Director, Total Rewards
Core
Strategic leader responsible for designing and evolving total rewards (compensation, equity, benefits) to attract, motivate, and retain top talent in an AI-native travel company, anticipating workforce shifts due to AI adoption.
Role type
Director, Total Rewards (Strategic IC)
Builds
Predictive total rewards function, skills-based job architecture, and modernized comp tech stack for a scaling AI travel platform.
Domain
TravelTech / AI / Human Capital Management
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Total Rewards strategy, compensation architecture, equity design (Series C to exit), market benchmarking, pay transparency, analytics modeling, AI tool utilization, executive influence
Preferred skills
Experience in fast-paced high-growth environments, skills-based rewards, international expansion strategy
Technologies
Workday, Radford, Pave
Responsibilities
Evolve compensation philosophy and architecture to align with AI-driven workforce changes; design differentiated pay-for-impact structures; architect equity programs for scaling scenarios; lead pay transparency and equity audits; modernize the comp tech stack; enable managers as compensation partners.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on execution
