Senior Total Rewards Partner at RemoteUK in GLOBAL

About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

What this job can offer you

• This is a key role on the People team focused on shaping Remote’s global Total Rewards approach. You will be a strategic leader and trusted advisor, partnering closely with the Executive Team, business leaders, People Partners, and cross-functional teams to drive fair and competitive rewards decisions, and guide complex Total Rewards challenges.

What you bring

• Extensive experience in total rewards roles with a strong focus on strategy, business partnering, and thought leadership within a global environment.
• Proven ability to influence and advise senior leaders and cross-functional teams on complex rewards issues.
• Deep knowledge of total rewards philosophies and practices across different business environments and cultures, with strong understanding of job architecture, pay equity, and geo-tiering principles.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complex Total Rewards concepts for diverse audiences.
• Experience working in fast-growing, global, and remote-friendly organisations preferred.
• Collaborative mindset with excellent interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with executive leadership and business stakeholders to shape and evolve Total Rewards strategy in alignment with organizational objectives and long-term talent priorities.
• Design and articulate comprehensive Total Rewards frameworks and philosophies that drive strategic alignment, organizational consistency, and competitive positioning across global markets.
• Provide strategic counsel on compensation philosophy, pay equity frameworks, job architecture evolution, and geo-tiering strategies to support data-driven, forward-looking business decisions.
• Drive the integration of Total Rewards strategy into critical talent programs, ensuring all initiatives are aligned with the global rewards philosophy.
• Act as Total Rewards subject matter expert, influencing cross-functional initiatives by bringing a Total Rewards perspective to product, finance, legal, and leadership conversations.
• Drive education and enablement efforts to build organisational understanding and confidence in Total Rewards principles and programs.
• Lead proactive risk assessment and strategic foresight initiatives, identifying emerging challenges in Total Rewards and driving preventative solutions that position the organization ahead of market and regulatory shifts.
• Leverage AI and emerging technologies to enhance Total Rewards analysis, modeling, and decision-making, ensuring the organization remains at the forefront of rewards innovation and efficiency.
• Serve as a strategic voice for Total Rewards in executive and leadership forums, influencing organizational direction and ensuring rewards considerations shape critical business decisions.
• Mentor more junior team members and the broader People team members to strengthen strategic business partnering and rewards expertise across the organisation.
• Represent the Total Rewards function in leadership forums as needed.
• Stay current on market trends, regulatory changes, and innovative Total Rewards practices to continually elevate Remote's rewards strategy.

Practicals

• You'll report to: Director, Total Rewards
• Team: People - Total Rewards
• Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the following locations as we encourage our teams to diversify;
• Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

1. Interview with recruiter
2. Interview with future manager
3. Cross-functional Interview
4. Interview with team members (no managers present)
5. Interview with CPO
6. Bar Raiser Interview
7. Prior employment verification check

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.

The annual salary range for this full-time position is

$64,000—$180,050 USD

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at http://remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

• work from anywhere
• flexible paid time off
• flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• mental health support services
• stock options
• learning budget
• home office budget & IT equipment
• budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How you’ll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at https://remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.

Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.