Role Overview
The Senior Manager, People Operations & Total Rewards at Safe Software is a full-time, remote-friendly leadership position based in British Columbia. This role suits an experienced HR professional ready to build and scale the underlying compensation philosophy, benefits infrastructure, and HR systems as the company advances toward $250M ARR.
Key Responsibilities
Define and defend the compensation philosophy, determining market positioning, pay ranges, and geographic strategy.
Build job architecture, leveling frameworks, and banding designed to scale past the current company size.
Manage the end-to-end comp cycle, including merit, profit sharing, variable compensation, and commissions.
Partner with executive leadership and finance to design OTE structures and quota frameworks for go-to-market teams.
Own the total rewards and benefits strategy, encompassing plan design, vendor selection, renewals, and international expansion.
Ensure the HRIS serves as the reliable source of truth by managing data integrity, workflow automation, and tool integrations.
Lead AI enablement for the People & Culture team, deploying AI-driven workflows for compensation modeling and operations.
Requirements
Minimum of 7 years of experience in Total Rewards and/or Compensation, with direct ownership of People Operations or HRIS.
Demonstrated success in building or substantially overhauling job architecture or leveling frameworks.
Experience leading a complete compensation review cycle end to end.
Proven capability in managing an HRIS as the primary source of truth, maintaining data integrity, and building workflow automations.
Strong fluency in people analytics, covering compensation equity, pay bands, attrition, and calibration data.
Track record of successfully building, shipping, and mentoring others on AI-driven workflows within an HR context.
Effective communication skills.
Nice to Have
Experience working at a private equity-backed or high-growth SaaS company within the $100M–$500M ARR range.
Professional certifications such as CCP or CBP.
Experience managing compensation and benefits across international jurisdictions, including EMEA.
Background designing variable pay and OTE frameworks for go-to-market organizations.
Direct involvement in an HRIS implementation or migration project.
Experience preparing materials for leadership or board compensation committees.
A Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field.
Skills and Tools
Compensation Architecture and Leveling Frameworks
HRIS Management and Workflow Automation
People Analytics and Compensation Equity
AI Enablement and Workflow Implementation
Total Rewards Strategy and Benefits Administration
Salary and Benefits
Salary range of $126,500 to $157,000 CAD per year.
Meaningful work with high autonomy and flexible, remote-friendly working arrangements.
Paid time off to volunteer for company-organized community initiatives.
Annual learning budget and employer-paid training programs.
3 weeks of vacation plus 6 additional paid seasonal days off per year.
Comprehensive health, dental, spending accounts, and counseling benefits starting on day one.
Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.
Bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.
About the Company
Safe Software builds FME, an all-data, any-ai enterprise integration platform trusted by over 25,000 enterprise customers across more than 125 countries. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Surrey, British Columbia, the profitable and growing organization employs over 300 team members dedicated to innovation, diversity, and inclusion.
How to Apply
Please visit the official Safe Software careers page to submit your application for this position.
