Compensation & Total Rewards (Benefits) Manager

Article•Vancouver, BC

6h•CA$120,000 - CA$140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As Article grows in complexity across our Vancouver HQ, Vietnam office, North American warehouses, and expanding retail store network, our compensation and benefits programs need to grow with us. This is our first-ever, dedicated compensation hire where you’ll have the opportunity to shape and build a more scalable approach to global rewards at Article. You’ll own our annual compensation cycle, salary benchmarking, compensation structures, and job architecture, while also leading the design and evolution of our benefits programs with our brokers and vendors. This is a hands-on ownership role, not an administration role. We’re looking for someone who has owned annual compensation cycles end-to-end and has experience working directly with benefits brokers and vendors on plan design, renewals, and balancing employee needs with business and budget considerations. You’ll be joining at an important time. Our annual compensation budget planning begins shortly, so you’ll have the opportunity to jump in and take ownership of meaningful work right away.

Requirements

7+ years of progressive compensation experience, including at least 2- 3 years owning an annual merit or compensation cycle end-to-end, including budget planning, governance, communication, and execution.
Hands-on salary benchmarking and market pricing experience, including direct relationships with compensation survey providers such as Radford, Mercer, Aon, or similar.
Experience building and maintaining salary structures using compensation survey and market data.
Experience designing compensation structures across multiple employee populations, including corporate, Retail/frontline, and hourly/Logistics roles.
Multi-country compensation experience, ideally including Canada and the US (we also have an office in Vietnam).
Experience with job architecture and leveling, including pricing new roles, maintaining a job catalogue, and applying a leveling framework consistently.
Benefits program ownership, including experience working directly with brokers and vendors on plan design, vendor selection, renewals, and negotiations in at least one market, ideally Canada or the US.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. You’ll be a primary point of contact for managers and employees on compensation policies and practices and will need to build credibility quickly.
Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills for compensation modeling and analysis.
Experience managing, extracting, and analyzing compensation and employee data within an HRIS. We use HiBob.
Comfortable working with large datasets and translating them into clear recommendations and reporting.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Occasional travel may be required to support US or Vietnam stakeholder and vendor relationships.
Legally able to work in Canada.
Completion of criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

Experience with compensation programs across Canada, the US, and Vietnam.
Experience supporting international employees through an Employer of Record such as Deel.
Experience supporting a mix of corporate, Retail, Customer Care, warehouse, or Logistics employee populations.
Experience with pay transparency and pay equity reporting.
Experience building or evolving total rewards programs within a growing organization.

Responsibilities

Own Article’s annual compensation cycle end-to-end, including budget planning, governance, job benchmarking, manager communication, and execution.
Lead our salary benchmarking and market pricing process, including managing relationships with compensation survey providers and completing annual reviews of our salary ranges.
Build and maintain compensation structures for our workforce across Canada, the US, Vietnam, and international employees through our Employer of Record (Deel), spanning corporate, Retail, Customer Care, and Logistics roles.
Price new roles and manage Article’s job catalogue in our HRIS, HiBob.
Own and evolve Article’s job architecture and leveling framework, helping ensure roles are priced and leveled consistently as the business grows.
Provide compensation training and guidance to managers and employees on compensation policies and practices.
Lead our pay transparency work and BC pay equity reporting.
Keep a pulse on total rewards trends and market competitiveness, bringing forward creative, practical solutions as Article scales.
Lead our benefits strategy and plan design, working directly with brokers and vendors across Canada, the US, and Vietnam.
Own vendor selection and renewal negotiations, balancing the needs of our Particles with market competitiveness, business needs, and budget.
Ensure our benefits programs stay aligned with Article’s Benefits Principles and evolve as we grow into new geographies and lines of business.
Partner with the People Operations team on a clean handoff between benefits strategy and day-to-day plan administration.
Build and maintain P&C dashboards and executive reporting on compensation, workforce planning, and other organizational metrics as needed.
Turn compensation and people data into clear insights that help P&C and business leaders make informed decisions.

Benefits

The salary range is $120,000 to $140,000
Starting salary is determined by your transferable skills, knowledge, work experience, and the hiring team’s budget, which is based on business needs, market compensation data, and internal equity
When Article hits its annual financial goals, eligible employees will receive a cash bonus
4% RRSP matched contributions through Wealthsimple
20 days of vacation
1 extra day off (Inclusion and Diversity Day)
6 well-being (sick) days
Hybrid work: 3 days a week in the office
Work remotely (anywhere in the world) for up to 3 weeks
Excellent extended health, dental and vision benefits
$1000 health/lifestyle spending account for your total physical and mental well-being
TELUS Health App
Mental Health Assistance/Counseling
Virtual medical appointments
The Article HQ is a converted warehouse, with an open accessible layout and no offices (even for our founders)
Work from your desk, an Article sofa, collaboration spaces, or a private meeting room
Standup desks can be requested too
Our kitchens are stocked with salty, sweet and healthy snacks, & all the premium coffees and teas to keep you buzzing
Onsite fitness equipment with showers and towel service
Pickleball, badminton, and table tennis matches happen, from very competitive to very casual
A dog-friendly office - well-socialized pups are welcome
Free street parking (first come, first serve; no reserved spots for senior leaders)
Indoor secure bike storage with change rooms and showers
20-minute walk to either Main Street- Science World or VCC Clark Skytrain stations
45% discount on our entire product range (15% for friends and family)