Global Total Rewards Leader: Equity, Architecture & Scale

JGA Recruitment Group | B Corp™; United States; On-site; USD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual L&D stipend

Annual social travel stipend + offsite

Monthly co-working stipend

Job summary

JGA Recruitment Group is building out a global compensation function for a fast-growing AI tech company. You will own compensation strategy, equity design, and job architecture across 46+ countries, partnering with Operations, Legal and Finance to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity.

You’ll run annual cycles, calibrations, and governance while shaping a scalable total rewards program. The role requires 5–10 years in Compensation/Total Rewards, with hands-on experience in equity,

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in Compensation/Total Rewards, ideally in high-growth tech across multiple countries.
• Genuine equity programme ownership, design, grant strategy, refresh and promotion grants.
• Track record building comp frameworks and job architecture from scratch or substantial redesigns.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve compensation strategy, philosophy and equity structure for 46+ countries.
• Lead job architecture and leveling across diverse roles while avoiding bureaucracy.
• Run annual compensation reviews end-to-end; calibrate and resolve leveling and pay decisions.
• Own global benefits strategy, balancing standardisation with regional relevance.

Skills

Compensation strategy

Job architecture

Equity design

Global benchmarking

Total rewards

Job description

JGA Recruitment Group is building out a global compensation function for a fast-growing AI tech company. You will own compensation strategy, equity design, and job architecture across 46+ countries, partnering with Operations, Legal and Finance to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity.

You’ll run annual cycles, calibrations, and governance while shaping a scalable total rewards program. The role requires 5–10 years in Compensation/Total Rewards, with hands-on experience in equity,