Total Rewards Lead (Fully Remote)

Surge AI; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Surge AI in the United States is seeking a hands-on Total Rewards generalist to own benefits, compensation, and equity administration across a growing, globally distributed workforce.

You will collaborate with leadership, Finance, Legal, Recruiting, and People Operations to design programs, run merit cycles, document compensation philosophy, and support offers and equity decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Total Rewards with ownership across benefits, compensation, and equity.
• Experience building programs in high-growth companies.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with AI and automation.

Responsibilities

• Own benefits program across hourly, salaried, and international employees.
• Document compensation philosophy and run merit cycles.
• Partner with Recruiting on offers and equity administration.

Skills

Total Rewards

Equity administration

Analytical skills

AI & automation

Job description

• Our mission is to raise AGI with the richness of human intelligence.
• We combine elite human expertise with cutting-edge tools for scalable oversight.
• We have run a profitable business from day one without venture funding.

The Role:

• You will own benefits, compensation, and equity administration.
• You will work with leadership, Finance, Legal, Recruiting, and People Operations.
• This role is ideal for a hands-on total rewards generalist wanting to grow a team.

What You’ll Do:

• Own benefits program across hourly, salaried, and international employees.
• Document compensation philosophy and run merit cycles.
• Partner with Recruiting on offers and equity administration.

What We’re Looking for:

• 5+ years in Total Rewards with ownership across benefits, compensation, and equity.
• Experience building programs in high-growth companies.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort with AI and automation.

Surge AI

Surge AI provides a platform combining human expertise with AI tools to develop advanced AI models. The company is profitable from day one, bootstrapped, and founded by engineers and researchers.