Global Total Rewards Lead
About The Position
Dataiku is hiring a Global Total Rewards Lead to own its global compensation, equity, and benefits strategy. The role will develop programs that are competitive in AI talent markets, internally fair, scalable across 18 countries, and financially sustainable. It is a builder role with autonomy to challenge current practices and use AI to reinvent rewards programs and workflows. The role is remote on the US East Coast and reports to the VP, People Foundations. The successful candidate will work with executives, Finance, Legal, and the Compensation Committee, and lead a small Total Rewards team in a lean, decentralized People function. Responsibilities span compensation strategy, pay transparency, job architecture and salary ranges, equity guidelines and modeling, executive and board recommendations, compensation cycles, and global benefits strategy and operations.
Requirements
- Extensive Total Rewards or compensation experience, typically 10 or more years.
- Deep expertise in global compensation strategy, including salary structures, benchmarking, incentive design, and job architecture.
- Strong equity experience across countries.
- Hands-on knowledge of pay transparency in Europe and North America.
- Track record of building or transforming rewards programs, rather than only administering them.
- Experience leading teams and influencing senior executives in lean, fast-moving environments.
- Strong analytical and modeling skills.
- Curiosity about AI and automation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a global, high-growth technology or enterprise software company.
- Late-stage private company experience.
- Workday experience.
- Knowledge of UK and French benefits and pension programs.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the global compensation philosophy, balancing market competitiveness, internal equity, and financial discipline.
- Define the global approach to pay transparency and prepare the company for emerging requirements, including the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
- Evolve job architecture, leveling, and salary ranges, and provide managers with practical tools for pay decisions.
- Design equity grant guidelines and new-hire and refresh awards; partner with Finance and Legal on modeling, dilution, and international tax.
- Develop recommendations for executives and present equity and executive compensation matters to the Compensation Committee and Board.
- Lead merit, promotion, and incentive cycles from modeling through execution, with scalable governance and AI-enabled workflows.
- Set global benefits strategy across company entities and employer-of-record countries.
- Lead the benefits team responsible for day-to-day operations.
- Lead a small Total Rewards team and influence executives and cross-functional partners.
Benefits
- Stock options
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Flexible spending accounts
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- 401(k) company match
- Paid vacations and sick leave
- Paid parental leave
- Employer-paid disability coverage
- Additional health and wellbeing perks and benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
