Total Rewards Lead

The role

You will design and own the total compensation philosophy, including salary bands, equity guidelines, and benefits programs. You will scale compensation and equity infrastructure and build job architecture and leveling frameworks.

What you will do

• Design and own Decagon's total compensation philosophy
• Build and maintain a job architecture and leveling framework
• Lead annual and mid-year compensation review cycles
• Own all equity program administration
• Manage benefits programs end-to-end
• Serve as the internal expert on comp and benefits compliance
• Partner with Recruiting to build competitive offers
• Develop communications to help employees understand total compensation

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in compensation, benefits, or total rewards at a high-growth tech or SaaS company
• Built or significantly rebuilt compensation structures, job architecture, and leveling frameworks
• Deep expertise in equity compensation
• Experience supporting equity education and communications for employees
• Understand how to design and administer competitive benefits programs
• Experience partnering with Finance on headcount planning, comp accruals, and total compensation cost modeling
• Strong communicator

Nice to have

• leadership experience
• ideally in a fast-moving, pre-IPO environment
• Worked at a company that scaled from ~100 to 500+ employees
• Experience with executive compensation and board-level reporting
• Supported international expansion and understand how to structure compensation across multiple geographies
• Familiar with HR tech and compensation tooling (Carta, Pave, Radford, Workday, Rippling, etc.)

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
• Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
• Parental Leave
• Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
• Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
• Daily lunches and snacks in the office
• Take what you need vacation policy

About the company

Decagon is a conversational AI platform that enables enterprises to deploy AI agents across various channels. It is an in-office company driven by values like Just Get It Done and Winner’s Mindset.