Senior Total Rewards Manager

About the role

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies whose products help people connect online across cultures and regions. It is looking for a Total Rewards Manager, preferably with LTI expertise, to work full time remotely. The role acts as a senior partner to top management on compensation, incentives and organisation design.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a senior partner to C-level, the HR Director and the Head of C&B on all Total Rewards topics, driving data-backed decisions on compensation, incentives and org design.
• Own end-to-end budgeting and forecasting for personnel costs (FTE, OPEX, bonus pools), including scenario modelling and variance analysis.
• Lead grading and job architecture: evaluate roles, build and maintain compensation structures, and ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Drive advanced people analytics such as HR ROI, cost efficiency, productivity metrics and the impact of reward decisions on business outcomes.
• Design, improve and scale performance management frameworks (goal setting, calibration, review cycles, bonus logic).
• Partner with Finance, HRBPs and business leaders on complex compensation cases (offers, promotions, reorganisations, retention).
• Own LTI programmes end-to-end (phantom or virtual stock or similar): design support, administration, modelling, reporting and stakeholder communication.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in Compensation & Benefits / Total Rewards, with strong exposure to analytics and strategic initiatives.
• Proven experience working with senior stakeholders (C-level, HRD, Finance) and influencing decisions through data.
• Hands-on experience with budgeting, forecasting, compensation analytics and performance/reward cycles.
• Experience owning or actively contributing to LTI / equity / long-term incentive programmes.

Required skills

• Strong expertise in grading / job architecture and market benchmarking.
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets: complex formulas, scenario modelling, large datasets.
• Automation experience (ERP/HRIS, scripts, workflows) is a strong advantage.

What we offer

• Full-time remote work.
• 28 calendar days of vacation per year and 7 wellness days per year.
• Bonuses up to $5,000 for recommending successful applicants.
• 50% payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings, and a corporate discount for English lessons.
• Health benefits, with up to $1,000 gross per year per employee to buy health insurance or cover medical fees for yourself and close relatives.
• An equipped workspace in offices or co-working locations, or reimbursement of workplace costs up to $1,000 gross once every three years.
• An internal gamified gratitude system with rewards for colleagues.