Total Rewards Lead

Surge AI

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About The Position

Surge AI is hiring a Total Rewards Lead to own benefits, compensation, and equity administration. The role partners with leadership, Finance, Legal, Recruiting, and People Operations to maintain and develop total rewards programs as the company grows. It is suited to a hands-on total rewards generalist who wants to shape the company’s approach to rewarding employees and has room to grow a team around the function.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in Total Rewards, with ownership across benefits, compensation, and equity.
• Experience building programs in high-growth companies, including a benefits program from vendor selection through launch.
• Experience running merit and promotion cycles and designing the processes behind them.
• Working knowledge of equity administration at a private, high-growth company.
• Comfort working with a mixed workforce of hourly and salaried employees in the US and internationally.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to present and defend recommendations to senior leaders.
• Uses AI and automation in their own work and is comfortable building an initial solution and improving it later.

Responsibilities

• Own the benefits program, including vendors, open enrollment, renewals, and leave, for hourly, salaried, and international employees.
• Document and refine the compensation philosophy and translate it into usable bands and guidelines for managers and recruiters.
• Run merit and promotion cycles using a documented process, escalating only true exceptions to leadership.
• Partner with Recruiting on competitive offers and current pay ranges, including a consistent path for contributors moving into employee roles.
• Run pay equity reviews and serve as the authority on total rewards compliance, including FLSA, ACA, and state mandates.
• Own day-to-day equity administration and develop grant, refresh, and promotion guidelines with Finance and Legal.
• Build total rewards workflows and market data reporting in HRIS and compensation tools, using automation and AI.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed