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Mercor

Compensation & Equity Expert – Total Rewards

Mercor

. Help Mercor build its compensation and equity foundation from scratch .

Posted 9/18/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $50 - $200 per hourWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Total Rewards practices, focusing on compensation design, equity program management, and effective communication of equity value to stakeholders. Proven ability to build salary bands, leveling frameworks, and incentive structures that drive desired behaviors within organizations.

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Compensation DesignEquity Program ManagementSalary Band DevelopmentIncentive Structure Design409A Valuations

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Hard Skills
Compensation PhilosophySalary BandsLeveling FrameworksJob ArchitectureMerit PlanningBonus ProgramsEquity RefreshOption ProgramsRSU ProgramsGrant Administration
Soft Skills
Advisory SkillsCommunication SkillsDefensive Recommendations
Industry Keywords
Total RewardsBenchmarkingGovernanceVenture-Backed CompanyBehavioral Influence

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Help Mercor build its compensation and equity foundation from scratch
  • Advise on compensation philosophy, salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture
  • Advise on annual compensation cycles, merit planning, promotions, bonuses, and equity refreshes
  • Benchmark compensation against peer companies and defend recommendations to executives
  • Design incentive structures that influence behavior
  • Develop and manage option and RSU programs, including grant guidelines, pool planning, vesting, refresh philosophy, 409A valuations, governance, and grant administration
  • Build modeling and communication materials explaining equity value to candidates and employees
  • Participate in paid, scoped conversations addressing live compensation and equity questions
  • Work on projects focused on training and enhancing AI systems using human expertise

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Depth as a Total Rewards practitioner in compensation design and architecture and/or equity program management
  • Built salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture from the ground up
  • Owned an annual compensation cycle, including merit planning, promotion decisions, bonus programs, and equity refresh
  • Benchmarked against a peer set and defended recommendations to an executive team
  • Designed incentive structures that were simple, credible, and changed behavior
  • Designed option and RSU programs, including grant guidelines, pool planning, vesting structures, and refresh philosophy
  • Worked through 409A valuations, plan governance, and grant administration at a venture-backed company
  • Built modeling and communication enabling candidates and employees to understand equity value
  • Independent contractor status
  • Must not require H1-B or STEM OPT support

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Paid conversation about a live question, whether or not anything follows
  • Fully remote work
  • Flexible own schedule
  • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered
  • Competitive pay
  • Collaboration with leading researchers
  • Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems
  • Up to $800 referral payment for each successful referral
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request