Hiring: Lead Total Rewards Partner Company: Airwallex Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 03:25:47 Target Skills & Keywords : Design System, Embedded Systems, Salesforce, Workday About the job Experience: •8+ years of experience in total rewards, compensation, or benefits, including significant experience supporting populations based in the Americas. Required Skills: •You'll be the first Total Rewards lead based in the Americas, owning our Compensation, Benefits and Equity programs end to end across the US and Canada, Brazil and Mexico. You'll set the regional rewards agenda and lead its execution, while partnering with the global Total Rewards team to shape how our programs are designed and evolve worldwide. •This role is based in San Francisco. •Own Americas compensation strategy and execution: salary structures, pay differentials, market positioning, merit and bonus cycles, and offer decisions on our most senior and complex hires. •Own the benefits lifecycle: plan design and strategy, partnering with the local People Ops team on annual renewals, broker and carrier negotiations. •Partner with the global rewards team to manage company equity plan mechanics and plan governance. •Lead Total Rewards initiatives end to end across the Americas and globally: scope the work, build the plan, align stakeholders, and communicate decisions clearly to leadership and employees. •Lead the Americas workstreams of our IPO readiness program, in partnership with the global team. •Own regional governance and compliance, including pay equity and pay transparency requirements across US states and Canada, and statutory rewards obligations in Brazil and Mexico. Qualifications: •Strong compensation data analytics capability: own the annual market review cycle and influence company pay strategy and decisions at executive level. •Proven ability to build your own models and projections. •Solid functional working knowledge of US stock administration and equity compensation, including RSUs, vesting mechanics, and how to explain them plainly to a non-specialist. •Multi-region rewards experience, especially where the global framework is set outside your own time zone. •Operational familiarity with compensation and equity tooling such as Carta, BambooHR or Workday, and survey sources such as Radford or Compensia. •Comfort operating with high standards, at a fast pace and under pressure, with evolving priorities and a bias toward building the thing rather than waiting for the playbook. •Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters •To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @ Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!