Total Rewards Architect: Compensation & Equity Design

Obsidian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 69,000 - 276,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking Total Rewards practitioners to design compensation architecture and equity programs. The role focuses on building salary bands, leveling, and job architecture, plus owning merit planning, promotions, bonus programs, and equity refresh.

You will benchmark against peers and defend decisions to executives while shaping a credible equity and incentive framework. Strong candidates have experience in compensation design for global or contractor workforces, plus familiarity with 409A

Qualifications

• Experience designing compensation design & architecture.
• Experience owning an annual compensation cycle (merit planning, promotions, bonus programs, equity refresh).
• Ability to benchmark against peers and defend recommendations to executives.
• Proven ability to design simple, credible incentive structures.

Responsibilities

• Design salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture from the ground up.
• Own the annual compensation cycle including merit, promotions, bonuses, and equity refresh.

Skills

Compensation design

Equity program management

Benchmarking & modeling

Incentive design

Tools

HRIS

Compensation tooling

Job description

Mercor is seeking Total Rewards practitioners to design compensation architecture and equity programs. The role focuses on building salary bands, leveling, and job architecture, plus owning merit planning, promotions, bonus programs, and equity refresh.

You will benchmark against peers and defend decisions to executives while shaping a credible equity and incentive framework. Strong candidates have experience in compensation design for global or contractor workforces, plus familiarity with 409A