AI-Driven Total Rewards & Compensation Architect

Mercor; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 69,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Mercor’s People team is building compensation and equity foundations from scratch. We seek Total Rewards practitioners with depth in compensation design or equity program mgmt. Rate is $50–$200/hr, engagements span a few hours on a single question, with paid conversations regardless of outcome.

Mercor is a Series C company with a large global contractor network and growing full-time workforce.

Qualifications

• Experience designing salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture.
• Owned an annual compensation cycle including merit planning, promotions, bonuses, and equity refresh.
• Benchmarking against peers and defending outcomes to executives.
• Designed simple, credible incentive structures that change behavior.
• Experience with equity programs including RSUs and 409A valuations.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain compensation architecture and equity programs.
• Model, communicate, and defend compensation philosophy and benchmarking results.
• Lead governance for grants, vesting structures, and equity refreshes.
• Explain equity value to candidates and employees clearly.

Skills

Compensation design

Equity program management

Benchmarking

Pay transparency

Compensation philosophy

Job description

Mercor’s People team is building compensation and equity foundations from scratch. We seek Total Rewards practitioners with depth in compensation design or equity program mgmt. Rate is $50–$200/hr, engagements span a few hours on a single question, with paid conversations regardless of outcome.

Mercor is a Series C company with a large global contractor network and growing full-time workforce.