Senior Manager, Total Rewards - Camunda

About Camunda

Camunda is the enterprise platform for agentic orchestration, enabling organizations to coordinate AI agents, people, and systems across complex, end-to-end business processes. With built-in governance, auditability, and human oversight, Camunda gives enterprises the control they need to move AI from pilots to production safely and at scale. Trusted by over 700 organizations worldwide, including 9 of top 10 US banks, Camunda helps enterprises boost operational efficiency, accelerate time-to-value, and deliver better customer experiences.

Fully remote and global, we are transforming into an AI-first organization built on our own platform. We use Agentic AI to automate, orchestrate intelligent processes, and elevate human contribution across every team.

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Manager, Total Rewards to lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of Camunda’s global compensation, benefits, and equity programs. This person will partner closely with the People team, Finance, and Legal to make sure our rewards are competitive, equitable, compliant, and easy to understand in every country where we operate.

This is a hands-on, strategic role for a rewards leader who wants to build and run programs as a trusted business partner, not just administer them. The right candidate will bring deep technical rewards expertise, strong AI and analytical skills, and a passion for a great employee experience. We also expect this leader to be AI-forward in how we approach compensation strategy and job leveling—using AI and data-driven methods to shape pay philosophy, benchmark and model market data, design and calibrate our job architecture, and make faster, transparent rewards decisions.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the global Total Rewards strategy across compensation, benefits, equity, and recognition to attract, retain, and motivate top talent. Set an AI-forward vision for compensation design and execution.
• Lead the annual compensation cycle, including merit, promotion, and equity planning, in partnership with People Business Partners, Finance, and business leaders.
• Own job architecture, leveling, and grading frameworks, maintaining job catalog accuracy as the company grows. Apply AI and data-driven approaches to job leveling, calibration, and level-drift detection.
• Run market benchmarking and compensation analysis, turning findings into clear, data-driven recommendations for leadership.
• Manage benefits programs and vendor relationships across regions, including EOR providers (such as Remote.com), brokers, and equity administration platforms.
• Ensure compliance with pay transparency, pay equity, and local compensation and benefits regulations globally.
• Partner with Finance on compensation budgeting and equity pool management, tracking total rewards spend against clear baselines.
• Advise People Business Partners and hiring managers on offers, pay decisions, and exceptions.
• Identify and adopt AI and automation tools that improve rewards analytics, benchmarking, and employee communications while ensuring compliance.
• Lead, coach, and develop the Total Rewards team, setting clear priorities and growth paths.
• Manage Camunda’s relationship with our Employer of Record (EOR) providers.

What You Bring

• Ability and willingness to use our product.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Finance, Business, or a related field (CCP, CEBS, or similar certification is a plus).
• 8+ years of Total Rewards experience, including significant compensation and benefits experience at a global, multi-country technology or SaaS company.
• Hands-on experience leading global compensation cycles (merit, promotion, equity) and running market benchmarking with tools such as Radford, Pave, or similar.
• Experience managing benefits, EOR, and equity vendor relationships, including platforms such as Remote.com.
• Strong analytical and modeling skills with the ability to translate complex data into practical, business-pragmatic recommendations.
• Working knowledge of pay transparency, pay equity, and compensation regulations across multiple jurisdictions (ideally including EU and US).
• Experience using AI and automation tools to improve rewards analytics and workflows.
• AI-forward approach to compensation strategy and job leveling, with real examples of using AI or advanced analytics to shape pay philosophy and frameworks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, building trust across People, Finance, and Legal.
• Experience leading or developing a team and influencing senior stakeholders.

What We Have to Offer

Compensation & Equity

• Annual Total Target Cash (base salary + 100% variable target, location-based):
  • United States: $183,000.00 to $295,100.00
  • United Kingdom: £114,900.00 to £189,000.00
  • Singapore: S$227,300.00 to S$340,900.00
  • Other locations are hired via Remote.com with personalized Total Rewards calculations.
• Equity: Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP) eligibility where applicable.

Benefits & Perks

• Remote & Flexible: Work from anywhere with a home office budget, co-working space support, and flexible time off.
• In-Person Connection: Annual Kickoff events, team offsites, and local connection budgets for meetups.
• Health & Wellbeing: Locally tailored healthcare, Modern Health access for mental wellbeing, and the Live Well Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA).
• Financial Security: Retirement and pension plans with company contributions, plus life and disability insurance where applicable.
• Professional Growth: Up to $1,000 / €1,000 / £1,000 per year for self-driven learning, courses, certifications, and books.