Compensation & Total Rewards

ElevenLabs is seeking a Compensation & Total Rewards professional to own and evolve its global compensation and total rewards strategy. The ideal candidate will design systems that are competitive in frontier AI markets, internally consistent, globally scalable, and built for long-term sustainability.

The company operates across 46+ countries with a highly distributed workforce. The Compensation & Total Rewards professional will be the single point of accountability for compensation architecture across the company, partnering closely with Operations, Legal, and Finance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and continuously refine ElevenLabs' global compensation philosophy.
• Ensure pay, equity, and incentives reinforce attraction, retention, and performance.
• Balance market competitiveness with internal equity and financial discipline.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on complex, high-impact compensation decisions.
• Design systems that introduce rigor without slowing the company down.
• Evolve the structure intentionally to match the company's scale.
• Drive clarity and consistency in job architecture, leveling frameworks, and compensation bands globally.
• Design equity programs that reflect a core ElevenLabs belief: employees should be genuine owners in the company and invested in its long-term ambition.
• Own the equity philosophy, structure, and grant strategy.
• Partner with Finance and Legal on equity design, refresh cycles, and promotion grants.
• Assist with annual compensation reviews end-to-end.
• Design clear off-cycle governance and decision frameworks.
• Build calibration rigor and tooling that scales globally.
• Introduce AI-enabled workflows where appropriate to improve speed and consistency.
• Act as the final escalation point for leveling and pay consistency decisions.
• Own global benefits strategy across a distributed workforce.
• Balance standardization with regional relevance.
• Ensure benefits are competitive in frontier talent markets while remaining operationally scalable.

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years in Compensation or Total Rewards, ideally in high-growth technology companies that operate across multiple countries.
• Ownership of equity programs.
• Strong track record of building compensation systems that scale.
• Experience designing and evolving job architectures and leveling systems.
• Experience operating in fast-scaling, ambiguous environments.
• First-principles thinker: approach problems without bias.
• Hands-on builder: comfortable designing systems from scratch.
• Strong analytical skills: the ability to translate data into clear, strategic recommendations.
• Comfortable partnering with senior leaders and influencing decisions in complex, fast-moving environments.
• Excellent communication skills.
• High standards and high ownership.