Total Rewards and HRIS Director, Jam City

$119-265k

Expert level
Los Angeles

Office located in Culver City, CA

Jam City

Mobile gaming developer

Open for applications

Jam City

Mobile gaming developer

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentMobile

Open for applications

$119-265k

Expert level
Los Angeles

Office located in Culver City, CA

1001+ employees

B2CGamingEntertainmentMobile

Company mission

To provide unique and deeply engaging mobile games that are played by tens of millions of people across the globe.

Role

Who you are

  • Executive compensation, sales and incentive compensation, equity compensation & HRIS strategy
  • Global compensation experience a must; US and Canada experience preferred
  • Workday experience preferred
  • Quantitative and data-driven — able to draw insights from data while making strong intuitive decisions when data is imperfect or unattainable
  • Hungry and energized to hit ambitious goals
  • Proven ability to build process in a rapid-growth environment
  • Passion for building innovative total rewards and programs that are unique, creative and effective
  • CCP, CBP or SPHR certification a plus

What the job involves

  • Director, Global Total Rewards & HRIS will report to the VP, People & Culture and lead the Total Rewards & HRIS team responsible for developing, implementing, and administering global compensation, equity, recognition and benefit programs in 8+ countries
  • You will be responsible for developing and administering market competitive total rewards programs and will be the trusted advisor to our People Partners and Talent Acquisition team on all matters relating to Total Rewards
  • This role will also oversee all other systems and applications utilized by the People function both currently and, in the future, and will serve as the global People data champion
  • Develop and administer Jam City’s global base pay, short-term and long-term incentive programs
  • Advise the executive team, global Talent Acquisition and People Business Partners on pay decisions and guideline interpretations
  • Manage the job and pay structure and provide expertise and counsel to HR community and management
  • Partner with Finance and Legal teams in executing compensation programs
  • Compile, analyze, summarize large amounts of raw data and make recommendations to the executive team
  • Keep apprised of worldwide compensation and equity laws and regulations in order to ensure company compliance
  • Develop and/or participate in compensation surveys, analyzing competitive market data and developing recommendations for salary structure adjustments as appropriate
  • Design, implement and administer global benefit programs, ensuring statutory compliance as well as market competitiveness
  • Manage enrollment process for all countries, to include developing timelines, managing vendors to evaluate options and costs, defining systems setups and specifications and complete needed HRIS updates
  • Work with internal partners in developing benefit programs as new global location are established
  • Design and enhance benefit communications through multiple and varied venues
  • Work with internal teams to research, create and enhance benefit plans and guidelines
  • Work with global benefit brokers and providers to ensure competitive and cost-effective programs
  • Actively participate in all renewal discussions, benefits communication plan, conducting employee meetings, etc
  • Manage the US 401K plan in coordination with the 401K Committee and investment advisors
  • Define and implement a technology strategy and roadmap for end-to-end People technology to deliver on an effective employee experience with an eye toward future growth
  • Consults and collaborates with functional clients to identify People system’s needs, quantifies requirements, and recommends People systems-based options and strategies
  • Lead cross functional teams across multiple People functions such as: Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Rewards and People Operations to link People business strategy and business requirements that can be delivered by technology

Our take

Jam City is a game development company behind some of the most popular mobile games played today, including Jurassic World Alive, Disney EmoJi Blitz and Cookie Jam. The company differentiates itself from others in this with its focus on licensed properties, holding deals with Disney and Warner Brothers among others to produce games featuring their characters. This instant brand recognition has vaulted it to a strong market position, with billions of games downloaded and over $4 billion in sales to date.

Despite extremely strong backing from investors and a solid revenue stream, the company has encountered difficulties in the market. After scrapping plans to go public through a merger in 2021 it has reduced its headcount to bring its operations in line with market conditions. Having also reshuffled its leadership team it is now in a stronger position for sustained growth going forward.

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Insights

Top investors

-25% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Sep 2021

$175m

LATE VC

Jan 2019

$145m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Total funding: $477m

Company benefits

  • We have several choices of medical plans with a range of coverage levels and costs, including a 100% employer-covered plan
  • Healthy teeth and gums are important to your overall wellness. Jam City has 2 PPO plan options
  • Your eyes are important to us. We offer vision coverage so you can save money on eligible eye care expenses
  • So you can focus on you, we offer access to a free personal health assistant
  • Regular, full-time employees are eligible to take up to 12 weeks of paid parental benefit within the one-year period
  • Jam City has an online community to meet and exchange stories, tips, and joy with your fellow Jam Citizen Parents
  • 5 days for Kin Care for family members including (but not limited to) your grandparents, siblings and pets
  • You can purchase supplemental life insurance in addition to the Company-paid Life and Accidental Death (AD&D) insurance provided to you on day one
  • Start saving for a financially secure retirement with the Jam City 401(k) savings plan—it has benefits that beat other savings accounts
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid Sick Time
  • Wellbeing Programs
  • Casual Dress
  • Company Events
  • Dog-Friendly Offices

Company values

  • Love The Player, Love The Game
  • Focus On The Magic & The Measured
  • Promote Diversity & Inclusivity
  • Recognize,Teach, & Pursue Excellence
  • Love What You Do

Company HQ

Hayden Tract, Culver City, CA

Leadership

Former Investment Banker at ING. Since then, has been in Strategic Planning at MTV Networks/Nickelodeon, and Strategy & Business Development at Fox Networks Group. Was previously COO of Jam City since its founding but has stepped up to CEO in January 2023.

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