Senior Manager, Total Rewards

About the Role

Evolve is on a mission to make vacation rental easy for everyone. Our high-performing, customer-obsessed team runs on curiosity, communication, and accountability—working together to create exceptional experiences for our owners and guests. The Senior Manager, Total Rewards is a strategically focused, hands-on leader who will own our comprehensive total rewards strategy, including compensation and benefits, to attract, motivate, and retain talent at Evolve. This is an exciting opportunity to improve our compensation philosophy and program, lead a focused team, and shape initiatives that align with our business results and culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team (1 Leave Administrator and 1 Total Rewards Analyst) setting direction, building capability, and staying hands-on alongside them.
• Own the design and evolution of Evolve's compensation philosophy and program architecture, including job architecture, pay grades, and salary ranges that reflect internal equity and market competitiveness.
• Partner with People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, and leaders on real-time compensation decisions—new hires, promotions, transfers, and merit cycles—with autonomy.
• Drive the design and administration of incentive plans (annual bonus and commission), partnering with Finance, Sales Operations, and Payroll on plan documents and payout execution.
• Lead benefits strategy and administration—health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401k, and wellness—including vendor relationships, broker negotiations, and annual open enrollment.
• Oversee leaves of absence programs, ensuring compliance with state-specific laws while continuously simplifying processes for employees and the business.
• Monitor pay transparency laws, FLSA, ACA, and other compliance requirements, developing policies and conducting regular audits to keep Evolve ahead of regulatory changes.
• Use data and market insights to measure program effectiveness and inform decisions; stay current on where total rewards is heading and bring forward-thinking recommendations to the table.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of relevant job experience, including experience in roles supporting compensation, benefits, HR operations functions.
• 5+ years of experience leading a Total Rewards team in a highly dynamic, fast-moving organization, preferably with experience in private-equity backed organizations.
• Substantial knowledge and expertise in all facets of benefits and compensation.
• Hands-on leader who can lead in both a highly strategic, vision-forward capacity, but also roll-up their sleeves and execute the work at a tactical level.
• Continuously explores how AI and automation can improve total rewards processes and programs.
• Experience creating and managing compensation plans.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Suite—Excel.
• Proficiency with Google Suite—Sheets, Slides, Docs.
• Preferred ERP or HRIS Implementation Experience.

Skills & Qualifications

• Comprehensive HR knowledge of benefit design and administration, compensation practices, HR technology, and analytics.
• Knowledge of employment legislation and regulations such as FMLA, ADA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, ERISA.
• Operational knowledge of federal and state pay transparency laws and regulations.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to provide HR metrics and data to make decisions, with an eye for detail and accuracy.
• Ability to balance both velocity of work and detailed accuracy.
• Ability to work well across the organization at various levels and build solid relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to create and implement organization-wide People programs and initiatives from the ground up successfully.
• Demonstrates resiliency; ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to handle ambiguity in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated success as a senior-level human resources professional with an emphasis on moving human resources to be a strategic, proactive business partner.
• Confident, energetic relationship builder who builds rapport and earns respect at every level of the organization.

Pay

For this role, our salary range is $155,000 - $175,000, depending on relevant experience. This role will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on both company and individual performance.

Location

All Evolve team members must live in one of our approved locations by their first day. We can hire from anywhere in the U.S. except D.C. and Hawaii. Some positions may also have restrictions based on compensation in the following states: California, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington. If you live in Colorado, you can work remotely anywhere in the state, at our downtown Denver office, or a hybrid of both.

Benefits

• Financial Wellness: Industry-competitive pay, equity in the company, and a 401(k) with a 4% immediate vesting match.
• Family Support: 16-18 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents, plus infertility coverage.
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, with 100% employer-paid dental and vision for individual coverage, a low-cost medical option, 10 free mental health visits, and pet insurance.
• Time to Recharge: Generous PTO, RTO (for full-time exempt employees), sick leave, holidays, and a personal holiday to celebrate what matters most to you.
• Travel Perks: Annual Evolve travel credit after one year and discounts on stays at all Evolve properties.
• Growth Opportunities: World-class onboarding programs, learning, and development resources to help you grow your impact.
• Connection: Employee Resource Groups celebrating our diverse communities at Evolve.