Senior Total Rewards & Employee Experience Partner

NewsBreak; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision care

Top-tier 401(k) with company matching

Paid time off and holidays

Paid parental leave

FSA and commuter benefits

Team activity budget

Job summary

NewsBreak is seeking a seasoned HR professional to shape and run the Total Rewards program, policies, and employee experience. You will design salary bands, manage equity and benefits, and lead performance cycles in a fast-growing startup environment.

You will partner with Finance, Legal and business leaders to implement scalable processes, onboarding, and engagement initiatives that reflect our culture and values.

Qualifications

• Experience building and administering salary bands, benchmarking, and equity programs.
• Strong track record in annual performance reviews, merit cycles and compensation planning.
• Knowledge of US benefits regulations and external vendor management.
• Ability to design and communicate policy changes clearly to executives and staff.
• Experience with onboarding, engagement surveys, and employee experience initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own Total Rewards infrastructure including salary bands, equity grants, and benefits programs.
• Lead annual performance and compensation reviews, calibrations, and promotions.
• Administer health, welfare and retirement plans; coordinate renewals and vendor SLAs.
• Draft and maintain HR policies and the employee handbook; partner with Legal.
• Design onboarding experiences and company-wide engagement surveys; analyze results.
• Turn people data into insights for leaders and ensure scalable processes.

Skills

Compensation design

Benefits administration

HR policy drafting

Employee engagement

Executive storytelling

Data confidentiality

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business

Tools

Workday

Lattice

Job description

NewsBreak is seeking a seasoned HR professional to shape and run the Total Rewards program, policies, and employee experience. You will design salary bands, manage equity and benefits, and lead performance cycles in a fast-growing startup environment.

You will partner with Finance, Legal and business leaders to implement scalable processes, onboarding, and engagement initiatives that reflect our culture and values.