Vice President, Total Rewards, Global
About Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.
Position Overview
This role can be based in Denver, CO following our flexible work policy (3 days in-office, 2 days flexible), or remote, US.
The Vice President of Total Rewards will lead the global strategy, design, and execution of compensation, benefits, executive compensation, and equity programs across the organization. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this role is responsible for ensuring that total rewards programs are externally competitive, internally equitable, and aligned to business strategy and performance.
In a highly competitive and rapidly evolving data center market, this role will serve as a strategic advisor to the executive team, leveraging compensation, equity, and benefits programs as critical tools to attract, motivate, and retain scarce technical, operational, and leadership talent. The Vice President will develop reward strategies that support aggressive growth objectives while balancing market competitiveness, internal equity, governance, and cost discipline.
This leader will operate in a global capacity across North America, EMEA, and APAC, building scalable and compliant reward frameworks that support a rapidly growing international workforce. A key focus of the role will be the design and administration of executive compensation and equity programs, including RSU-style long-term incentive structures, ideally informed by experience in a public company environment.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in executive compensation, global compensation architecture, and long-term incentive design, with strong executive presence and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
Essential Job Functions
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Develop and deploy innovative compensation and equity strategies designed to attract and retain critical talent in highly competitive labor markets, including technical, engineering, construction, operations, and executive populations essential to supporting rapid global growth.
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Lead the global total rewards strategy across compensation, benefits, executive compensation, and equity programs, ensuring an integrated and competitive rewards philosophy across all regions.
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Own global benefits strategy, including health and welfare programs, retirement frameworks, vendor strategy, and country-specific statutory and competitive benefits design across all regions.
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Experience designing and managing global benefits programs across multiple jurisdictions, including US, EMEA, and APAC markets.
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Design and implement competitive compensation structures that align with business strategy, performance, and market benchmarks.
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Oversee executive compensation programs, including short- and long-term incentives, bonus design, and support for Compensation Committee-level discussions.
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Lead equity program design and administration (including RSU-style programs), ensuring alignment with governance, retention, and performance objectives.
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Develop and maintain global compensation frameworks across APAC, EMEA, and North America (US and Canada), ensuring consistency while adapting to local market requirements and regulatory environments.
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Lead annual compensation cycles, including merit, bonus, and equity planning processes. Partner closely with Finance, Legal, and HR leadership to ensure governance, compliance, and cost discipline.
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Provide analysis and recommendations to senior leadership, including benchmarking, pay equity analysis, and incentive design insights.
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Lead and develop the Total Rewards team, ensuring strong execution