Talent Strategy and Rewards Lead

Solace

About The Position

Solace is a Series C startup founded in 2022, backed by prominent investors, that aims to simplify healthcare navigation for patients through expert advocates and decision-making tools. The U.S. healthcare system is complex, and Solace addresses the lack of health literacy among adults. The company is growing rapidly and seeks a highly operational and analytical Total Rewards leader to build and scale its compensation, equity, and rewards infrastructure. This role is ideal for someone experienced in high-growth environments who enjoys building programs from the ground up. The individual will collaborate with People, Finance, Recruiting, and leadership to ensure programs are equitable, scalable, data-driven, and operationally sound. This position is part of the People Data and Systems function and is critical for Solace's growth.

Requirements

Experience building or operating compensation and total rewards programs in high-growth environments.
Strong analytical and operational mindset.
Experience with compensation benchmarking, leveling, salary bands, and equity administration.
Experience working cross-functionally with Finance, Recruiting, Legal, and leadership teams.
Strong systems orientation (Workday experience strongly preferred).
Comfortable building processes from scratch and improving operational rigor.
High attention to detail and ability to manage sensitive/confidential information.
Strong communication skills and ability to influence across teams.
Applicants must be based in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Workday experience

Responsibilities

Build and maintain compensation philosophy, salary bands, and leveling frameworks.
Partner with leadership on compensation benchmarking and market analysis.
Support annual compensation cycles, promotions, off-cycle adjustments, and calibration processes.
Develop scalable processes for compensation reviews and approvals.
Partner with Recruiting on offer compensation strategy and leveling consistency.
Ensure compensation decisions are equitable, competitive, and aligned across the organization.
Own operational administration of equity programs and processes.
Partner with Finance and Legal on equity tracking, reporting, grants, refreshes, and audits.
Manage equity systems and vendor relationships (Pulley or equivalent).
Support employee education around equity programs and processes.
Ensure data accuracy and operational compliance across all equity workflows.
Support benefits strategy, vendor management, and open enrollment operations.
Partner on total rewards communication and employee education.
Help evaluate and redesign benefits offerings as the company scales.
Maintain operational rigor around rewards programs, audits, and reporting.
Build and maintain compensation and rewards workflows within Workday.
Partner with Finance on headcount planning and compensation reporting.
Build dashboards and reporting around compensation, attrition, equity, and workforce trends.
Ensure data integrity across People systems and compensation processes.
Help automate and scale compensation operations and approvals.