Equity Program Manager - Fully Remote | Upto $200/hr

Role Responsibilities

• Build salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture from the ground up.
• Owning an annual compensation cycle, including merit planning, promotion decisions, and bonus programs.
• Benchmark against a peer set and defend to a skeptical exec team.
• Design incentive structures that are simple, credible, and behavior-changing.
• Manage equity programs, including option and RSU programs, grant guidelines, and pool planning.
• Work through 409A valuations, plan governance, and grant administration at a venture-backed company.

Qualifications

• Depth in compensation design & architecture or equity program management.
• PREFERRED: Experience in compensation philosophy, benchmarking methodology, pay equity, and pay transparency.
• Compensation design for a global or contractor workforce at scale.
• Benefits program design, HRIS, and compensation tooling.
• Executive compensation, plan governance, or equity through IPO readiness.