Senior Director, Total Rewards

Ironclad is the leading AI contracting platform that transforms agreements into assets. Contracts move faster, insights surface instantly, and agents push work forward, all with you in control. Whether you’re buying or selling, Ironclad unifies the entire process on one intelligent platform, providing leaders with the visibility they need to stay one step ahead. That’s why the world’s most transformative organizations, from Rivian to the World Health Organization and the Associated Press, trust Ironclad to accelerate their business. We’re consistently recognized as a leader in the industry: a Leader in the Forrester Wave and Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contract Lifecycle Management, a Fortune Great Place to Work, and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Workplaces. Ironclad has also been named to Forbes’ AI 50 and Business Insider’s list of Companies to Bet Your Career On. We’re backed by leading investors including Accel, Y Combinator, Sequoia, BOND, and Franklin Templeton. For more information, visit www.ironcladapp.com http://www.ironcladapp.com or follow us on LinkedIn. TOTAL REWARDS AT IRONCLAD As Ironclad scales, we're elevating Total Rewards into a dedicated leadership function, building on our existing foundation to bring greater rigor, competitiveness, and strategic intent to how we attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent. This leader will own the strategy and execution of compensation and benefits at Ironclad, helping us evolve our programs in support of a high-performance culture while building the systems, processes, governance, and manager enablement needed to scale. This is a high-impact leadership role that will sit on the People Leadership Team, move fluidly from board-level compensation topics to employee-facing program design. You will shape how Ironclad rewards performance, communicates value, and delivers a modern, globally scalable employee experience across cash compensation, equity, benefits, and related programs. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Own Ironclad’s Total Rewards strategy across compensation, equity, benefits, recognition, and related policies and programs. - Lead the design, refinement, and administration of broad-based and leadership compensation programs, including base pay, bonus, equity, promotion-related pay changes, market adjustments, and recognition programs. - Evolve Ironclad’s compensation philosophy, job architecture, benchmarking approach, and pay practices to support growth, talent density, internal equity, and market competitiveness. - Partner closely with the CPO, Finance, Legal, and executive leaders on annual planning, compensation cycles, headcount planning, and Compensation Committee materials. - Own benefits strategy and administration, ensuring our programs are competitive, compliant, financially sound, and aligned to employee needs across key markets. - Stabilize and own the transition of key compensation and benefits cycles — including company bonus, equity programs, and benefits — ensuring programs run cleanly while building the operational foundation beneath them. - Build the operating rigor the function needs: clear documentation, manager tools, exception governance, and reporting frameworks that create consistency and reduce noise across comp and benefits decisions. - Translate Total Rewards programs into accessible, confident guidance for managers and employees — enabling better decisions at the point of need and fewer escalations. - Use data and external market intelligence to inform recommendations, quantify tradeoffs, and improve decision quality across Total Rewards investments. - Strengthen reporting and operating rigor across the function, including program effectiveness, compliance, vendor management, and process health. - Partner with People Operations, Talent Acquisition, PBPs, and Internal Comms to ensure Total Rewards programs are delivered cleanly and understood well across the company. - Build and lead a high-performing Total Rewards team, with clear owners…