VP, Total Rewards, People Operations
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VP leading global compensation, benefits, and people operations at Fivetran, which makes data access simple and reliable. Building scalable people systems and teams for rapid company growth.
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 global compensation philosophy, structure, and programs, including base pay, variable pay, and equity.
- Lead executive compensation strategy and serve as primary liaison to 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 equity guidelines, refresh strategy, burn rate, dilution management, and future plans.
- Bring pay practices to public-company standards, including governance, disclosure readiness, pay equity analysis, and pay transparency compliance.
- Own global benefits strategy across more than two dozen countries.
- Manage broker, carrier, and vendor relationships; oversee 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 reward practices 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.
- 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; builds trust through candor and models transparency.
- Fast and decisive; makes clear calls with imperfect information and adjusts quickly.
- Wise and pragmatic, with deep expertise and sound logic.
- People-first leadership approach.
- Builder's mindset focused on long-term growth.
Benefits:
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance*
- Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country, plus paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest, and 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
- Benefits may vary by country and worker type



















