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Mercor

Compensation & Equity Expert – Total Rewards

Mercor

. Advise Mercor's People team as it builds its compensation and equity foundation from scratch .

Posted 9/21/2026contractRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $50 - $200 per hourWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in Total Rewards, focusing on compensation design, equity program management, and effective communication of equity value to candidates and employees. Proven ability to build salary bands, leveling frameworks, and incentive structures that drive behavior change and support organizational goals.

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Compensation DesignEquity Program ManagementSalary Bands DevelopmentIncentive Structure Design409A Valuations

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Compensation ArchitectureMerit PlanningBonus Program DesignEquity Refresh ManagementPeer BenchmarkingOption Program DesignRSU Program DesignGrant AdministrationModeling CommunicationPlan Governance
Industry Keywords
Total RewardsEquity Value CommunicationVenture-Backed CompanyBehavior-Changing IncentivesExecutive Compensation Recommendations

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Advise Mercor's People team as it builds its compensation and equity foundation from scratch
  • Contribute expertise to compensation design, salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture
  • Support annual compensation cycle design, including merit planning, promotions, bonuses, and equity refresh
  • Advise on peer benchmarking and executive-facing compensation recommendations
  • Design incentive structures
  • Advise on option and RSU program design, grant guidelines, pool planning, vesting structures, and refresh philosophy
  • Contribute to 409A valuations, plan governance, and grant administration
  • Build modeling and communication to explain equity value to candidates and employees
  • Participate in short, paid engagements scoped to one live question
  • Work on projects 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 executive teams
  • Designed incentive structures that are simple, credible, and behavior-changing
  • 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
  • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Paid conversation about a live question, whether or not anything follows
  • Flexible schedule; work can be completed on your 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
  • Referral payments of up to $800 per successful referral, subject to limits
  • Reasonable accommodations upon request