Head of Total Rewards

About the role

We're looking for a Head of Total Rewards to make compensation and benefits a true talent-density lever at Notion. This role will be part of the People Leadership Team and will report to our Chief People Officer.

Responsibilities

• Set the vision for Total Rewards as a talent-density lever
• Define and evolve a clear compensation and equity philosophy that supports our strategy, values, and operating model - and own the outcomes end-to-end
• Design programs that drive clarity, motivation, and retention for high performers - while maintaining internal equity and external competitiveness
• Reimagine our compensation architecture
• Own our job/leveling alignment inputs, pay bands, market pricing strategy, and decision frameworks so we can scale consistently without losing nuance
• Build mechanisms for fast, high-quality comp decisions (offers, promotions, internal mobility, retention, and exceptions)
• Lead equity strategy across the employee lifecycle
• Own executive compensation + Comp Committee
• Partner with senior leadership and the Board/Compensation Committee to design and deliver executive compensation programs and governance
• Prepare materials, analyses, and recommendations that are crisp, defensible, and aligned with company priorities
• Identify where AI can remove busywork (benchmarking, insights, scenario modeling, communications, manager enablement) and build toward a comp operating system that’s fit for an AI world
• Operate with rigor: data, governance, and global readiness
• Ensure compensation governance is scalable and compliant across geographies; partner with Legal and Finance on risk management and controls
• Support company scaling activities by ensuring our compensation practices, documentation, and governance can meet higher expectations over time
• Lead, grow, and develop the Total Rewards team
• Manage and develop a team across compensation, equity and benefits; set clear goals, raise the bar on craft, and build a high-agency culture
• Coach cross-functional partners and leaders on compensation decision-making with clarity and confidence
• Create communication strategies and enablement that make compensation and equity easier to understand for leaders and employees
• Communicate with clarity and conviction

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading compensation and equity programs in high-growth technology companies, including meaningful scope at senior/executive levels
• Proven ability to design compensation philosophies and architectures (job structures, market pricing, bands/ranges, governance) that scale with the business
• Deep experience with executive compensation and working with senior leadership and Boards/Compensation Committees
• Strong analytical capability paired with great judgment—able to move from complex data to simple, high-quality decisions
• A builder’s mindset: comfortable creating systems, processes, and tools from scratch, and iterating quickly based on feedback and outcomes
• High agency and ownership: you take initiative, own the outcome, and create momentum with urgency
• High standards for craft and clarity in communication; able to influence at all levels with directness and empathy
• Experience building (or significantly modernizing) compensation tooling and workflows using Notion, BI, and/or HR systems—and leveraging AI to improve speed and quality
• Exposure to public-company readiness work or experience operating in environments with higher governance expectations
• Experience partnering with Finance on modeling, budgeting, and long-range planning for comp and equity programs