VP, Total Rewards

As Marqeta’s VP, Total Rewards you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the company's global total rewards strategy. This individual will lead our Compensation and Benefits functions, ensuring alignment with business objectives, market trends, and regulatory requirements. This role will play a strategic role providing counsel to senior leadership and directly interfacing with our Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the United States or from our Oakland office. We’d love for you to join us!

The Impact You’ll Have

• Evolve and expand our total rewards strategy globally, ensuring that we attract, retain, and motivate our distributed teams.
• Lead the global design, implementation, and administration of competitive compensation programs, including base pay, variable pay, and equity incentives.
• Oversee the management of our employee benefits programs, ensuring they are competitive, cost-effective, and aligned with employee needs and company objectives.
• Conduct regular benchmarking and analysis to ensure our total rewards programs remain competitive in the market and support our talent acquisition and retention efforts.
• Partner with Finance and Legal teams to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and governance requirements, particularly regarding executive compensation.
• Provide strategic guidance and recommendations to the Executive Leadership Team and the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on total rewards matters.
• In partnership with Legal and other internal People functions, ensure overall equity and diversity compliance globally. Manage EEO/AA compliance to include preparation, enforcement, and communication of Affirmative Action Plans and programs and timely required filings such as EEO-1 and Vets-100.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in our total rewards programs, leveraging technology and best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of compensation and benefits professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning, further developing future leaders.

Who You Are

• 10+ years of experience in total rewards, compensation, and benefits management, with further experience in a leadership role.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing global compensation and benefits programs within the tech industry, ideally in both large established organizations and growth companies.
• Strong understanding of executive compensation principles, including experience interfacing with the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
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