Senior Staff Total Rewards Partner

Job Summary

As Senior Staff, Total Rewards at Ridgeline, you will own and evolve our total rewards strategy across compensation, equity, and benefits. You'll play a critical role in shaping how we attract, retain, and motivate talent.

About the Role

This is a highly strategic individual contributor role with company-wide impact. You will define the frameworks and philosophy that guide decisions, while partnering across HR, Talent, Finance, and Legal to bring them to life.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Ridgeline’s total rewards strategy across compensation, equity, and benefits
• Shape and scale compensation philosophy, including benchmarking, leveling, and job architecture
• Lead compensation planning and provide guidance on complex decisions, including offers and retention
• Design and refine incentive compensation plans across go-to-market roles
• Define and evolve equity strategy, including building the roadmap toward IPO readiness
• Establish clear governance to ensure consistency, equity, and strong decision-making
• Develop global total rewards strategy as we expand into Europe and Canada
• Define and evolve Ridgeline’s benefits strategy, ensuring programs are competitive, scalable, and aligned with employee needs and business growth
• Build the global benefits strategy and framework to support expansion into Europe and Canada, balancing local market competitiveness, compliance, and employee experience
• Partner closely across HR, Finance, Legal, and Talent to align rewards with business and financial goals

Qualifications

• Deep experience in total rewards within high-growth technology companies
• Experience scaling compensation and equity programs in late-stage private or pre-IPO environments
• Strong expertise in compensation strategy, equity design, incentive plans and benefits strategy
• Experience managing benefits strategy through periods of systems and operating model change, such as PEO transitions, global scaling, or HRIS transformation
• Ability to operate as a strategic individual contributor with high ownership and influence
• Executive presence and ability to guide senior leaders on complex decisions
• Comfort building from ambiguity and delivering pragmatic, iterative solutions
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills, especially with Finance, Legal, and Talent
• Experience supporting global expansion and international total rewards strategy
• Exposure to IPO readiness or public company compensation practices
• Familiarity with tools such as Radford, Pave, and Workday

Company Culture

Ridgeline is the first front-to-back system of record for investment managers. We act like owners, choose growth over comfort, and bias toward action. We bring solutions, not just problems, and we're energized by building for the future while delivering today.

Impact

The impact you will have includes owning and evolving Ridgeline’s total rewards strategy, shaping compensation and equity programs, and building the global benefits strategy for expansion into Europe and Canada.

What We Look For

We are looking for someone with deep experience in total rewards, experience scaling compensation and equity programs, strong expertise in compensation strategy, equity design, and benefits strategy, and the ability to operate as a strategic individual contributor with high ownership and influence.

About Ridgeline

Ridgeline is a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace. We are proud to be recognized as a "Best Workplace for Innovators" by Fast Company, a "Technology Innovation Leader" by Frost & Sullivan, and a "Top 100 Software Company" by The Software Report.

Compensation and Benefits

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is $168,000 - $208,000. In select locations (including, the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ridgeline is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.