Total Rewards Architect: Compensation & Equity

Mercor; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking Total Rewards practitioners to shape compensation design and equity programs for a growing global workforce. The role focuses on building salary bands, leveling frameworks, and equity governance from scratch, with ownership of annual cycles and benchmarking against peers.

We value candidates who can articulate compensation philosophy, plan design for a global/contractor workforce, and communicate complex models clearly to executives and candidates alike.

Qualifications

• Experience designing compensation bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture.
• Owned compensation cycles: merit, promotions, bonuses, equity refresh.
• Ability to defend compensation decisions to executives.

Responsibilities

• Design compensation architecture for a growing organization.
• Manage equity programs including grants, vesting, and refresh policies.
• Benchmark against peers and communicate rationale to leadership.
• Define global compensation and benefits design for scale.

Skills

Compensation design

Equity programs

Total Rewards

Benchmarking

Pay equity

Executive communication

Tools

Cap table modeling

Valuation governance

Job description

Mercor is seeking Total Rewards practitioners to shape compensation design and equity programs for a growing global workforce. The role focuses on building salary bands, leveling frameworks, and equity governance from scratch, with ownership of annual cycles and benchmarking against peers.

We value candidates who can articulate compensation philosophy, plan design for a global/contractor workforce, and communicate complex models clearly to executives and candidates alike.