Director of Total Rewards

2 hours, 46 minutes ago
Full-time
Executive
HR and Recruiting
Chainguard

Chainguard

Chainguard: Fortified Software Delivery Security for developers and CISOs, ensuring secure by default infrastructure and zero workflow friction.

Internet Software & Services
51-250
Founded 2021
$55M raised

Description

  • Own Chainguard’s total rewards strategy across compensation and benefits.
  • Manage and develop the Total Rewards team, including the Compensation Manager and Benefits team.
  • Lead global compensation and benefits expansion across the UK, Canada, Germany, and future markets.
  • Balance employee experience with cost efficiency by evaluating and redesigning rewards programs.
  • Monitor market trends to maintain competitiveness for talent.
  • Oversee job banding, market pricing, merit cycles, promotion planning, and bonus design.
  • Advise leadership on compensation, benefits, headcount growth, and cost management.
  • Build scalable total rewards processes for a growing international organization.
  • Partner with or oversee Employer of Record providers for international employees.

Requirements

  • 8–10 years of progressive compensation and benefits experience, including 3+ years managing teams.
  • Experience setting total rewards strategy, with strong expertise in compensation or benefits and working knowledge of the other area.
  • Experience scaling rewards programs at a high-growth SaaS or startup company, ideally from approximately 1,000 to 3,000+ employees.
  • End-to-end compensation cycle experience, including job architecture, market pricing, merit and promotion planning, and bonus design.
  • Experience designing and administering equity programs, with cap table fluency using Carta, Shareworks, or similar tools.
  • Strong knowledge of market pricing and benchmarking tools such as Radford, Pave, or Mercer.
  • Required international experience, particularly across EMEA; Japan, Singapore, or South America experience preferred.
  • Working knowledge of pay equity and compliance across multi-state and international jurisdictions.
  • Strong track record of managing and developing teams.
  • Ability to operate in ambiguity and build processes where none exist.
  • Relevant experience is valued over certifications.
  • Experience reporting to or partnering with senior People leadership.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $204,000–$240,000 USD.
  • Flexible, remote-first work with team meetups, biannual destination summits, and a monthly coworking, phone, and internet stipend.
  • Stock options upon hire and promotion, secondary offering participation, and a 10-year exercise window.
  • 100% company-paid health, vision, and dental premiums for employees and dependents.
  • Flexible time off.
  • Paid parental leave of 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

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