Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital.

The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.

Anchorage is looking for a creative and strategic total rewards leader who will be responsible for shaping, refining, and implementing our global rewards strategy (compensation, benefits, equity, and recognition programs) to attract, retain, engage, and motivate employees across the US, EMEA, and APAC. This role will partner closely with senior business leaders, hiring managers, and HR Business Partners to translate business strategy into best practices, policies, and reward processes. You will report to the Chief People Officer and be a key member of the People Leadership Team, collaborating to develop a talent strategy that helps drive the company’s success.

Additionally, Anchorage is at the intersection of crypto, traditional finance, and tech, so our compensation strategy and programs must reflect the nuances across multiple functional areas, including sales and trading compensation plans. You will use a proactive and innovative approach to ensure that rewards are competitive, drive results, are aligned with company culture, and are understood and valued by employees.

We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside the Global Total Rewards Lead role:

Technical Skills:

Develop and lead Anchorage’s comprehensive strategy for total rewards to attract and retain world-class talent across multiple disciplines and in a highly competitive industry.
Advise and lead compensation strategies to achieve overall talent goals and strategies across the United States, EMEA, and Singapore.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

Provide strategic direction, planning, and requirements to execute the design, implementation, communication, and administration of the company's compensation programs, including annual short- and long-term incentives and executive compensation.
Continuously evaluate the effectiveness of our rewards programs to ensure they are aligned with our business and talent strategies, and monitor market trends to make recommendations for changes as appropriate.
Ensure that the total rewards programs comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and company policies.

Organizational Knowledge:

Serves as an advisor to the Head of People and other People Leaders on the strategic total rewards direction of Anchorage, in service of our company goals.
Proactively and effectively manage priorities within a fast-paced, growth stage environment, anticipating future growth needs based on company stage, and size.

Communication and Influence:

Clearly communicate complex and sensitive compensation issues clearly and credibly across a wide range of audiences, and partners with other senior members to re-communicate vision, mission, and strategy, as well as positive impacts for clients and for our roadmap.
Work closely with People Business Partners, and other stakeholders to ensure that total rewards programs are integrated into broader HR and business strategies.
Develop and deliver communications and training on total rewards programs to employees, managers, and other stakeholders.
Increase and improve understanding or participation in total rewards elements.
Provide thoughtful leadership and foster meaningful discussions with senior team members and leaders to build consensus and influence broader Anchorage’s People and compensation programs and projects that require understanding the different business impacts.

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

Deep experience in compensation and benefits, specifically for highly competitive industries and preferably growth-stage companies.
Expertise in executive compensation and equity plans.
Strong project management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams and prioritize competing demands.
Deep knowledge of compensation and benefits best practices, trends, and regulations for IPO readiness.
Expertise and knowledge of key external industry frameworks and approaches, e.g., Aon/Radford, Mercer, Willis Towers Watson, and World at Work models.
Strong Google Sheets/Excel, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to drive decisions.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and influence stakeholders at all levels.

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

Dayforce or Workday-specific experience preferred
You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

About Anchorage Digital: Who we are

The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 300 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.

Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.

Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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