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Salary: USD 200,000 - 260,000 / annual
Decagon is seeking its first Total Rewards leader to build and own the foundation of compensation, benefits, and equity programs as the company scales. This is a zero-to-one role reporting to People leadership and the founders, with direct partnership on strategy with Finance and executive leadership.
You will design Decagon's total compensation philosophy from the ground up, including salary bands, equity guidelines, bonus structures, and benefits architecture. You'll build and maintain job architecture and leveling frameworks that create consistency across the organization. You'll lead annual and mid-year compensation review cycles, manage all equity program administration (grants, refresh cycles, employee education, vesting communications), and oversee benefits programs end-to-end including open enrollment, vendor relationships, and plan design.
Key responsibilities include serving as the internal expert on compensation and benefits compliance (FLSA, ACA, state-level requirements), partnering with Recruiting to build competitive offers, developing clear employee communications about total compensation value, and using market data (Pave, Levels.fyi, etc.) to anchor decisions and build defensible comp models.
Ideal candidates have 6+ years of experience in compensation, benefits, or total rewards at high-growth tech or SaaS companies, with demonstrated success building or significantly rebuilding compensation structures in fast-moving, pre-IPO environments. Deep expertise in equity compensation (option plans, RSUs, refresh cycles) and competitive benefits program design is essential. Experience scaling from ~100 to 500+ employees, executive compensation, international expansion, and HR tech platforms (Carta, Pave, Radford, Workday, Rippling) is highly valued.
Decagon is a conversational AI platform enabling enterprises like Avis, Block, Chime, and Oura Health to deploy AI agents across voice, chat, email, and SMS. Backed by a16z, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue, and Index Ventures, the company is in-office in San Francisco, driven by values of execution, customer-centric innovation, and excellence.
About Decagon
AI / Data / Infrastructure; SaaS / Enterprise Software — AI agents for customer support and enterprise operations.
