About the Role
We are looking for a Head of Total Rewards to lead our Benefits and Compensation teams. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape the total rewards strategy for a growing company on the path to IPO. The ideal candidate will bring a strategic mindset, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of compensation and benefits best practices.

What You’ll Accomplish

• Strategic Leadership: Prepare the company for IPO readiness, including setting up an ESPP program. Serve as a strategic partner to the Founders and Senior Leadership Team. Develop a comprehensive total rewards strategy that balances competitive offerings with financial responsibility in the benefits and compensation sector.
• Compensation Management: Design and implement competitive compensation structures (base salary, variable pay, incentive plans). Develop an executive compensation strategy to retain top leadership. Ensure transparency in communicating compensation philosophy to employees in the benefits and compensation domain.
• Benefits Strategy: Oversee design and management of health, wellness, retirement, and other employee benefits. Analyze and improve ROI on benefit programs, focusing on active program management and cost reduction.
• Performance and Compliance: Maintain compliance with local, state, federal, and international regulations (including Canada and India). Achieve 80% satisfaction rate with performance and compensation processes. Reduce talent attrition through competitive rewards (measured by exit interview reasons).
• Reporting and Analytics: Monitor and analyze program effectiveness, including ROI on specific programs. Manage costs within budget constraints. Report outcomes to leadership and employees.

Hinge Health Hybrid Model

We believe that remote work and in-person work have their own advantages and disadvantages, and we want to be able to leverage the best of both worlds. Employees in hybrid roles are required to be in the office 3 days/week. The San Francisco office has a dog-friendly workplace program.

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Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field

• 10+ years of experience in benefits and compensation planning

• 5+ years experience managing a team

• Experience in leading total rewards at a late-stage venture funded company or a public company in the benefits and compensation sector

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree

• Ability to think outside the box and the normal benefits playbook to develop benefits strategies for managing a self-funded health plan

• Experience working both at a pre-IPO company as well as a public company

• Ideally, someone who has gone through an IPO process and taken a company public

Compensation

This position will have an annual salary, plus equity and benefits. Please note the annual salary range is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. The annual salary range for this position is $276,000 - $414,000.

About Hinge Health

Hinge Health leverages software, including AI, to largely automate care for joint and muscle health, delivering an outstanding member experience, improved member outcomes, and cost reductions for its clients. The company has designed its platform to address a broad spectrum of MSK care—from acute injury, to chronic pain, to post-surgical rehabilitation—and the platform can help to ease members’ pain, improve their function, and reduce their need for surgeries, all while driving health equity by allowing members to engage in their exercise therapy sessions from anywhere. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Learn more at http://www.hingehealth.com

What You'll Love About Us

• Inclusive healthcare and benefits: On top of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we offer employees and their family members help with gender-affirming care, tools for family and fertility planning, and travel reimbursements if healthcare isn’t available where you live.

• Planning for the future: Start saving for the future with our traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options which include a 2% company match.

• Modern life stipends: Manage your own learning and development

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve. Visit hingehealth.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion to learn more about what moves us.

Hinge Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We make employment decisions without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.