Reward Manager, Executive Compensation

About Nscale

Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.

We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.

About the Role

We're hiring a Manager, Executive Compensation to help build and scale Nscale's executive compensation and equity programs as the company transitions to a public company and expands rapidly across global markets.

This role sits within the People team as part of the Reward function and reports to the Director of Equity & Executive Compensation. You'll work closely with partners across Finance, Legal, People, stock administration, external compensation consultants, outside counsel, and senior business stakeholders to support both executive reward strategy and broader equity program design.

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape programs at a pivotal stage of growth. Your work will help ensure Nscale's executive and equity compensation approach is market-informed, operationally sound, and aligned with governance standards, regulatory requirements, and shareholder expectations.

What you'll be doing

• Support the design and ongoing management of executive compensation programs, including base salary, annual incentive, and long-term incentive structures for Section 16 officers and senior leadership.
• Own the executive and equity compensation benchmarking process using Radford and peer group analysis.
• Translate market data into defensible pay recommendations for review by the Director of Equity & Executive Compensation.
• Build and maintain compensation tally sheets, pay versus performance models, and total compensation analyses for the executive population.
• Prepare Compensation Committee materials, including meeting decks, pre-reads, and follow-up actions across a 4-6 meeting annual cadence.
• Support the preparation of the annual proxy statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, executive compensation tables, and pay versus performance disclosure.
• Contribute to the Directors Remuneration Policy and Directors Remuneration Report in line with UK regulatory requirements.
• Maintain current knowledge of SEC disclosure requirements and ISS and Glass Lewis guidelines.
• Flag developments that may affect program design or disclosure.
• Partner with external compensation consultants and outside counsel to align program design with market practice, governance standards, and shareholder expectations.
• Support the design and iteration of Nscale's equity programs.
• Lead the development of equity grant guidelines, eligibility frameworks, and vesting structures for the broad-based employee population.
• Own the annual equity refresh cycle, including budget modeling, grant recommendations, and equity target-setting across levels and geographies.
• Partner with the broader Compensation team to ensure consistency between executive and employee equity programs.
• Work with stock administration to ensure program design decisions are operationally executable.
• Build and maintain financial models to support equity program design, compensation scenario planning, and executive pay decisions.
• Conduct ad hoc analysis for executive hiring, offer construction, termination packages, and change of control scenarios.
• Act as a subject matter expert to People Partners, Finance, Legal, and senior business stakeholders on executive compensation and equity matters.
• Translate complex compensation and equity data into clear, actionable guidance for non-technical audiences, including senior leaders.
• Support sensitive executive compensation conversations with analytical input into executive-level reward decisions.

About You

• Significant experience working specifically in executive compensation
• Experience in a high-growth tech or multinational environment
• Direct hands-on experience within a US listed public company environment
• Proven exposure to SEC disclosure requirements, proxy preparation, and Compensation Committee processes
• Experience supporting proxy disclosure, including CD&A drafting, executive compensation tables, and pay versus performance analysis
• Deep technical knowledge of executive pay design, including LTI mechanics, annual incentive design, and equity structures including RSU transitions
• Strong benchmarking expertise using Radford or equivalent executive compensation surveys
• Experience designing or managing broad-based equity programs, including annual refresh cycles and equity target-setting
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling capability with strong analytical acumen
• Confidence operating as a senior individual contributor who can own complex workstreams independently and influence without direct authority
• Exposure to UK listed company requirements, including directors remuneration reporting, is a strong advantage
• High attention to detail, a strong governance mindset, and excellent stakeholder management skills in a fast-evolving environment

What we can offer you

At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.

Highly competitive compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. 🚀

Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. ✨

Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy — always with our full support.

Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.

The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.

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