Job description
About Turing
Based in Palo Alto, California, Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies accelerating the advancement and deployment of powerful AI systems. Turing helps customers in two ways: working with the world’s leading AI labs to advance frontier model capabilities in thinking, reasoning, coding, agentic behavior, multimodality, multilingualism, STEM and frontier knowledge; and leveraging that expertise to build real-world AI systems that solve mission-critical priorities for Fortune 500 companies and government institutions. Turing has received numerous awards, including Forbes’s “One of America’s Best Startup Employers,” #1 on The Information’s annual list of “Most Promising B2B Companies,” and Fast Company’s annual list of the “World’s Most Innovative Companies.” Turing’s leadership team includes AI technologists from industry giants Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter, McKinsey, Bain, Stanford, Caltech, and MIT. For more information on Turing, visit www.turing.com. For information on upcoming Turing AGI Icons events, visit go.turing.com/agi-icons.
Role Overview
Join Turing as our strategic and globally-minded Total Rewards Partner to join our People team. This role is key in supporting the design, delivery, and administration of our global total rewards programs—including compensation, benefits, recognition, and mobility/immigration policies—across our employee populations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and India. You will collaborate closely with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Legal, and business leaders to ensure our programs are competitive, compliant, and aligned with organizational goals.
Key Responsibilities
Compensation & Equity
- Develop & maintain the job architecture framework by conducting job analysis and creating descriptions for roles and establish job classifications based on level, function, complexity to support career paths and development.
- Maintain pay grades salary and equity ranges for all job classifications, ensuring internal equity and external competitiveness through market benchmarking.
- Partner with the HRBP team and leaders to apply our compensation principles to evolving business needs, ensuring alignment with our total rewards strategy.
- Responsible for ensuring accurate compensation structure configuration and governance within the HRIS.
- Own the compensation aspects of the performance management process, merit cycle and recognition programs to recognize and incentivize strong performers and demonstration of our core values.
- Support the ongoing plan design and administration of incentive plans (annual bonus plans, commission plans), distribute incentive plan documents, and facilitate the payout processes for the incentive plans in partnership with Finance, Sales Operations and Payroll.
- Monitor and interpret country and state specific pay transparency laws, working with key stakeholders to develop and maintain policies and processes that ensure compliance.
- Use or establish performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of total rewards programs.
- Analyze data to make informed decisions and adjust strategies as needed.
- Create communication strategies and materials to educate employees about the organization’s total rewards programs to create transparency and demonstrate the value and impact of offerings to enhance engagement.
- Collaborate with the talent acquisition team and people leaders on day-to-day compensation approvals and pay recommendations for new hires, promotions, transfers, etc. with full autonomy
- Review ad-hoc pay increase and promotions and provide recommendations to management regarding compensation decisions.
- Lead educational sessions for people leaders around total rewards topics, including leaves management, compensation, etc.
- Manage annual compensation structure and job review.
- Partner with the finance team on equity management processes.
Team Management
- Lead our benefits team which oversees the administration and continuous improvement of benefits programs tailored to each region’s regulatory environment and market standards.
- Lead our global mobility team which includes internal mobility, visas and building internal mobility programs.
Recognition & Total Rewards Initiatives
- Develop and implement recognition programs to celebrate team member achievements and enhance engagement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between rewards and organizational objectives.
- Gather feedback through surveys and employee interactions to assess the effectiveness of total rewards programs.
Analytics, Compliance & Systems
- Leverage data to evaluate program effectiveness and alignment with company values.
- Deliver comp dashboards and executive-level insights that drive smart decisions.
- Maintain accuracy and integrity of total rewards data.
- Ensure compliance with local and international laws and regulations related to compensation (e.g. FLSA, pay transparency), benefits (e.g. ACA, 401k), and immigration.
- Provide regular reporting and insights to leadership to support workforce planning and decision-making.
Cross-functional Collaboration
- Support leadership teams on compensation strategies.
- Monitor global trends and proactively recommend enhancements to drive engagement and cost-effectiveness.
- Be a Strategic Partner: Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Talent Acquisition, People Operations, Legal, and Finance teams to align on hiring and compensation goals.
- Innovative Work Culture: Work in a fast-paced, tech-forward environment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Shape the Future of Work: Help define and refine global work paradigms in a rapidly evolving space.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Total Rewards, including compensation, benefits, and global program administration, 3 years at a start up.
- Direct experience managing compensation models across the US, Brazil, and India.
- Knowledge of global mobility and immigration processes.
- Knowledge of managing global benefit programs (US, Brazil, and India).
- Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data to inform business decisions.
- Experience with Pave, Carta, and Radford compensation structure.
- Excellent communication, project management, and cross-cultural collaboration skills.
- CCP, GRP, CEBS, or GPHR certification a plus.
Ideal Candidate
- Mission-Aligned: Inspired by Turing’s vision to unleash the world’s untapped human potential
- Proactive and Strategic: A self-starter who can navigate ambiguity and drive outcomes
- People-Centric: Demonstrates empathy and excellent communication in high-stakes scenarios
Advantages of joining Turing:
- Amazing work culture (Super collaborative & supportive work environment; 5 days a week)
- Awesome colleagues (Surround yourself with top talent from Meta, Google, LinkedIn etc. as well as people with deep startup experience)
- Competitive compensation
- Flexible working hours
- Full-time remote opportunity
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Turing is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. At Turing we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace and celebrate authenticity, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For applicants from the European Union, please review Turing’s GDPR notice here.
