This role involves building and owning the compensation, rewards, and benefits systems for employees involved in restoring America's nuclear fuel supply. You will establish and manage the compensation and benefits infrastructure, while also maturing the overall strategy and implementation. The position requires solving unique challenges, such as benchmarking specialized roles and designing a rewards system for both engineers and plant operators. You will utilize a modern tech stack and build your own AI-powered tools, working strategically with various departments across the company.
Responsibilities
Own market benchmarking: participate in and manage salary surveys and build defensible benchmarks for specialized roles with thin survey coverage
Build and maintain compensation bands, leveling alignment, and guidance for offers, promotions, and market adjustments
Conduct ongoing compensation analysis, including internal equity reviews, offer modeling, and cost projections, and turn the results into clear recommendations for leadership
Run compensation review cycles during performance season from start to finish, covering budget modeling, manager guidance, calibration support, and communicating outcomes
Partner with Talent Acquisition on competitive offers, and with Finance on headcount and compensation budgeting
Own benefits programs end-to-end, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and wellness offerings
Lead annual benefits renewals: manage broker and carrier relationships, analyze plan performance and cost trends, and negotiate the best outcome for employees and the company
Source, evaluate, and implement new benefits vendors as needs evolve and the workforce grows
Build and manage the benefits budget, forecasting costs and finding savings without giving up quality
Plan and run open enrollment, and make benefits easy for employees to understand and use
Own pay transparency compliance across California and every other state where the company hires, including posted salary ranges, pay data reporting, and recordkeeping
Maintain compliance with applicable benefits regulations (ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA) in partnership with brokers, administrators, and counsel
Treat all compensation and employee data with strict confidentiality and judgment
Administer and optimize the Total Rewards stack (Rippling, Carta, Pave) so the data is clean, connected, and trustworthy
Use AI to build tools that make Total Rewards faster and smarter, such as compensation calculators, offer modeling tools, cycle workflows, and dashboards for leadership
Write clear documentation and guidance so managers and employees understand how and why the company pays the way it does
Requirements
Evidence of exceptional ability, such as rewards programs built, models or tools created, or problems solved that had no playbook
Millions of jobs, with real people getting hired every day
200,000+
New jobs added daily
7,000,000+
Verified job listings
1,000,000+
Tailored applications submitted
5+ years of Total Rewards experience, with hands-on depth in both compensation and benefits
Proven experience running benefits renewals, sourcing and implementing new vendors, and building and managing a benefits budget
Hands-on experience with market benchmarking, compensation analysis, and supporting or running compensation review cycles
Working knowledge of pay transparency laws, including California's requirements
Fluency with modern HR and compensation tools such as Rippling, Carta, and Pave
Experience using AI tools to build models, automations, or internal tools for compensation work
Strong analytical and Excel/Sheets modeling skills, plus the ability to turn data into a clear recommendation
An exemplary record of handling highly confidential information with discretion
Nice to have:
Experience administering equity and stock option programs (grants, refreshes, vesting, cap table coordination in Carta)
Experience designing compensation and benefits for hourly or shift-based workforces (e.g., manufacturing, plant operations, field technicians), including shift differentials, overtime, and premium pay
Experience designing benefits and compensation for multiple states
Experience at a high-growth startup, especially as an early or first Total Rewards hire
Experience in nuclear, energy, aerospace/defense, advanced manufacturing, or other regulated industrial environments
Benefits
Long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
Medical, vision & dental coverage
401(k) retirement plan
Important Details
Schedule: Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
About the Company
General Matter enriches uranium, designing, building, and operating the world's lowest-cost enrichment services in the US. The company is restoring America's ability to produce nuclear fuel to power AI, advanced manufacturing, and critical industries. It was incubated inside Founders Fund and is backed by over a dozen top venture capital firms. Its team of engineers and operators applies a first-principles approach to solving nuclear fuel production problems, aiming to make nuclear the most affordable source of baseload power.
We are strengthening America’s capacity in nuclear energy, creating a new set of possibilities for our shared present and future, from generating clean energy at scale to forging energy security..
