Director of Total Rewards

Join Chainguard, a rapidly growing startup in the tech industry, as the Director of Total Rewards. In this role, you will lead the Total Rewards team, manage compensation and benefits strategy, and help the company expand internationally. You will have the opportunity to shape compensation and benefits strategy across a global organization and make a real impact on the company's growth.

• Own and set Chainguard's total rewards strategy across compensation and benefits, ensuring competitiveness in the market.
• Manage and develop the Total Rewards team, leading the approach to global compensation and benefits strategy as the company expands internationally.
• Partner with the business to balance employee experience with cost efficiency, identifying legacy programs or underutilized benefits that can be redesigned or retired.

• Strong command of market pricing and benchmarking tools (Radford, Pave, Mercer, or similar)
• Proven experience setting total rewards strategy, with a strong background in either compensation or benefits (and working knowledge of the other)
• This is a people-manager role reporting into the VP overseeing People
• Experience with equity program design and administration, including cap table fluency (Carta, Shareworks, or similar)
• Working knowledge of pay equity and compliance considerations across multi-state and international jurisdictions
• Experience scaling total rewards programs at a high-growth SaaS or startup company, ideally through a growth stage comparable to scaling from roughly 1,000 to 3,000+ employees
• 8-10 years of progressive compensation and benefits experience, including 3+ years in a management capacity
• Experience partnering with or managing an Employer of Record (EOR) for international employees
• Strong track record managing and developing a team
• End-to-end experience running compensation cycles — job architecture, market pricing, merit/promotion planning, and bonus design
• Relevant experience is valued over certifications
• International experience required, particularly across EMEA; experience in Japan, Singapore, or South America is a strong plus
• Comfort operating with some ambiguity and building process where it doesn't yet exist
• If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences