Total Rewards & Equity Strategy Lead

Engine; United States; Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid‑hub offices

Equity for all employees

Job summary

Engine seeks a Total Rewards leader to reinvent compensation, benefits, and equity for an AI-native workforce. You will report to the CPO, partner with the ELT, and shape pay philosophy, bands, and equity education to attract and retain top talent.

You will design skills-based rewards, align structure with multi-market hiring, and ensure transparency and compliance across states while scaling with the company’s rapid growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Total Rewards experience in fast-growth companies.
• Strategic, business-first orientation linking rewards to talent density and retention.
• Forward-looking market sensing for AI-driven workforce changes.
• Deep expertise in compensation design, bands, and executive incentives.
• Deep equity expertise including options/RSU modeling and ownership dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Anticipate how AI is changing the workforce and determine skills demand and rewards.
• Develop skills-based rewards and job architecture aligned with evolving work.
• Partner with functional leaders to price talent amidst automation and new roles.

Skills

Total Rewards leadership

Strategic thinking

Market foresight

AI-native approach

Compensation expertise

Equity expertise

Analytics

Executive presence

Tools

Workday

Radford

Pave

Job description

Engine seeks a Total Rewards leader to reinvent compensation, benefits, and equity for an AI-native workforce. You will report to the CPO, partner with the ELT, and shape pay philosophy, bands, and equity education to attract and retain top talent.

You will design skills-based rewards, align structure with multi-market hiring, and ensure transparency and compliance across states while scaling with the company’s rapid growth.