Global Total Rewards Manager, Chainguard
$135-165k
+ Equity/stock options
More information about location
Software supply chain security company
Job no longer available
Software supply chain security company
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$135-165k
+ Equity/stock options
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make the software supply chain secure by default.
Role
Who you are
- Are you passionate about designing strategic compensation and benefits programs that attract, retain, and motivate top talent? Do you thrive in high-growth environments where you can drive strategic transformation?
- If you have deep expertise in total rewards, operations, compliance, and change management, this is an opportunity to make a massive impact
- If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love data-driven decision-making, and are excited about building scalable total rewards strategies, we’d love to hear from you!
- 5+ years of experience in Compensation, Benefits, or Total Rewards in a global organization
- Expertise in compensation benchmarking, salary structures, and job leveling frameworks
- Experience managing benefits programs across multiple countries, including working with Employer of Record (EOR) service and building processes to support global expansion and remote workforce compliance
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency with HRIS, compensation tools and modeling
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
- Knowledge of compliance and regulatory requirements related to compensation and benefits globally
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across teams
- A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a passion for creating total rewards programs to drive high performance
- A builder’s mindset—passionate about creating scalable people infrastructure to support hypergrowth
What the job involves
- At Chainguard, we’re scaling rapidly, and we need a Global Total Rewards Manager to ensure our compensation, benefits, and incentive programs align with our growth and talent strategies
- This role is more than just maintaining rewards programs—it’s about continuously evolving them to meet business needs and market trends
- You will play a pivotal role in benchmarking and maintaining competitive compensation structures, administering benefits programs, and designing incentive and bonus plans that drive engagement and performance
- This is more than a rewards role—it’s a strategic position with a significant impact on Chainguard’s future
- Compensation & Benchmarking: Conduct market analysis and benchmarking to maintain competitive compensation bands that attract and retain top talent
- Benefits Program Administration: Oversee global benefits programs, including health, wellness, and retirement plans, ensuring they align with company culture and employee needs
- Incentive & Bonus Plans: Design, implement, and manage incentive and bonus programs that drive performance and align with business goals
- Compliance & Governance: Ensure total rewards programs comply with global labor laws, tax regulations, and industry best practices
- Data & Insights: Leverage data analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of total rewards programs and make data-driven recommendations for improvement
- Employee Experience & Communication: Partner with People Operations and internal stakeholders to enhance communication around compensation, benefits, and recognition programs
- Vendor & Partner Management: Work closely with external providers, brokers, and consultants to optimize total rewards offerings
Our take
Developers rely on open source code and apps in their day to day work, but when the provenance of the code is unknown this creates potential weaknesses that cybercriminals can exploit. Chainguard exists to build security into the coding supply chain by making it possible for companies to enforce security policies based on auditable signatures baked into the code, and by providing a security-first set of container images with no known vulnerabilities for cloud app developers.
In the wake of huge cyber attacks like the Log4j vulnerability and Solarwinds breach, software supply chain security has been an area of major focus for startups hoping to solve problems in this sector. However, most of these focus on scanning and detection of threats. Chainguard's approach comes from the other end of the process, focusing on building security into the software itself. It was built by former Google engineers aware of software developers existing workloads, so is designed to be easily installed and integrated into existing automation systems like Terraform.
Chainguard completed a Series C funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures in 2024, minting it as a new Unicorn on the cybersecurity scene. It is using this funding to expand its go-to-market internationally and expand its Chainguard Images product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
55% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2025
$356m
SERIES D
Jul 2024
$140m
SERIES C
Total funding: $612m
Company benefits
- Equity/stock options
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote work with flexible coworking and team meetup opportunities
- Home office and internet stipend
- 100% health/dental/vision insurance coverage for you and your family
Company HQ
Everest, Kirkland, WA
Leadership
Dan Lorenc
(CEO & Co-Founder)Before co-founding Chainguard was a Software Engineer at Google, Disqus and Microsoft.
Kim Lewandowski
(Head of Product & Co-Founder)Prior to co-founding Chainguard was a Product Manager with Google. Before that was the Head of Product & Engineering at Brit + Co and the founder of Spotwag.
Matthew Moore
(CTO & Co-Founder)Was a Software Engineer at VMware, Google and Microsoft.
Ville Aikas
(Co-founder)Was a Senior Staff Engineer at VMware and a Software Engineer for Google and the University of Washingtom. Was previously Owner at VA Systems.
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