First seen by our source: 21 days ago
Equity Program Manager - Fully Remote | Upto $200/hr
@ Mercor
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Mercor is hiring a Compensation & Equity Expert for a remote contract role paid $50–$200 per hour. The work covers building salary bands and leveling, running the annual compensation cycle, benchmarking pay, designing incentives, and managing equity programs including options, RSUs and 409A valuations.
Pay:
$50–$200 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Build salary bands, leveling and job architecture
- Run annual compensation cycle and bonus programs
- Benchmark pay against a peer set
- Design incentive structures
- Manage option and RSU programs and pool planning
Requirements summary:
- Depth in compensation design and architecture or equity management
- Compensation philosophy and pay equity experience preferred
- Global or contractor compensation design at scale preferred
- Benefits design, HRIS and compensation tooling preferred
- Executive compensation or IPO-readiness equity preferred
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-17
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-17
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Human resources |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Mercor
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We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
Full company description
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
- LinkedIn followers
- 654,507
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 5,250
- Reported office locations
- San Francisco, California 94105, US
- Business categories
- Employment
- Software
- Recruiting
- Data Collection and Labeling
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Machine Learning
- Other recorded names
- Mercor
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- Yes
- Reported total investment
- 483,600,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Mercor is defining the future of work. We connect human expertise with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2023 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 1,626 |
| View page |
About the job
Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.
Position: Compensation & Equity Expert (Total Rewards)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $50–$200/hour
Location: Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Build salary bands, leveling frameworks, and job architecture from the ground up.
- Own an annual compensation cycle, including merit planning, promotion decisions, and bonus programs.
- Benchmark against a peer set and defend to a skeptical exec team.
- Design incentive structures that are simple, credible, and behavior-changing.
- Manage equity programs, including option and RSU programs, grant guidelines, and pool planning.
- Work through 409A valuations, plan governance, and grant administration at a venture-backed company.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Depth in compensation design & architecture or equity program management.
Preferred
- Experience in compensation philosophy, benchmarking methodology, pay equity, and pay transparency.
- Compensation design for a global or contractor workforce at scale.
- Benefits program design, HRIS, and compensation tooling.
- Executive compensation, plan governance, or equity through IPO readiness.
Interview Process
- Short screen followed by a paid conversation about a live question.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor
- Paid for each engagement
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
Resources & Support
- For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
- For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
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