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As Lead Total Rewards, you play a critical part in shaping Aiven’s global reward strategy. The individual will design forward-looking approaches to compensation and benefits to attract, motivate, and retain our Crabs. This is a senior role with high visibility, requiring strategic thinking and engagement with senior leaders and the executive team, while also demanding detail-oriented work such as compensation analytics, equity run rates, process management, system oversight, and vendor relationship navigation, all to ensure the reward framework is built on trust, transparency, and drives business growth.
Job Responsibility:
Advise senior leaders and partner with the executive team on reward decisions, pay structures, and incentive design
Partner with local teams to refine and evolve benefits offerings across Europe, ensuring relevance, consistency, and employee impact
Oversee and enhance job architecture, ensuring clear career pathways and alignment with pay structures
Manage the process, system, and administration of stock options as a long term incentive program
Drive all reward-related processes linked to performance and talent cycles, ensuring seamless delivery and strong business alignment
Provide senior leadership with robust analysis, benchmarks, and insights to inform decision-making and future strategy
Support decision-makers and stakeholders with planned and ad hoc Rewards utilization metrics, KPIs, and analytics
Requirements:
6+ years of experience with Total Rewards, with exposure to international business environments
Strong knowledge of European compensation, equity practices and regulatory trends
Skilled at engaging and influencing senior leaders, with confidence presenting to executive-level stakeholders
Experience leading complex reward cycles, driving process improvements, and embedding change
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate data into insights and strategic recommendations
Strong project management and stakeholder management skills
Experience with compensation systems and familiarity with both monetary and non-monetary reward approaches
Strategic and tactical mindset
Thrives in the fast-paced, dynamic environment of an international company in hyper-growth
What we offer:
Participate in Aiven’s equity plan
Hybrid work policy
Get the equipment you need to set yourself up for success
Real employer support (use one of our learning platforms, annual learning budget, and more)
Holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program
Get paid for contributing to open-source projects outside of work
Use up to 5 days per year to volunteer for a good cause of your choice
Join one of our team member resource groups
Extensive Occupational Health Care, Dental Care, as well as sports, culture, massage, commute and lunch benefits
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