# Lead Total Rewards Partner

**Company**: Airwallex
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: $145K - $210K
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

As the Lead Total Rewards Partner at Airwallex, you will build the operating model for Americas rewards while partnering with a small, globally distributed team.

**Responsibilities:**

- Own the Americas Total Rewards program across the US and Canada, Brazil and Mexico, with end-to-end responsibility for compensation, benefits design and equity programs.

- Lead compensation planning, benchmarking and pay decisions, including salary structures, geographic differentials, market positioning, merit and bonus cycles.

- Design benefits programs and lead plan renewals, broker negotiations and transition project management with local People Operations partners.

- Partner with the global Total Rewards team on US stock plan administration, including RSUs, ISOs, ESPP mechanics, vesting, taxation, grant execution, plan governance and clear employee communications.

- Lead global and regional Total Rewards projects, including the Americas rollout of the equity framework and IPO-readiness initiatives.

- Use market data, benchmarking and financial modeling to make recommendations, influence decisions and translate complex analysis for leaders, managers and employees.

- Partner closely with Talent Acquisition, People Partners, Payroll, Finance, Legal, Equity and executive leadership on compensation, organization decisions, systems, equity budgets, compliance and strategy.

- Build practical processes and documentation for Americas Total Rewards while working independently across time zones.

**Requirements:**

- 10+ years of experience in total rewards, compensation or benefits.

- Experience owning or building a complete Total Rewards program spanning compensation, benefits and equity.

- Strong compensation analytics capability, including market benchmarking, salary range architecture, geographic pay differentials.

- Experience making and communicating compensation decisions with senior leaders, People Partners, recruiters and employees.

- Working knowledge of US equity compensation and stock plan administration, including RSUs, ISOs, ESPP.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience supporting multi-region Total Rewards programs.

- Familiarity with compensation, equity and HR systems such as Carta, Shareworks, BambooHR or Workday.

- Experience using survey and benchmarking sources such as Radford, Compensia, Mercer or Aon.

**What We Offer:**

- Estimated Base Salary $145K – $210K

- Offers Equity

- Offers Bonus

- Benefits vary by country and employment type.

- For US-based employees, eligible to participate in medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits.

## Skills

### Required
- compensation
- benefits
- total rewards
- equity
- US stock plan administration

### Nice to have
- multi-region Total Rewards
- Carta
- Shareworks
- BambooHR
- Workday
- Radford
- Compensia
- Mercer
- Aon

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