1password - VP, Workforce Architecture & Total Rewards

• Proven track record leading organizational design and transformation, including navigating leadership change and cultural evolution, building and developing high-performing People teams, with demonstrated commitment to talent development and succession planning • Deep domain expertise in total rewards, particularly compensation design and benchmarking in competitive tech markets • Demonstrated experience owning and implementing HR systems and processes at scale, including driving adoption across a distributed or decentralized organization • Experience operating in a global role, managing programs and teams across multiple countries and jurisdictions • Strong executive presence and a genuine advisory orientation — someone who earns trust through insight and candor, not tenure or hierarchy across multiple stakeholders, employees, ELT, founders, investors and board. • Background in the technology industry; experience with Tech companies or comparable high-growth tech environments is a strong differentiator • Familiarity with AI workforce tools, copilots, or automation platforms (e.g., Workato, LLM-based HR tools, or equivalent) • Experience supporting a company through a pre-IPO scaling phase or similar high-stakes growth context • Hands-on experience with modern knowledge management and HR delivery models (e.g., Notion, Guru, or similar) • Experience operating in or alongside a function undergoing structural transformation (e.g., moving from a generalist model to a product/pod model) • Familiarity with blended workforce concepts and experience designing work in environments where human employees and AI agents coexist • What you can expect: • WORKFORCE STRATEGY & ORG DESIGN • Serve as the primary strategic advisor to the SVP of HR and C-suite on workforce planning, organizational design, and the future design of work • Architect and own a unified workforce strategy — consolidating currently distributed efforts into a coherent, company-wide framework • What work stays human, what gets augmented, and where does judgment remain non-negotiable? • Apply and operationalize the Hire / Build / Borrow / Bot framework across enterprise capability planning — partnering with business leaders to make confident, well-governed decisions about how work gets done. • Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, and Revenue Operations to ensure workforce plans are grounded in business realities and aligned with cross-functional priorities • Design scalable org structures that support 15-20% annual growth across a global, multi-jurisdictional footprints (US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, and more to come) • AI-AUGMENTED OPERATING MODEL • Lead the transformation, with accountability, of how people work gets done — not just inside the HR function, but across the organization — moving from manual, policy-heavy processes toward AI-assisted and autonomous execution where human judgment can focus where it matters most. • Define the governance model for how AI tools, copilots, and autonomous agents are deployed across the workforce, including accountability frameworks and change management principles • Partner with IT and technology teams building API, MCP, and (Workato-based) automation infrastructure to ensure HR use cases are prioritized, well-designed, and adopted • Establish the company's knowledge and policy architecture (currently anchored in Notion) as a production-ready, AI-accessible foundation for employee and manager support • Reduce time-to-start across the full hiring and onboarding lifecycle, from headcount approval through employee ramp, by identifying and eliminating the process and automation gaps that slow the path from "role needed" to "fully productive contributor”. • Modernize the and calibration - not just comp? planning cycle to be leaner, faster, and less burdensome, without sacrificing the integrity of outcomes, by redesigning the underlying process and leveraging automation to remove friction for managers, HR, and senior leadership. • Serve as the strategic voice on total rewards philosophy at the executive level — setting the direction for how 1Password positions itself in competitive AI and cybersecurity talent markets, and empowering a strong team to translate that philosophy into excellent program execution. • Drive consistent, trusted HR systems architecture across a historically decentralized technology environment, aligning tools and data to support decision-making at scale • LEADERSHIP & INFLUENCE • Lead, develop, and inspire a team of 15-20 People professionals across compensation, benefits, HR systems, analytics, and AI tooling — modeling what exceptional people leadership looks like inside a People function • Build bench strength and create deliberate development pathways for your team, including pod lead rotations and AI/intelligence layer exposure, aligned to how the next generation of People professionals will grow in this model • Navigate a matrixed environment with competing priorities, building coalitions and driving progress on strategic objectives through influence, not authority • Act as a credible, trusted, and at times challenging advisor to C-suite leaders — translating complex workforce dynamics into clear strategic choices, and having the confidence to name trade-offs others won't • Model the standard for executive communication and decision support: clear, data-informed, direct, and actionable • You will have full ownership of budget, headcount, and program design across the following functions: • Total Rewards (Compensation & Benefits) • Workforce planning • AI Tooling & Workforce Automation (HR Systems & Technology) • This scope reflects the current integration phase of our people model. You will help define how these capabilities evolve and hand off as the broader operating model matures. • USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $246,000 USD and $394,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs. • Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $233,000 CAD and $357,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs. • At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set. • This posting is for an existing vacancy. • At 1Password, we prioritize collaboration, clear and transparent communication, receptiveness to feedback, and alignment with our core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first. • You’ll be part of a team that challenges the status quo, and is excited to experiment and iterate in search of the best solution. That said, 1Password is not for everyone https://blog.1password.com/inside-the-culture-powering-1passwords-next-chapter/. Our work is demanding, we strive for excellence, and the pace is fast. We need people who are keen to take on challenging problems, who seek feedback to grow, and who are driven to make an impact. If you're looking for a place where you can settle into a comfortable routine, this might not be the right fit for you. We’re looking for individuals who are proven experts in their fields, as well as those who are highly adaptable, can thrive in ambiguity and through change, are curious, and above all deliver results. • How we work with AI • We are committed to leveraging cutting-edge technology—including AI—to achieve our mission. We also understand that thinking critically about AI in its current forms will help us create better solutions for our customers and ourselves with its future forms, which will help us continue to close the gap between security and privacy and achieve our mission. We want team members at all levels to take the approach of actively learning AI best practices, identifying opportunities to apply AI in meaningful ways, and driving innovative solutions in their daily work. Embracing the future of AI isn't just encouraged—it's an essential part of how we will be successful at 1Password. • This approach extends to our hiring process—candidates are welcome to use AI tools responsibly and thoughtfully during the application process. • Our approach to remote work