Why this role

The Senior Manager, Total Rewards is a strategically focused, hands-on leader who will own our comprehensive total rewards strategy, including ownership of compensation and benefits, to attract, motivate, and retain talent at Evolve. This is an exciting opportunity to improve our compensation philosophy and program, lead a focused team, and shape initiatives that align with our business results and culture. If you're energized by fast-moving environments and want real ownership over meaningful work, this role is for you.

What you’ll do

• Lead and develop a team (1 Leave Administrator and 1 Total Rewards Analyst) setting direction, building capability, and staying hands-on alongside them.
• Own the design and evolution of Evolve's compensation philosophy and program architecture, including job architecture, pay grades, and salary ranges that reflect internal equity and market competitiveness.
• Partner with People Business Partners, Talent Acquisition and leaders on real-time compensation decisions — new hires, promotions, transfers, and merit cycles — with autonomy.
• Drive the design and administration of incentive plans (annual bonus and commission), partnering with Finance, Sales Operations, and Payroll on plan documents and payout execution.
• Lead benefits strategy and administration — health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401k, and wellness — including vendor relationships, broker negotiations, and annual open enrollment.
• Oversee leaves of absence programs, ensuring compliance with state-specific laws while continuously simplifying processes for employees and the business.
• Monitor pay transparency laws, FLSA, ACA, and other compliance requirements, developing policies and conducting regular audits to keep Evolve ahead of regulatory changes.
• Use data and market insights to measure program effectiveness and inform decisions; stay current on where total rewards is heading and bring forward-thinking recommendations to the table.

What makes you a great fit

• Minimum 10 years of relevant job experience, including experience in roles supporting compensation, benefits, HR operations functions
• 5+ years of experience leading a Total Rewards team in a highly dynamic, fast-moving organization, preferably with experience in private-equity backed organizations
• Substantial knowledge and expertise in all facets of benefits and compensation
• Hands-on leader who can lead in both a highly strategic, vision forward capacity, but also roll-up their sleeves and execute the work at a tactical level
• Continuously explores how AI and automation can improve total rewards processes and programs.
• Experience creating and managing compensation plans
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Suite – Excel
• Proficiency with Google Suite–Sheets, Slides, Docs
• Preferred ERP or HRIS Implementation Experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Comprehensive HR knowledge of Benefit design and administration, compensation practices, HR technology and analytics
• Knowledge of employment legislation and regulations such as FMLA, ADA, ACA, HIPAA, COBRA, ERISA
• Operational knowledge of federal and state pay transparency laws and regulations
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to provide HR metrics and data to make decisions, with an eye for detail and accuracy
• Ability to balance both velocity of work and detailed accuracy
• Ability to work well across the organization at various levels and build solid relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to create and implement organization-wide People programs and initiatives from the ground up successfully
• Demonstrates resiliency; ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strong attention to detail
• Ability to handle ambiguity in a dynamic environment
• Demonstrated success as a senior-level human resources professional with an emphasis on moving human resources to be a strategic, proactive business partner
• Confident, energetic relationship builder who builds rapport and earns respect at every level of the organization.

Compensation

For this role our salary range is 155,000 - 175,000, depending on relevant experience. This role will also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on both company and individual performance.