VP, Total Rewards and People Operations

About the role

This VP role leads global compensation, benefits, people operations and HR systems for the combined Fivetran and dbt Labs company, including direct liaison work with the Compensation Committee and Board. It is a senior people leadership role that manages and develops a global team across these functions.

What you'll do

• Lead, develop and inspire a global team across compensation, benefits, people operations and HR systems, setting a high bar for performance, growth and inclusion.
• Build a high-performing organization with clear ownership, strong accountability and a culture of transparency.
• Invest in team development so members become strategic operators and advisors to the business.
• Own compensation philosophy, structure and programs for all employees, including base pay, variable pay and equity.
• Lead executive compensation strategy and serve as primary liaison to the Compensation Committee and Board, preparing materials and working with external consultants and counsel.
• Design and evolve equity programs, including equity guidelines, refresh strategy, burn rate and dilution management.
• Bring pay practices up to public-company standards, including governance, disclosure readiness and pay equity analysis, and keep compliance current with pay transparency laws.
• Own the global benefits strategy across more than two dozen countries, balancing competitiveness, geographic equity, cost discipline and local compliance.
• Manage broker, carrier and vendor relationships, bringing rigor to renewals, plan design and program effectiveness.
• Harmonize benefits across the combined organization in a well-communicated way.
• Lead people operations, HRIS and people systems strategy, scaling through tools, automation and AI rather than proportional headcount.
• Own the global employee lifecycle from onboarding through offboarding, making it consistent, compliant and memorable.
• Drive data integrity and people analytics to support leader decisions.
• Partner with Finance, Legal and IT on payroll, global employment entities, EOR strategy and internal controls.
• Advise the executive team on rewards and operational decisions, translating tradeoffs into clear recommendations.
• Communicate with employees transparently about how and why the company rewards people as it does.
• Design and evolve an employee experience that feels special and maintains fairness at global scale.
• Prepare and advise on executive pay program design with external consultants and counsel.
• Keep pay practices compliant with evolving pay transparency laws across jurisdictions.
• Manage HR systems strategy and make people operations highly efficient through tools and automation.
• Make decisions decisively and adjust quickly as needed.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of progressive experience in total rewards or people operations, including significant time leading these functions at the VP level or equivalent.
• Track record as an established, mature people leader who has built and scaled high-performing, efficient teams.
• Deep experience owning employee and executive compensation, including direct work with a Compensation Committee and Board of Directors.
• Experience leading global benefits across many countries in a complex, multinational environment.
• Experience overseeing people operations and HR technology, with a point of view on building functions that scale through systems.
• Strong enterprise experience at a company of similar size or larger, ideally in high-growth B2B software or technology.
• Authentic and direct, building trust through candor and modeling transparency.
• Fast and decisive, moving with urgency and making clear calls with imperfect information.
• Wise and pragmatic, knowing when shipping beats perfection.
• People-first leader who measures success by team strength and employee experience.
• Builder's mindset, energized by growth and focused on long-term building.
• Ability to translate complex tradeoffs into clear recommendations and make decisive decisions with speed and pragmatism.

Benefits listed by Fivetran

• 100% employer-paid medical insurance (may vary by country and worker type)
• Paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation depending on role and country
• Paid sick time, inclusive parental leave and paid holidays, including a year-end Global Week of Rest
• Volunteer days off
• RSU stock grants (may vary by country and worker type)
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Monthly cell phone stipend
• Mental health support platform covering therapy, coaching and mindfulness for covered employees and dependents