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!

• 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.

• 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.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to think analytically and translate business objectives into effective total rewards strategies.
• Hands-on approach with a willingness to roll up sleeves and dive into details when necessary.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• High level of integrity, ethics, and professionalism, with a commitment to upholding confidentiality and compliance standards.

• Helena Christianson, Chief People Officer 

• Application Submission
• Recruiter video call
• Hiring manager video call
• Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls
• Offer!

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that.  This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.

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