Total Rewards Architect: Compensation & Equity Design

Obsidian; Toronto; On-site; CAD 69,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is building its compensation and equity foundation from scratch. We seek Total Rewards practitioners with depth in compensation design or equity program management.

The role covers salary bands, annual cycles, and equity-related governance, including 409A valuations and model-driven comms to explain value to employees and candidates. What you bring: proven experience in designing incentive structures and communicating complex compensation concepts to executive teams.

Qualifications

• Experience designing salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture.
• Proven track record managing annual compensation cycles: merit, promotions, bonus programs, equity refresh.
• Experience benchmarking and defending pay structures to executives.
• Ability to design simple, credible incentive structures.

Responsibilities

• Design compensation architecture including salary bands and job levels.
• Manage equity programs: grants, vesting structures, and refresh philosophy.
• Run benchmarking and defend total rewards decisions to leadership.
• Develop clear models and communications to explain equity value to candidates and employees.

Job description

Mercor is building its compensation and equity foundation from scratch. We seek Total Rewards practitioners with depth in compensation design or equity program management.

The role covers salary bands, annual cycles, and equity-related governance, including 409A valuations and model-driven comms to explain value to employees and candidates. What you bring: proven experience in designing incentive structures and communicating complex compensation concepts to executive teams.