Director of Total Rewards & Equity (Remote)

Alt; Des Moines (IA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision plans

Flexible Spending/Health Savings

Flexible PTO

401(k) + Company Match

Life Insurance, Pet insurance

Job summary

OpenLoop is seeking a Director, Total Rewards to build and run compensation, benefits, and equity programs for our rapidly growing workforce. This hands-on role includes harmonizing pay and benefits across subsidiaries and future acquisitions, while keeping programs competitive and easy to understand.

Reporting to the VP of People Operations & Total Rewards, you will lead the Total Rewards team, own annual and off-cycle compensation cycles, administer the equity program, and partner with Legal

Qualifications

• Total rewards leadership with end-to-end compensation and benefits ownership.
• Experience in a high-growth company with scalable pay structures.
• Track record building job architecture, leveling, and salary bands.
• Hands-on equity administration for private companies.
• Strong knowledge of ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, and wage-transparency laws.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets modeling and use of survey data.
• Clear communicator able to explain trade-offs to partners and leaders.
• Comfortable collaborating remotely with Central Time core hours.

Responsibilities

• Own compensation programs end to end: architecture, leveling, ranges, pricing, and offers.
• Run annual and off-cycle compensation programs with budgeting and calibration.
• Advise recruiters on offers with data-backed guidance.
• Administer equity program guidelines with Legal and Finance.
• Harmonize compensation and benefits across subsidiaries and acquisitions.
• Lead benefits strategy: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), leave.
• Oversee renewals and enrollment with brokers and carriers.
• Ensure benefits compliance and reporting (ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, Form 5500).
• Build dashboards on spend, competitiveness, utilization, and retention.
• Leverage AI tools to automate rewards processes.

Skills

Total rewards leadership

Compensation & benefits

Job architecture

Salary structures

Equity administration

Benefits compliance

Excel/Sheets modeling

Compensation survey data

Clear communication

Remote collaboration

Tools

Rippling

Workday

Ashby

Carta

Pave

Job description

OpenLoop is seeking a Director, Total Rewards to build and run compensation, benefits, and equity programs for our rapidly growing workforce. This hands-on role includes harmonizing pay and benefits across subsidiaries and future acquisitions, while keeping programs competitive and easy to understand.

Reporting to the VP of People Operations & Total Rewards, you will lead the Total Rewards team, own annual and off-cycle compensation cycles, administer the equity program, and partner with Legal