VP, Total Rewards

Marqeta, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 282,000 - 373,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement savings match

Equity in a growth company

Parental leave

Remote work stipend

Development dollars

Job summary

Marqeta seeks a VP, Total Rewards to shape and execute our global total rewards strategy, leading Compensation and Benefits with guidance to senior leadership and the Board. The role interfaces with the Compensation Committee and partners with Legal, Finance, and People teams to ensure ethics and compliance.

We offer Flexible First work arrangements, allowing remote work anywhere in the United States or from Oakland.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in total rewards, compensation, and benefits management.
• Experience designing and implementing global compensation and benefits programs in tech companies.
• Strong understanding of executive compensation principles and board interactions.
• Strategic mindset with ability to translate business objectives into rewards strategy.
• Hands-on approach with willingness to dive into details and maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Lead global total rewards strategy and expansion across regions.
• Design and administer base pay, variable pay, and equity programs.
• Oversee benefits programs ensuring competitiveness and cost-effectiveness.
• Benchmark and analyze programs to stay competitive and support talent goals.
• Partner with Finance and Legal to ensure regulatory compliance and governance.
• Provide guidance to Executive Leadership and Compensation Committee.
• Ensure EEO/AA compliance and equity/diversity worldwide.
• Drive innovation in rewards programs leveraging technology.
• Coach and develop a high-performing compensation and benefits team.

Skills

Total rewards

Executive compensation

Global compensation

Strategic thinking

Hands-on leadership

Communication

Integrity

Job description

As Marqeta’s VP, Total Rewards you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the company’s global total rewards strategy. This individual will lead our Compensation and Benefits functions, ensuring alignment with business objectives, market trends, and regulatory requirements. This role will play a strategic role providing counsel to senior leadership and directly interfacing with our Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the United States or from our Oakland office. We’d love for you to join us!

The Impact You’ll Have

• Evolve and expand our total rewards strategy globally, ensuring that we attract, retain, and motivate our distributed teams.

• Lead the global design, implementation, and administration of competitive compensation programs, including base pay, variable pay, and equity incentives.

• Oversee the management of our employee benefits programs, ensuring they are competitive, cost-effective, and aligned with employee needs and company objectives.

• Conduct regular benchmarking and analysis to ensure our total rewards programs remain competitive in the market and support our talent acquisition and retention efforts.

• Partner with Finance and Legal teams to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and governance requirements, particularly regarding executive compensation.

• Provide strategic guidance and recommendations to the Executive Leadership Team and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on total rewards matters.

• In partnership with Legal and other internal People functions, ensure overall equity and diversity compliance globally. Manage EEO/AA compliance to include preparation, enforcement, and communication of Aff…

• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in our total rewards programs, leveraging technology and best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of compensation and benefits professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning, further developing future leaders.

Who You Are

• 10+ years of experience in total rewards, compensation, and benefits management, with further experience in a leadership role.

• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing global compensation and benefits programs within the tech industry, ideally in both large established organizations and growth companies.

• Strong understanding of executive compensation principles, including experience interfacing with the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

• Strategic mindset with the ability to think analytically and translate business objectives into effective total rewards strategies.

• Hands-on approach with the willingness to roll up sleeves and dive into details when necessary.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.

• High level of integrity, ethics, and professionalism, with a commitment to upholding confidentiality and compliance standards.

Your Manager

• Helena Christianson, Chief People Officer

Typical Process

• Application Submission

• Recruiter video call

• Hiring manager video call

• Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls

• Offer!

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:

• National : A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.

• Premium : Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA

• Premium Plus : A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.

Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:

• National: $282,400 - $353,000

• Premium: $290,200 - $362,800

• Premium Plus: $298,000- $372,500

We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That’s why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.

Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers

• Multiple health insurance options

• Flexible time off – take what you need

• Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions

• Equity in a publicly‑traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Family‑forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave

• Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice

• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model

• Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development

• Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive

About Marqeta

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

Marqeta’s Values

– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers’ business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.

– Do What’s Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.

– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.

– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.

Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy

Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre‑employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.

Marqeta cares about your privacy. Personal data that is provided as part of the application and recruitment process is processed in accordance with the Applicant Privacy Notice. Additional information for California residents can be found here.

To keep our interview process fair and consistent, we ask that all candidates join video interviews with their camera on.

Notice on Use of AI in Recruitment
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