Global Equity Programs Lead

Location: San Francisco, United States; hybrid

Compensation: $230K–$300K plus equity

Company

Builds infrastructure, developer tooling, and inference solutions that help AI companies bring machine learning models into production.

What you will do

• Build the operating model for equity administration across countries, entities, and complex transactions.
• Run the equity calendar, including grants, vesting, exercises, releases, terminations, refreshes, approvals, documentation, uploads, and participant communications.
• Maintain equity record integrity through reconciliations across the equity platform, HRIS, payroll, cap table, and accounting systems.
• Partner with Legal, Tax, Payroll, Compensation, Accounting, People, and external advisors on international hiring, employee mobility, acquisitions, liquidity programs, and other corporate events.
• Evaluate award structures and identify operational, tax, compliance, accounting, and employee-experience risks before launch.
• Own the equity platform, data flows, controls, reporting, employee resources, automation, vendor performance, and future team structure.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive equity administration or equity operations experience, ideally in a rapidly scaling private or newly public technology company.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex equity operations, including hands-on work with underlying data and transactions rather than only advisory or program-design experience.
• Strong knowledge of stock options, RSUs, vesting and settlement events, tax withholding, employee mobility, and equity plan operations.
• Hands-on experience administering a leading equity platform and working with connected HRIS, payroll, accounting, and reporting systems.
• Experience designing reconciliations, approval workflows, documentation, audit support, and other equity controls.
• Ability to diagnose data issues, resolve complex exceptions, and establish repeatable processes without an existing playbook.
• Strong cross-functional judgment, decision-making, written and verbal communication, discretion, and the ability to manage multiple time-sensitive workstreams accurately.
• Ability to explain employee equity accurately without providing personal tax or legal advice.

Nice to have

• Certified Equity Professional certification or meaningful progress toward it.
• Experience with international equity programs and cross-border employee mobility.
• Experience with acquisitions, tender offers, financings, or other significant corporate transactions affecting equity.
• Working knowledge of stock-based compensation accounting and accounting data needs for close, forecasting, audit, and financial reporting.
• Familiarity with insider trading policies and equity compliance in highly regulated environments.
• Experience building or expanding an equity operations team.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with meaningful equity.
• U.S. employees and dependents receive 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible PTO and a company-wide Winter Break from Christmas Eve through New Year's Day.
• Paid parental leave and a fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot.
• U.S. employees have access to a company-facilitated 401(k).
• Exposure to ML startups and opportunities for learning and networking.