Role Overview
As Senior Director of People Operations & Total Rewards, you’ll shape and execute a holistic compensation strategy that’s both strategic and operational. You’ll lead all aspects of People Operations & Total Rewards, ensuring programs are data-driven, competitive, and aligned with our company mission.
What You Will Do
Design, implement, and govern compensation structures, including frameworks, pay band architecture as well as supporting equity programs and incentive plans. Lead market benchmarking, pay equity analyses, and compensation reviews to ensure competitiveness, fairness, and transparency.
Why It Might Be a Fit
We’re looking for a collaborative, proactive, and detail-oriented approach with a passion for operational excellence and a bias to action. You’ll play a critical role in designing and executing total rewards strategies that attract, retain, and motivate talent, while ensuring scalability, compliance, and financial discipline.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in People Operations and Total Rewards, with at least 5 years in a leadership capacity
- Deep knowledge of payroll, benefits, and employment laws, practices and systems
- Proven ability to lead People Operations teams in high-growth environments
- Experience managing HR systems (e.g., ADP, Pave, CultureAmp, Lattice, Greenhouse) and driving data accuracy and compliance
- Strong project management and process design skills, particularly around building systems that scale with business growth (including IPO readiness)
Benefits
- Competitive suite of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Infertility support and WPATH-aligned transgender health benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Transit benefits and FSA and HSA options
- Equity for all employees, including new hire and refresher grants
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Fully paid four-week sabbatical in your sixth year
- Company-paid professional coaching for all employees
- Day-one 401(k) match plus matching on qualified student loan payments
To apply for this job please visit betterment.com.

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