Chainguard

Global Total Rewards Manager

Job Description

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

The Role, In a Nutshell:

Are you passionate about designing strategic compensation and benefits programs that attract, retain, and motivate top talent? Do you thrive in high-growth environments where you can drive strategic transformation?

At Chainguard, we’re scaling rapidly, and we need a Global Total Rewards Manager to ensure our compensation, benefits, and incentive programs align with our growth and talent strategies.

This role is more than just maintaining rewards programs—it’s about continuously evolving them to meet business needs and market trends. You will play a pivotal role in benchmarking and maintaining competitive compensation structures, administering benefits programs, and designing incentive and bonus plans that drive engagement and performance.

This is more than a rewards role—it’s a strategic position with a significant impact on Chainguard’s future. If you have deep expertise in total rewards, operations, compliance, and change management, this is an opportunity to make a massive impact.

If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love data-driven decision-making, and are excited about building scalable total rewards strategies, we’d love to hear from you!

What You’ll Do:

Compensation & Benchmarking: Conduct market analysis and benchmarking to maintain competitive compensation bands that attract and retain top talent.
Benefits Program Administration: Oversee global benefits programs, including health, wellness, and retirement plans, ensuring they align with company culture and employee needs.
Incentive & Bonus Plans: Design, implement, and manage incentive and bonus programs that drive performance and align with business goals.
Compliance & Governance: Ensure total rewards programs comply with global labor laws, tax regulations, and industry best practices.
Data & Insights: Leverage data analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of total rewards programs and make data-driven recommendations for improvement.
Employee Experience & Communication: Partner with People Operations and internal stakeholders to enhance communication around compensation, benefits, and recognition programs.
Vendor & Partner Management: Work closely with external providers, brokers, and consultants to optimize total rewards offerings.

What We’re Looking For:

5+ years of experience in Compensation, Benefits, or Total Rewards in a global organization.
Expertise in compensation benchmarking, salary structures, and job leveling frameworks.
Experience managing benefits programs across multiple countries, including working with Employer of Record (EOR) service and building processes to support global expansion and remote workforce compliance.
Strong analytical skills and proficiency with HRIS, compensation tools and modeling.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements related to compensation and benefits globally.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across teams.
A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a passion for creating total rewards programs to drive high performance.
A builder’s mindset—passionate about creating scalable people infrastructure to support hypergrowth.

Why You’ll Love It Here:

Impact & Ownership: You’ll have the autonomy to design and shape our global total rewards strategy.
Fast-Paced Growth: We’re scaling quickly, and you’ll be at the center of designing competitive and future-ready compensation and benefits programs.
People-First Culture: We prioritize employee well-being and create programs that reflect that commitment.
Collaboration & Trust: You’ll work cross-functionally with leadership, finance, and people teams to drive strategic initiatives.
Flexibility & Remote-First Work: We trust you to manage your time and work from where you’re most productive.

Explore Our Work

Dive into the practical side of what we do at Chainguard. These resources provide a hands-on look at our processes and offer an opportunity for in-depth understanding of our product offerings and the technology behind them.

Base Salary Range

$135,000—$165,000 USD

About Us

We live and breathe our company values:

We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.

We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.

We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a $400 monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
For a full list of our benefits and rewards, click here.

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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