VP, Workforce Architecture & Total Rewards

1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing.

About 1Password

At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work.

If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.

1Password is at a defining moment. We are building a people function designed for the next decade, not the last one. This is a function that treats AI not as a disruption to manage, but as infrastructure to design around. The VP of Workforce Strategy & Total Rewards will be a founding architect of that model.

In this role, you will set the strategic vision for how work, rewards, and the workforce itself evolve at 1Password. You will serve as a trusted advisor to the CPO and the C-suite, bringing a rare combination of deep compensation expertise, organizational design instincts, and the intellectual curiosity to lead in an AI-augmented world. You will lead a team of 15-20 People professionals and hold full ownership of the programs that shape how every employee experiences work, growth, and reward.

1Password is investing intentionally in how our people function operates, how our workforce evolves, and how AI changes what great HR looks like. This role sits at the center of that work. What it calls for is a leader who can hold the vision and drive the execution: someone who brings strategic clarity to complex decisions, builds and develops a team that punches above its weight, and earns genuine influence across the organization through the quality of their thinking and the credibility of their presence.

What we're looking for:

• 12+ years of HR leadership experience with a proven track record leading organizational design and transformation, including navigating leadership change and cultural evolution

• Demonstrated success building and developing high-performing People teams, with a genuine 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 distributed or decentralized organizations

• 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 stakeholders including employees, ELT, founders, investors, and board members

Bonus points for:

• Background in the technology industry; experience with SaaS 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 C-suite on workforce planning, organizational design, and the future of work

• Architect and own a unified workforce strategy, consolidating currently distributed efforts into a coherent, company-wide framework

• Define how work should be distributed: what stays human, what gets augmented, and where judgment remains 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 footprint (US, Canada, UK, Netherlands, Germany, and growing)

AI-Augmented Operating Model

• Lead the transformation 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 automation infrastructure (including Workato-based solutions) 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

Programs

• Reduce time-to-start across the full hiring and onboarding lifecycle, from headcount approval through employee ramp, by identifying and eliminating process and automation gaps that slow the path from "role needed" to "fully productive contributor"

• Modernize the performance and compensation 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

• Navigate a matrixed environment with competing priorities, building coalitions and driving progress on strategic objectives through influence rather than 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

Ownership

You will have full ownership of budget, headcount, and program design across:

• 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 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.

Our culture
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. 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
We believe in the power of remote work, but recognize that in-person connection is important to help us achieve our mission. While we are a remote-first company, travel for in-person engagement is a part of almost all roles, and we require our employees to be ready and willing to take part. Frequency will depend on role and responsibilities, and may include, but is not limited to: annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events.

What we offer
We believe in working hard, and rewarding that hard work through our benefits. While not an exhaustive list, here is a glance at what we currently offer:

Health and wellbeing
👶 Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
🩺 Competitive health benefits
🏝 Generous PTO policy

Growth and future
📈 RSU program for most employees
💸 Retirement matching program
🔑 Free 1Password account

Community
🤝 Paid volunteer days
🏆 Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
🌎 Remote-first work environment
*Some roles in our GTM team are currently being hired for in-person hybrid work in Toronto and Austin. These roles will specify on the posting.

You belong here.

1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love.

Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at [email protected] and we’ll work to meet your needs.

Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you.

Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law.

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