Sr Manager Total Rewards
Sr Manager Total Rewards
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Job Description
Who is Bird
Bird is on a mission to make cities more livable by reducing car usage traffic and carbon emissions. Our cleaner affordable and ondemand micromobility solutions are available in cities around the world. We partner closely with the communities we serve to offer a reliable ecofriendly transportation option that helps people move freely and sustainably.
About the Role
Bird is seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Manager Total Rewards to lead the development and of our global rewards philosophy. Reporting to the VP People this role will oversee all aspects of compensation equity benefits wellness and perksensuring our programs are competitive equitable scalable and aligned with Birds values and growth.
This leader will play a key role in designing and delivering a compelling total rewards strategy that attracts motivates and retains top talent globally. The ideal candidate is a datadriven rewards expert who can balance strategic thinking with handson and who brings both empathy and rigor to how we reward our people.
Reporting Relationship: The role reports to the Vice President People who reports to the CEO.
Team Overview:
This role leads Total Rewards globally across Bird with teams across N. America & Europe.
- The team this role oversees is as follows:
Total Team: 2Benefits Team:
- Manager Global Global Benefits & Wellness (US)
ProjectBased Support:
- Total Rewards Consultant for scoped strategic initiatives (US)
Key Responsibilities
1. Total Rewards Strategy & Leadership
- Design refine and lead Birds global Total Rewards strategy to support talent attraction motivation and retention.
- Align compensation equity benefits and wellness programs with business goals and our Peoplefirst culture.
- Partner with Finance Legal and business leaders to ensure strategic alignment and budgetary compliance.
Serve as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor to the VP People and Executive team on all rewards matters.
2. Global Benefits Perks & Wellness
- Oversee and continuously improve global health wellness and perks programs to ensure competitiveness compliance and employee engagement.
- Partner with the Manager Global Benefits & Wellness on vendor management renewals benchmarking and plan optimization.
- Identify opportunities to innovate and scale wellbeing initiatives in a distributed remotefirst environment.
3. Compensation & Pay Programs
- Lead global compensation initiatives including market mapping job architecture and benchmarking for new and evolving roles using tools like Radford Pave and internal benchmarking frameworks.
- Own and drive the compensation process for Birds Annual Performance Review Cycle (Bird Performance Review / BPR) including merit and promotion planning in partnership with Finance and People Business Partners.
- Manage salary bands job leveling and internal pay equity reviews ensuring a scalable and transparent approach to compensation.
- Partner with Finance and Legal to ensure all programs meet local compliance requirements and align with Birds compensation philosophy.
- Leverage systems such as BambooHR (HRIS) Radford Pave Google Suite Zendesk and Greenhouse to support workflow decisionmaking and documentation.
4. Equity Strategy & Administration
- Own the endtoend administration and strategy of compensation benefits & equity programs ensuring accuracy compliance and alignment with business goals.
- Lead equity planning cycles including refreshes and offcycle grants and partner with Legal and Finance on program design and .
- Build tools documentation and employee education materials to increase understanding and transparency of programs across levels.
- Support executive compensation planning and Boardlevel reporting on total rewards and equity strategy
5. Insights Governance & Compliance
- Use data and analytics to monitor the effectiveness of rewards programs and make recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Develop and maintain documentation policies and processes that ensure program governance scalability and compliance.
- Support internal audits due diligence and compensationrelated disclosures as needed.
- Leverage the People Tech Stack to support program design analytics and employee experience including:
- HRIS & People Systems: BambooHR ADP Ceridian Dayforce
- Compensation & Benchmarking: Radford Pave
- Recruiting & Performance: Greenhouse Lattice
- Service & Knowledge Management: Zendesk Confluence
- Collaboration & Analytics: Google Suite (Sheets Slides Docs) custom dashboards and reporting tools
6. Team Leadership & Collaboration
- Manage and develop a highperforming total rewards team with a culture of service ownership and continuous learning.
- Lead crossfunctional collaboration with Finance Legal Talent Acquisition and People Business Partners.
- Act as a thought partner and internal consultant to People team colleagues and business leaders across the organization.
What You Bring
- REQUIRED: 10 years of progressive experience in Total Rewards including compensation benefits wellness and equity program management including 3 years in a people management role with a track record of building and developing highperforming teams.
- REQUIRED: Experience at both largescale public companies and smallerscale startup private environments required
- Deep expertise in compensation strategy salary benchmarking pay equity and global benefits programs.
- Experience supporting international populations and operating in a remotefirst fastpaced highgrowth environment.
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with the ability to present insights and influence executive stakeholders.
- Handson experience with equity administration tools and practices in private and/or public companies.
- Working knowledge of employment and tax regulations that impact compensation and benefits globally.
- Exceptional communication and project management skills with a passion for improving the employee experience.
Culture at Bird
Were an ambitious smart and openminded team that is passionate about our mission. Each day is unlike the last as we constantly move forward challenge each other and work together to create the future of micromobility.
Benefits & Perks
We want people to succeed at Bird so we give our teams plenty of time off to relax and recharge. We also offer a workfromhome stipend an employerpaid healthcare package and Bird ride credits to get you where you need to be.
Inclusion at Bird
Bird stands for a culture of inclusion. We celebrate different backgrounds experiences and perspectives encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We have a diverse environment that empowers our team to feel comfortable when they voice their opinions. For these reasons and more Bird is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race color religion sex national origin age disability veteran status or genetics and we are dedicated to providing an inclusive open and diverse work environment.
Sounds like a place youd like to work Sweet. Lets chat.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
