Manager, Reward & People Operations
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Who are we
UpGuards mission is to make life easier for security teams. We meticulously create robust solutions that enable our customers to identify assess and remediate cybersecurity risk across their attack surface vendor ecosystem workforce and trust relationships. Our integrated cyber risk posture management platform combines comprehensive security ratings instant risk assessments templated security questionnaires threat intelligence capabilities and agentic AI to give organizations a holistic view of their risk surface.
Our People team consists of Talent Acquisition & Enablement and Team Member Experience. At UpGuard we all deserve to work in an environment where we are treated with dignity and respect. Our People team is committed to creating such an environment where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and reach their fullest potential. Our Talent Acquisition & Enablement team is committed to finding individuals who embody our values and are passionate about the work they do to help UpGuard continue to grow.
Where does this role fit in
As part of the People & Culture team this role brings together reward benefits operations and compliance - building the foundations that enable our people and business to scale confidently. Youll design smart systems drive pay and benefits strategy and ensure compliance across all global locations. This is a hands-on high-impact role that blends strategy with precision execution in a fast-growing global tech company of 300 people.
What will you do
- Design manage and evolve our global reward strategy - ensuring our remuneration framework reflects market reality internal equity and business performance.
- Lead the annual remuneration review process - simplifying automating and embedding best-in-class practices across all teams.
- Advise leaders and executives on pay positioning market trends and reward as a lever for attraction retention and performance.
- Oversee benefits programs - evaluating competitiveness compliance and employee experience across multiple geographies.
- Own reward and recognition programs - from company-wide initiatives to local market approaches that celebrate impact and reinforce culture.
- Establish and maintain compliance infrastructure - ensuring all employment practices policies and statutory obligations are met across the US Australia and other global locations.
- Develop and maintain operational processes - enabling accurate people data seamless onboarding/offboarding and audit-ready records.
- Partner with Finance and Legal to align compensation benefits and compliance frameworks with fiscal tax and regulatory requirements.
- Continuously improve our People Operations systems - introducing automation self-service and scalable workflows to support a high-growth environment.
What will you bring
- Deep understanding of global compensation and benefits principles - base pay design incentive structures benchmarking and pay equity.
- Strong grounding in US employment compliance with the ability to navigate multiple international jurisdictions.
- Experience leading or maturing annual remuneration and benefits cycles in a fast-growing or global organisation.
- Operational acumen - able to design processes and systems that balance compliance scalability and efficiency.
- Analytical strength - confident using data and market insights to influence and inform business decisions.
- Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery in a small fast-moving team.
- Curiosity pragmatism and a bias for building systems that scale.
What will give you an edge
- Experience in a tech or global SaaS environment where reward benefits and operations are strategic levers for growth.
- Familiarity with start-up or scale-up environments building infrastructure from the ground up.
- A mindset that sees reward as storytelling - connecting pay benefits and recognition to performance and purpose.
- Comfort operating with ambiguity while establishing rigorous standards for compliance and operational excellence.
Whats in it for you
- Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: Use this for financial physical and mental well-being
- WFH set-up allowance: To ensure you have the right environment to work in we will help you get set up within your first 3 months at UpGuard
- $1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: To support your career development all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance
- Annual leave: PTO plus two additional UpGuardian leave days to give you time to recharge your batteries.
- 18 weeks paid Parental Leave: Irrespective of parenting role
- Personal Leave Allowance: This includes sick & carers leave
- Fully remote working environment: While we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart we do not mandate compulsory attendance
- Top-spec hardware: All team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role
- Generative AI subsidy: UpGuard provides paid subscriptions for all team members to access generative AI tools to support their work
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UpGuard is a Certified Great Place to Work in the US Australia UK and India establishing its position as a leading global technology employer. 99% of team members agree that UpGuard is a great place to work apply now to find out why!
As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender perception or identity national origin age marital status protected veteran status or disability status.
For applications to positions in the United States please note at this time we can only support hiring in the following US states: CA MD MA IL OR WA CO TX FL PA LA MO or DC.
Before starting work with us you will need to undertake a national police history check and reference checks. Also please note that at this time we cannot support candidates requiring visa sponsorship or relocation.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Tax Experience
- Kanban
- Microsoft Access
- SAAS
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Project Leadership
- Customer relationship management
- Confluence
- Human Resources
- Leadership Experience
- E-Commerce
About Company
Third-party risk and attack surface management software. UpGuard is the best platform for securing your organization’s sensitive data. Our security ratings engine monitors millions of companies and billions of data points every day.
