the global compensation philosophy, structure, and programs, which include base pay, variable pay, and equity.

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

• Prepare compensation documentation and provide guidance on program design with external consultants and advisors.

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

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

• Lead the global benefits strategy across more than two dozen countries.

• Manage relationships with brokers, carriers, and vendors, including renewals, plan design, and evaluation of program effectiveness.

• Standardize benefits across the merged organization.

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

• Oversee the global employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding.

• Ensure data integrity and leverage 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 decisions.

• Simplify complex tradeoffs into clear recommendations and communicate reward practices transparently to employees.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in total rewards or people operations, including substantial leadership experience at the VP level or equivalent.

• Proven track record as a seasoned people leader who has successfully built and scaled high-performing, efficient teams.

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

• Experience in leading global benefits across multiple countries within a complex, multinational setting.

• Background in overseeing people operations and HR technology, with a strong perspective on developing scalable functions through systems.

• Significant experience in a company of our size or larger, preferably within the high-growth B2B software or technology sectors.

• Possess an authentic, direct, transparent, swift, decisive, wise, pragmatic, people-first, and builder’s mindset.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% employer-covered medical insurance.

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

• Paid sick leave.

• Inclusive parental leave.

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

• Volunteer days off.

• RSU stock grants.

• Opportunities for professional development and training.

• Company-sponsored virtual happy hours, complimentary meals, and engaging team-building activities.

• Monthly cell phone stipend.

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