Manager Total Rewards

About Keka
Keka is India's #1 People Operations Platform, trusted by 10,000+ businesses to manage their HR, payroll, attendance, and performance processes. We are on a mission to make HR delightful — and we're looking for passionate people to help us scale that mission through world-class marketing.
Location: Hyderabad, Onsite
Experience: 8–10 years
About Role
Keka is looking for a Manager / Senior Manager - Total Rewards to own and evolve our compensation and benefits charter across India and global markets. This is a high-ownership role for someone who has designed comp frameworks from the ground up and knows what it takes to build reward systems in a fast-moving environment.
Roles and Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end compensation strategy for India, including salary structuring, pay bands, and annual comp cycles.
Build and maintain job leveling frameworks that scale across functions and geographies.
Run compensation benchmarking exercises using market surveys and external data to keep Keka competitive.
Design and govern reward policies, ensuring they stay consistent, compliant, and easy to administer.
Lead total rewards for international markets, starting with the US, Middle East, and Southeast Asia, adapting pay philosophy and benefits to local norms.
Partner with TA, Finance, and business leaders on offer structuring, budgeting, and headcount cost planning.
Manage the benefits portfolio, including Medical Insurance, Personal Accident, Group Personal Accident (GPA), and other employee benefit programs.
Present compensation insights and recommendations to leadership, backed by data and market context.
Continuously audit pay equity and flag gaps before they become risks.
Must Haves
8–10 years of experience in Total Rewards / Compensation & Benefits.
Background in B2B SaaS or another fast-paced tech environment strongly preferred.
Proven, hands-on experience with compensation benchmarking, job leveling, and policy design.
Strong grip on India compensation structures and statutory requirements.
Exposure to international total rewards, particularly US, Middle East, and Southeast Asia markets.
Working knowledge of benefits programs such as Medical, Personal Accident, and GPA.
Comfortable working with data: comp modeling, market surveys, and pay analytics.
Strong stakeholder management skills to work closely with HR, Finance, and business leadership.

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