Senior Total Rewards Manager

About the role

The Senior Total Rewards Manager will play a pivotal role in shaping Arc’s compensation and benefits strategy as the company scales its operations. Reporting to the Director of People, this individual will be responsible for designing and implementing compensation frameworks, managing salary and equity targets, and overseeing the administration of benefits programs.

Responsibilities

• Owning Arc’s compensation philosophy, salary targets, and equity strategy, and running annual and off-cycle compensation planning, including bonus cycles, promotions, and equity refreshes
• Benchmarking pay using compensation data sets to keep us competitive in the market while balancing business pragmatism
• Designing and administering benefits programs, including health, 401(k), leave, wellness, and Arc-specific perks
• Building and modernizing the systems, processes, and tools that let total rewards scale reliably from today’s 200+ person crew to 500+
• Designing compensation frameworks, manager enablement tools, and incentive programs that give people leaders more ownership over how they recognize their teams while landing as meaningful, visible rewards
• Building Arc’s executive compensation strategy and evolving our equity programs, including valuation methodology and cash↔equity trade options
• Partnering with Recruiting on offers, leveling, and candidate-facing communication
• Ensuring compliance with federal and California pay transparency, equal pay, and benefits regulations
• Communicating total rewards clearly to our crew through onboarding, open enrollment, and ongoing channels

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in compensation, benefits, or total rewards spanning both exempt and non-exempt roles, with meaningful experience operating at a strategic level, building programs and philosophy
• Experience building or significantly evolving a company’s compensation infrastructure and tools to support growth
• Experience designing executive and manager-level equity compensation, including ISOs, NSOs, RSUs, and milestone or impact-based equity grants
• Proficiency with comp benchmarking tools (Pave, Radford, Mercer, or similar) and HRIS platforms (Rippling, Gusto, or similar)
• Fluency with modern tools (AI and others) to get more leverage out of time, enable better collaboration across the People team, and communicate total rewards to the company effectively
• A strong point of view on compensation strategy, paired with the ability to build a rationale and influence senior leadership stakeholders around it
• Strong analytical and modeling skills, with proficiency at leveraging modern AI tools to improve efficiency and increase quality

Qualifications

• Experience scaling total rewards at a fast-growing startup
• Background in EV, hardware, aerospace, or defense companies
• Experience designing compensation for distinct technical or engineering disciplines with different market premiums
• Experience with pre-IPO equity programs, including valuation methodology, cash↔equity trade design, and alternative payout structures
• Comfortable pushing at a fast but sustainable pace
• Enthusiasm for boating and the water

Skills

• Compensation philosophy and strategy development
• HRIS and benchmarking tool proficiency
• Modern AI tools for efficiency and quality
• Strategic thinking and stakeholder influence
• Technical or engineering discipline compensation expertise
• Pre-IPO equity program design
• Fast-paced environment adaptation
• Passion for boating and the water

Benefits

• Competitive salary range: P4: $170,000, P5: $200,000
• Highly competitive equity grants included with full-time offers
• Semi-annual bonuses tied to impact
• Top-tier benefits package including healthcare, parental leave, time off, income protection, retirement savings, water fund, professional development, safety support, captain training, office perks, and relocation assistance

Pay

Salary ranges provided are indicative and may vary based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This is a full-time, on-site role at our Los Angeles headquarters.