VP, Total Rewards – People Operations

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VP leading global compensation, benefits, and people operations for Fivetran, a data integration company. Building scalable people systems and rewards programs for a growing multinational workforce.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead, develop, and inspire a global team across compensation, benefits, people operations, and HR systems
  • Build a high-performing organization with clear ownership, accountability, transparency, and team development
  • Own compensation philosophy, structure, and programs, including base pay, variable pay, and equity
  • Lead executive compensation strategy and liaise with the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors
  • Prepare compensation materials and advise on program design with external consultants and counsel
  • Design and evolve equity programs, including guidelines, refresh strategy, burn rate, dilution management, and future plans
  • Bring pay practices to public-company standards, including governance, disclosure readiness, and pay equity analysis
  • Maintain compliance with evolving pay transparency laws across jurisdictions
  • Own global benefits strategy across more than two dozen countries
  • Manage broker, carrier, and vendor relationships, renewals, plan design, and program effectiveness
  • Harmonize benefits across the combined organization
  • Lead people operations, HRIS, and people systems strategy using tools, automation, and AI
  • Own the global employee lifecycle from onboarding through offboarding
  • Drive data integrity and people analytics
  • Partner with Finance, Legal, and IT on payroll, global employment entities, EOR strategy, and internal controls
  • Advise the executive team on rewards and operational decisions
  • Translate complex tradeoffs into clear recommendations and communicate rewards decisions transparently to employees

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in total rewards or people operations, including significant time leading these functions at the VP level or equivalent
  • Track record as an established, mature people leader who has built and scaled high-performing, efficient teams
  • Deep experience owning employee and executive compensation, including direct work with a Compensation Committee and Board of Directors
  • Experience leading global benefits across many countries in a complex, multinational environment
  • Experience overseeing people operations and HR technology, with a strong point of view on building functions that scale through systems
  • Strong enterprise experience at a company of our size or larger, ideally in high-growth B2B software or technology
  • Authentic and direct operating style
  • Fast and decisive approach to decision-making
  • Wise and pragmatic judgment
  • People-first leadership
  • Builder's mindset

Benefits:

  • 100% employer-paid medical insurance
  • Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country
  • Paid sick time
  • Inclusive parental leave
  • Paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest
  • Volunteer days off
  • RSU stock grants
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
  • Monthly cell phone stipend
  • Access to an innovative mental health support platform offering therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises for covered employees and dependents