Compensation & Equity Expert (Total Rewards)

Weekday AI

13h • $50 - $200

About The Position

This role is for one of our clients. We're looking for Total Rewards practitioners with depth in either compensation design & architecture or equity program management. Experience in both areas, or a broader understanding of the Total Rewards picture, is also valuable. Specific areas of value include compensation philosophy, benchmarking methodology, pay equity and pay transparency, compensation design for a global or contractor workforce at scale, benefits program design, HRIS and compensation tooling, and executive compensation, plan governance, or equity through IPO readiness.

Requirements

• Compensation design & architecture
• Equity program management

Nice To Haves

• Compensation philosophy, benchmarking methodology, pay equity and pay transparency
• Compensation design for a global or contractor workforce at scale
• Benefits program design, HRIS and compensation tooling
• Executive compensation, plan governance, or equity through IPO readiness

Responsibilities

• Built salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture from the ground up
• Owned an annual compensation cycle: merit planning, promotion decisions, bonus programs, equity refresh
• Benchmarked against a peer set you then had to defend to a skeptical exec team
• Designed incentive structures that were simple, credible, and changed behavior
• Designed option and RSU programs: grant guidelines, pool planning, vesting structures, refresh philosophy
• Worked through 409A valuations, plan governance, and grant administration at a venture-backed company
• Built the modeling and communication that lets candidates and employees understand what their equity is worth

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed