Total Rewards Lead

The role

The Total Rewards Lead will own payroll, benefits, compensation, and equity administration. This person will build and manage processes to support employees across multiple countries and employment arrangements.

What you will do

• Own the global payroll calendar and coordinate payroll across employees, contractors, PEOs and employers of record.
• Manage payroll inputs, changes, reconciliations and issue resolution.
• Establish approvals and controls for hires, departures, bonuses, compensation changes and deductions.
• Coordinate local payroll requirements and filings with providers and advisers.
• Manage benefits administration, enrolment, renewals and broker relationships.
• Evaluate coverage, costs and employee needs in new markets.
• Own the administration of stock options, shares, RSUs and other equity awards.
• Maintain grant, vesting, exercise and departure records in Carta and related systems.
• Build and maintain salary bands and market benchmarks.
• Maintain compensation data across Rippling, Deel, Carta, Pave and connected systems.

Required qualifications

• Experience owning total rewards or a combination of payroll, benefits, compensation and equity administration.
• Direct experience with Canadian and US payroll and benefits.
• Exposure to international providers or employers of record.
• Practical experience administering equity in a private company.
• Strong spreadsheet, reconciliation and financial modelling skills.
• Experience building processes in a startup or another rapidly changing environment.
• Sound judgment with sensitive information.
• Clear communication.
• A willingness to work through the details, resolve issues and follow through to completion.

Nice to have

• Experience with Rippling, Deel, Pave or similar platforms
• Relevant payroll, compensation or benefits credentials

Before you apply

• We may use AI-assisted tools to help evaluate applications against the requirements of this role.

About the company

Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI. They design and operate global systems for data capture, data labeling, and hardware-enabled workflows.