Total Rewards Architect — Remote | Equity & Pay Design

Mercor; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 69,000 - 276,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Compensation & Equity Expert (Total Rewards) to design and govern our compensation architecture for a global contractor workforce. This remote, hourly contractor role focuses on building salary bands, leveling frameworks, bonus schemes, and equity programs, including RSUs and option plans.

You'll own the annual compensation cycle, benchmark against peers, and defend proposals to executives while shaping clear, simple incentive structures.

Qualifications

• Depth in compensation design & architecture or equity program management.

Responsibilities

• Build salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture from the ground up.
• Own an annual compensation cycle, including merit planning, promotion decisions, and bonus programs.
• Benchmark against a peer set and defend to a skeptical exec team.
• Design incentive structures that are simple, credible, and behavior-changing.
• Manage equity programs, including option and RSU programs, grant guidelines, and pool planning.
• Work through 409A valuations, plan governance, and grant administration at a venture-backed company.

Skills

Compensation design

Equity program management

Benchmarking methodology

Pay transparency

Global/contractor workforce design

Tools

HRIS

Compensation tooling

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Compensation & Equity Expert (Total Rewards) to design and govern our compensation architecture for a global contractor workforce. This remote, hourly contractor role focuses on building salary bands, leveling frameworks, bonus schemes, and equity programs, including RSUs and option plans.

You'll own the annual compensation cycle, benchmark against peers, and defend proposals to executives while shaping clear, simple incentive structures.