Vice President, Total Rewards (Remote)

Appfire builds next-generation enterprise collaboration solutions to liberate teams from silos and make work flow. By extending and enhancing what’s possible on platforms like Atlassian, Microsoft, Monday.com, Salesforce and more, Appfire enables companies to increase value from the many platforms they’ve invested in. Appfire empowers today’s knowledge workers to plan and deliver their best work. Appfire’s portfolio of top-selling apps serves more than 20,000 customers – including 55% of the Fortune 500. As a product-led company, Appfire identifies gaps in industries serving knowledge workers and then builds solutions that drive productivity and efficiency.

Appfire continues to grow exponentially, with teams spanning 20+ countries. We are financially strong, profitable since inception, continuously meeting or exceeding revenue targets, and we invest heavily in strengthening the foundation of our organization. Being philanthropic is integral to operating our business, so we donate 1% of employee time, product, profit, and equity as part of our Pledge 1% commitment.

Come join our team!

About The Role

Appfire is looking for an experienced and strategic Vice President, Total Rewards, who will manage a global team of compensation professionals and orchestrate the design, program management, and implementation of all global compensation and benefits areas, including executive compensation. This role will partner closely with senior business leaders, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to translate business strategy into meaningful Total Rewards strategies that continue to attract, hire, retain, and motivate top talent while maintaining a competitive and dynamic approach to performance and rewards. You will report to the Chief People Officer and be a key member of the People leadership team, collaborating to develop a talent strategy that helps drive the company’s success.

As a functional expert in global total rewards strategies, you will be responsible for broad-based and executive compensation, short and long-term incentives, compensation reviews, health, welfare, and other benefits. You will use a proactive and strategic approach to ensure that rewards are competitive, drive results, align with company culture, and are understood and valued by employees.

Your Everyday Tasks Will Include

• Developing and executing a competitive and comprehensive Global Total Rewards strategy designed to attract and retain world-class talent in a competitive environment and ever-changing economic landscape.
• Leveraging knowledge of market conditions and competitive talent landscape to design tailored strategies for compensation for key talent segments. Direct job analysis, evaluation, market pricing, and salary survey initiatives in an open and transparent fashion.
• Overseeing and governing short-term and long-term incentive and benefit programs (cash and non-cash) to support our culture and overall engagement. Continuous evaluation and optimization of benefit offerings.
• Serving as an internal functional expert to our Compensation Committee, owning and driving our agenda relevant to key focus areas.
• Partnering closely with HR Business Partners in developing key frameworks including – promotion guidelines, career ladders, and leveling criteria/frameworks.
• Effectively managing compensation programs in a geographically dispersed and remote workforce. Proactively predicting markets and differing compensation strategies in various geographies.
• Ensuring compliance with applicable regulations both in the U.S. and internationally, collaborating with internal groups.
• Partner with outside experts, including consultants, for benchmarking, plan design, coverage, renewals, and communications.
• Developing comprehensive and integrated communication strategies that drive awareness, adoption, and understanding of our programs.
• Serving as a functional business owner for Total Rewards, guiding all prioritization decisions related to our systems and technology implementations and enhancements.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure that the recruiting materials and collateral we use are competitive and drive our employee value proposition.
• Overseeing the preparation of the annual benefits budget and periodic forecasts.
• Driving thought leadership to address current and emerging compensation and benefits trends and issues. Bringing the outside-in view, guiding our decision-making process.
• Leading the Total Rewards team, ensuring the ongoing development of direct reports. Providing constructive and timely performance feedback.
• Serving as an integral member of the People leadership team to advise on programs impacting the organization as a whole and collaborate with HR business partners to understand and address the unique needs of various functions.
  
  
  

Skills And Experience You'll Need To Succeed

• 10+ years of professional total rewards experience, including a strong executive presence, experience in total rewards strategy, executive compensation, and benefits design, and managing capability across compensation change cycles.
• Knowledge of government regulations as they apply to benefit programs, compensation programs, company policies, and operations.
• Experience designing global compensation and benefits programs, guidelines and processes and guiding strategies preferably in North America, EMEA, and India.
• Deep understanding of equity and executive compensation programs.
• Expertise and knowledge of key external industry frameworks and approaches, e.g., Aon/Radford, Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, World at Work models.
• Excellent acumen for assessing total rewards initiatives utilizing data analytics and metrics to make informed decisions and measure results.
• Supported the creation of materials for the Board of Directors Compensation Committee.
• Workday-specific experience preferred.
  
  
  

Beyond the resume skills that match our culture and this role:

• You are dedicated to elevating client and co-worker experiences, knowing that exceptional work centers on serving others.
• You adapt swiftly to new business demands, understanding that change fuels collective and individual growth.
• You excel in communication, effectively connecting in remote/hybrid environments using tools like Slack, Zoom, and G Suite and through occasional in-person events.
• You have exceptional coaching, mentoring, and people development skills.
  
  
  

We Offer

Financial benefits

• Every Appfire employee is eligible for company equity.
• 401(k) Matching Component.
  
  
  

Skills Development Benefits

• Access to Appfire University learning platform – a hub of knowledge, interactive resources, and engaging instructor-led courses designed to fuel your learning journey with unparalleled depth and accessibility.
  
  
  

PTO, health & well-being

• 10 paid holidays + Flexible PTO – no set number of days that you must take in a year.
• 100% company-paid health insurance.
• 50/50 split dental and vision insurance.
  
  
  

Volunteering

• 3 fully paid days each year to participate in Appfire Town, Appfire’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program.
  
  
  

Other

• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Mobile phone and Internet stipend.
  
  
  

About Appfire

A people-first approach to business

Since its inception, Appfire has been a remote-first company. With 800+ employees (who we call fireflies) across 27 countries, we foster an environment where everyone is respected. We invest in team members by ensuring they grow professionally and personally.

Watch Appfire's Co-founder and CEO Randall Ward talk about his people-first leadership philosophy: https://youtu.be/GXuChQzzowI

Making an impact

At Appfire, corporate social responsibility is driven by team members, family, friends, customers, and partners through Appfire Town. This program brings people together to generate a strong social impact in our local and global communities.

Our CEO believes being philanthropic is integral to operating our business and is not merely the result of our success. In 2015, Appfire joined the Pledge 1% network of organizations committed to philanthropy. Appfire has since grown our Pledge 1% program to include all four pledge types — product, profit, equity, and employee time. We were among the first to do this, and we’re proud that Pledge 1% is part of our evolution.

Our business

Appfire has been profitable since its inception, with best-in-class free cash flow margins relative to the broader SaaS universe. The company's mission to equip and connect every team so they can plan and deliver their best work has proven successful, producing consistent year-over-year (YoY) growth – with Appfire growing from $10M ARR in 2019 to $200M ARR in 2023.

What’s our secret sauce?

• We follow teams. We do our research and build software that solves real-life collaboration challenges while being easy to implement and a joy to use. We’re proud to support over 20,000 customers and growing, including 55% of the Fortune 500. From the entertainment delivered by Netflix to the devices crafted by Samsung, and Dell Technologies and the financial transactions handled by Visa, Edward Jones, and US Bank, Appfire’s technology is indispensable. Our products also play a pivotal role in streamlining operations and fostering innovation at companies like Tesla and significant institutions such as NASA, Boeing, and many more.
• We enhance. We don’t compete. Our software is designed to give developers, knowledge workers, and teams the ability to extend and get greater value from the platforms they’ve invested in and enjoy. So far, our solutions extend and enhance the capabilities offered by Atlassian, Microsoft, monday.com, and Salesforce.
• We build bridges and invest in our partners. Appfire's success is underscored by the fact that the company has no direct sales team and instead leverages its channel program as its primary path to market. Today, Appfire has a dedicated Channel team supporting 700+ channel partners.
• We make security and privacy a priority, but we also keep it simple for our customers. We’ve achieved International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001 and ISO 27017 and System and Organization Controls (SOC) SOC 2, Type I and SOC 2, Type II certifications. In 2022, we launched our award-winning Appfire Trust Center, offering our customers, partners, and prospects the latest security, privacy, and compliance information, including pre-completed questionnaires (CAIQ, SIG, and VSA) with an accelerated NDA process and just one EULA to cover it all.
  
  
  

Market recognition

Appfire has been consistently recognized for company growth, culture, corporate social responsibility, and product excellence and has been included among the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Inc. Best Workplaces, BuiltIn Best Places to Work, and Inc. 5000. Learn more about our accomplishments, which would not be possible without our team members, partners, and customers: https://appfire.com/awards.

Read about Appfire's continuous growth and mission to equip and connect every team so they can plan and deliver their best work: https://appfire.com/newsroom/Appfire-Exceeds-200M-in-ARR-Signaling-Growing-Demand