Total Rewards Manager, Expel
$118.4-171.7k
+ Bonus and Equity
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Cyber security threat detection & management
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Cyber security threat detection & management
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$118.4-171.7k
+ Bonus and Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Expel is on a mission to make security easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to continuously improve.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of professional experience, including at least 3 years in total rewards, compensation, or benefits administration
- Deep expertise across the full spectrum: compensation philosophy, general comp, sales comp, equity comp, executive comp, and comprehensive benefits
- Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, complex formulas, macros)—you love diving into data and drawing insights
- Experience with market data tools, compensation management platforms, and equity analysis
- Familiarity with Workday and comfort navigating various HR and recruiting SaaS tools
- Strong communication skills—you can explain complex compensation concepts to anyone, from new hires to executives
- Project management chops and the ability to drive programs independently without sacrificing quality
- A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field, or equivalent practical experience (certifications like CCP, CEBS, SHRM, or HRCI are helpful but not required)
What the job involves
- As we continue to grow globally, we need a Total Rewards Manager who can be both strategic thinker and hands-on practitioner
- You'll own everything from annual compensation reviews to benefits administration, ensuring our crew feels valued and fairly compensated
- This isn't just about keeping the lights on—it's about rethinking how compensation and benefits can drive performance, engagement, and wellbeing
- You'll be joining a collaborative team where your expertise will shape how we hire, retain, and reward our people
- Working closely with our Employee Experience leadership, Finance, Sales Ops, Legal, and IT teams, you'll have the autonomy to drive real change while ensuring our programs scale as we grow
- Give you the opportunity to reimagine total rewards from the ground up—bring your best ideas and we'll back you up
- Surprise you with how much our leadership actually listens and values your expertise
- Provide the resources, partnership, and trust you need to build programs that matter
- Challenge you to think differently about how compensation and benefits connect to the bigger picture
- Own our annual compensation review, pay equity analysis, and promotion cycles—making sure they actually scale as we grow
- Be the go-to expert on market data, compensation bands, and how we stay competitive
- Manage our equity and bonus programs, including redesigning them when needed
- Coach managers on compensation conversations so they can hire and lead with confidence
- Run our US benefits programs (medical, dental, vision, FSA, COBRA, and more) and partner globally to expand our offerings
- Handle leave programs like parental leave, FMLA, and disability with care and attention to detail
- Keep us compliant with all the fun stuff like ACA reporting, EEO-1, SOC2 audits, and PCORI filings
- Support our Workday systems and integrations, because good tools make everything better
- Use data to spot problems before they become problems and drive practical solutions
Our take
As ransomware and hacking threats rise, identifying and resolving breaches in security must be done quickly. Lack of transparency in cybersecurity makes it difficult for engineers to detect, understand, and fix the issues as fast as possible. Expel is aiming to redefine what a security operations centre and managed detection service look like in the modern age.
Though the company faces competition from the vast number of cybersecurity platforms, Expel positions itself as a viable alternative to the service delivery model of managed security service providers (MSSPs) by offering a comprehensive management platform that connects to its customers’ tech remotely through APIs, providing fast detection and clear solutions.
Having reached unicorn status, the company is establishing a stronger presence in the European and Asia-Pacific markets, capturing business in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore. Its 2022 funding is being used to accelerate sustainable growth, continue the company's international expansion, and push forward with go-to-market initiatives.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2022
$31m
SERIES E
Nov 2021
$140.3m
SERIES E
Total funding: $288.8m
Company benefits
- Flexible work hours and locations
- Unlimited time off - includes vacation, personal days, and an annual company-wide restorative day
- 24 weeks parental leave when you, your spouse or your domestic partner gives birth to a child, adopts a child or becomes a foster parent (first 12 weeks paid)
- Military leave
- Paid annual conference - we reimburse you up to $2,500 to attend at least one conference every year that helps you move your career forward
- One month sabbatical after hitting your 5 year anniversary
- Zero-meetings week each quarter - where all Expletives are challenged to reduce the number of internal meetings on their calendar all the way to zero
- Medical insurance through the Cigna Open Access Plus HRA plan
- Dental & vision insurance through Guardian
- Team touchdowns - Expel Teams are encouraged to come together quarterly for planning, for connecting, for energizing and maybe a little fun
- Fitness stipend
- Cell phone stipend
- Employee Assistance Program
- Telemedicine (Cigna’s Telehealth Connection)
- Access to the popular mental health platforms, Ginger and Talkspace
- BenefitHub - a web portal where Expel employees can enjoy discounts, cash back rewards and perks on thousands of brands in a variety of categories!
- Retirement 401(k) account provided by Principal
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (Cigna)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Student loan refinancing
Company HQ
Herndon, VA
Leadership
Dave Merkel
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previous CTO of both FireEye and Mandiant (also VP, Products and Threat Management Services). Previously worked as the Senior Technical Director at America Online and for the US Air Force as an Assistant Chief of Intrusion Invasions.
Justin Bajko
(Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)Previous Managing Director (MCIRT Operations) at Mandiant and Senior Manager of Global Security Analysis at Symantec. Previously worked as a Network Administrator at Clinical Trial Management Services, and was a Network and Systems Administrator at MiniFibers.
Yanek Korff
(Co-Founder & COO)Previous COO at Expel. Current Board Member at ThreatSwitch and Investor at Berg Capital Group. Previous Member of the Technical Advisory Board at Ntrepid Corp and CP an CTO at FireEye.
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