Equity & Total Rewards Program Lead

Obsidian; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

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

If you have expertise in either area, you could be a fit for shaping the total rewards strategy. The role focuses on establishing salary bands, benchmarking, 409A considerations, grant guidelines, vesting structures, and clearly communicating equity value to candidates and employees, with a global contractor network and

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing compensation programs, bands, and leveling frameworks.
• Experience managing equity programs, grants, and 409A valuations.
• Ability to communicate equity value to candidates and employees.

Responsibilities

• Design salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture from the ground up.
• Own annual compensation cycle: merit planning, promotions decisions, bonus programs, equity refresh.
• Benchmark against peers and defend recommendations to executives.
• Design simple, credible incentive structures that influence behavior.
• Manage option and RSU programs: grant guidelines, pool planning, vesting structures.

Skills

Compensation design

Equity program management

Total Rewards

Benchmarking

Pay equity

Tools

HRIS

Compensation tooling

Job description

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

If you have expertise in either area, you could be a fit for shaping the total rewards strategy. The role focuses on establishing salary bands, benchmarking, 409A considerations, grant guidelines, vesting structures, and clearly communicating equity value to candidates and employees, with a global contractor network and