Total Rewards and Payroll Manager (AI)

Location: 100% remote within the United States, with no recurring office requirement. Reliable overlap hours across U.S. time zones are required; occasional travel for company onsites or team planning may be needed.

Company

hirify.global builds AI data centers at scale by combining equipment supply, engineering, construction, and real estate development capabilities.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end payroll for a growing multi-state workforce, including regular and off-cycle runs, corrections, bonuses, per diems, deductions, and garnishments.
• Maintain payroll controls through reconciliations, variance reviews, tax coordination, year-end processing, and audit-ready records.
• Administer benefits, including enrollment, eligibility, employee support, broker and vendor relationships, renewals, and utilization.
• Administer compensation, incentive, and equity programs, including salary bands, benchmarking support, bonus calculations, payouts, grant records, vesting, exercises, and reporting.
• Own payroll and rewards systems and data, including Rippling configuration, reporting, and employee record quality.
• Partner with the Controller, accounting team, and People leadership while answering sensitive payroll and benefits questions and resolving recurring issues.

Requirements

• Hands-on end-to-end payroll experience for a multi-state workforce, including corrections, garnishments, and year-end processing.
• Strong payroll controls and compliance knowledge, including reconciliations, multi-state tax coordination, approvals, segregation rules, and audit-ready records.
• Working experience with benefits administration, enrollment, eligibility, vendor management, renewals, employee issues, and utilization.
• Experience administering compensation, incentive, and equity programs with accurate calculations, payouts, grant records, vesting, exercises, and reporting.
• Fluency with modern payroll and HRIS platforms such as Rippling, including configuration, reporting, and data quality management.
• Discretion with sensitive employee and compensation data and clear communication with employees, executives, and vendors.

Nice to have

• Certified Payroll Professional certification or comparable payroll certification.
• Experience building or rebuilding payroll operations at a scaling company.
• Experience with mixed hourly and salaried workforces, field or project-based teams, or multiple legal entities.
• Experience with Carta, Shareworks, or comparable equity administration platforms.
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, construction, or another physical operating environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership-focused environment that values early risk identification, direct communication, sound judgment, and follow-through.
• Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Equity options in a rapidly growing startup.
• 401(k) with a 4% employer match, unlimited PTO, and parental leave.
• FSA or HSA, commuter benefits where applicable, and periodic in-person team and company onsites.