VP, Total Rewards

Description

AppFolio is more than a company. We’re a community of dreamers, big thinkers, problem solvers, active listeners, and multipliers. At every opportunity, we set the pace while delivering innovation built to carry real estate into the future. One in which every experience feels effortless, yet meaningful. Where customers are empowered to take on any opportunity. We show up as one team, connected by our values to be a force for good. Because together, we have the power to create extraordinary outcomes for our customers, our communities, and ourselves.

Impact

Your Impact Evolve Total Rewards for the Future of Work: Stay at the forefront of how AI is reshaping work and roles - what work humans do, which skills and capabilities become more valuable, and how roles should be structured, valued, and rewarded. Evolve our compensation, equity, benefits, and career frameworks accordingly, including how we recognize and reward high-impact individual contributors in roles where human judgment, critical thinking, and learning agility are increasingly critical. Translate this into clear annual priorities, programs, and measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Total Rewards Expertise: Expert knowledge of Total Rewards including broad-based compensation, executive compensation, equity programs, and benefits strategy, with the ability to connect program design to enterprise financial and talent outcomes.
• Strategy & Vision: A forward-looking mindset — able to anticipate shifts in the market, the business, and talent strategy, and translate that anticipation into a sharper roadmap rather than a reactive one.
• Board & Comp Committee Partnership: Experience working with a Compensation Committee and Board, with comfort partnering and co-piloting alongside another leader who holds the primary relationship, rather than needing to hold it personally.
• Financial & Strategic Acumen: Deep understanding of compensation economics, job architecture, and market pricing methodologies, with the ability to connect technical program design to enterprise-level financial outcomes.
• Executive Presence & Communication: Exceptional executive presence and communication skills, able to present complex, technical material to senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence, and to build influence without authority across functions.
• Change Leadership: Experience navigating organizational transitions, managing ambiguity, and bringing stakeholders along through periods of strategic evolution.
• Operational Rigor: A highly structured, analytical, and detail-oriented leader who brings clarity and rigor to complex environments — establishing strong frameworks, strengthening internal controls, and continuously refining practices to ensure efficiency, compliance, and financial discipline.
• AppFolian Way Champion: Holds self and leaders accountable to a high-performance culture and models the values that make AppFolio a great place to work.

About AppFolio

AppFolio is the technology leader powering the future of the real estate industry. Our innovative platform and trusted partnership enable our customers to connect communities, increase operational efficiency, and grow their business. For more information about AppFolio, visit appfolio.com.

Why AppFolio

• We enable a culture of high performance, where delivering results is recognized by opportunities for growth and compelling total rewards.
• We partner with you to realize your potential by investing in you from the start. We're cultivating a team of big thinkers through coaching and mentorship with our best-in-class leaders, and giving you the time and tools to develop your skills.
• We are creating a world where living in, investing in, managing, and supporting communities feels magical and effortless, freeing people to thrive. We do this by innovating with purpose while cultivating a culture of impact. We learn as much from each other as we do our customers and our communities.
• We excel at hybrid work by fostering an environment that feels flexible, personal and connected, no matter where we are. We create space to fuel innovation and collaboration, and we come together to celebrate, connect, and succeed.

Statement of Equal Opportunity

At AppFolio, we value diversity in backgrounds and perspectives and depend on it to drive our innovative culture. That’s why we’re a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that our products, our teams, and our business are stronger because of it. This means that no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status, you’re always welcome at AppFolio.