Total Rewards Leader — Equity, Benefits & Compliance

General Matter, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

General Matter, Inc. is seeking a Total Rewards Manager to design and own our pay, reward, and benefits systems. You will set up compensation and benefits infrastructure, benchmark roles, and build a data-driven model to guide leadership decisions.

You will work with a modern stack and AI tools, partnering across engineering, nuclear operations, and finance. This role offers high-impact ownership in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Total Rewards experience with hands-on depth in compensation and benefits.
• Proven experience running benefits renewals, sourcing and implementing new vendors, and managing a benefits budget.
• Hands-on experience with market benchmarking, compensation analysis, and supporting or running compensation review cycles.
• Working knowledge of pay transparency laws, including California's requirements.
• Fluency with modern HR and comp tools such as Rippling, Carta, and Pave.
• Strong analytical and Excel/Sheets modeling skills, plus the ability to turn data into a clear recommendation.
• An exemplary record of handling highly confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Own market benchmarking: participate in and manage salary surveys and build defensible benchmarks for specialized roles with thin survey coverage.
• Build and maintain compensation bands, leveling alignment, and guidance for offers, promotions, and market adjustments.
• Conduct ongoing compensation analysis, including internal equity reviews, offer modeling, and cost projections, and turn the results into clear recommendations for leadership.
• Run comp review cycles during performance season from start to finish, covering budget modeling, manager guidance, calibration support, and communicating outcomes.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on competitive offers, and with Finance on headcount and compensation budgeting.
• Own our benefits programs end-to-end, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and wellness offerings.
• Lead annual benefits renewals: manage broker and carrier relationships, analyze plan performance and cost trends, and negotiate the best outcome for employees and the company.
• Source, evaluate, and implement new benefits vendors as our needs evolve and our workforce grows.
• Build and manage the benefits budget, forecasting costs and finding savings without giving up quality.
• Plan and run open enrollment, and make benefits easy for employees to understand and use.
• Compliance & Governance: Pay transparency across states; ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA compliance.

Skills

Total Rewards

Compensation

Benefits

Market benchmarking

Compensation analysis

Pay transparency laws

Rippling

Carta

Pave

AI tooling

Excel modeling

Tools

Rippling

Carta

Pave

Job description

General Matter, Inc. is seeking a Total Rewards Manager to design and own our pay, reward, and benefits systems. You will set up compensation and benefits infrastructure, benchmark roles, and build a data-driven model to guide leadership decisions.

You will work with a modern stack and AI tools, partnering across engineering, nuclear operations, and finance. This role offers high-impact ownership in a fast-paced environment.