Manager / Senior Manager, Total Rewards & Key Projects (Fully Remote)

Alpaca; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpaca is a global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and 24/5 trading. With over 400 employees worldwide and backed by $400 million in funding, Alpaca fosters a diverse, remote-first culture built on curiosity, empathy, and accountability.

The team leads compensation, headcount planning, and people initiatives to power growth. The roles emphasize building market data-driven job architecture, cost-aware offer decisions, and

Qualifications

• Headcount planning and budgeting experience is beneficial.
• Experience building job architecture and pricing roles using market data.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day compensation programs including base pay, variable pay, and equity processes.
• Build and maintain job architecture, price roles using market data, and support offer decisions.
• Run compensation cycles and implement compensation tools.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders on annual headcount plans and in-year changes.
• Own people budgeting, including merit/bonus/equity pool modeling and offer cost impact.

Job description

• Own day-to-day compensation programs including base pay, variable pay, and equity processes.
• Build and maintain job architecture, price roles using market data, and support offer decisions.
• Run compensation cycles and implement compensation tools.

Headcount Planning & Budgeting:

• Partner with Finance and business leaders on annual headcount plans and in-year changes.
• Own people budgeting, including merit/bonus/equity pool modeling and offer cost impact.
• Build scenario models to make tradeoffs visible.

M&A and Key Projects:

• Support M&A from a People/Total Rewards perspective: diligence, job mapping, cost and risk analysis.
• Lead analytical and operational People projects as the company grows.
• Contribute beyond traditional Total Rewards, stretching into other People areas as needs emerge.

Alpaca

Alpaca is a global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, and 24/5 trading. With over 400 employees across the globe and backed by $400 million in funding, we foster a diverse, remote-first culture with core values of curiosity, empathy, and accountability.