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Head of Total Rewards

Nubank · Palo Alto · Remote

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About Nubank

Backed by Sequoia, Founders Fund and Redpoint.

About the role

You will lead global compensation, benefits, wellness, and executive compensation end-to-end, sit on the Executive Committee, and partner directly with our CEO and CHRO on the most consequential people decisions we make: site location strategy, M&A diligence, market entry, AI transformation, and the deals that secure the leaders defining Nubank's next chapter. Build and develop your team , fostering ownership and continuous improvement in a high-velocity environment.

What they're looking for

  • 10+ years leading global Total Rewards functions in complex, multi-country environments
  • Deep expertise in compensation, benefits, and executive compensation design
  • Experience in high-growth or tech-driven organizations - you know what breaks when a company scales fast
  • A track record leading large-scale organizational change through complex, cross-functional projects
  • The communication range to make complex trade-offs clear and compelling to a C-level and Board audience
  • A strategic, data-driven mindset - and the operational discipline to actually ship the work, not just design it
More about this role

Nu serves more than 140 million customers, guided by a mission to fight complexity and empower people. The company has been leading an industry transformation through innovative products and human-centered services.

Proprietary technology and data at scale power Nu’s digital platform, built to promote financial access, advancement, and transparency. Its business model thrives on customer love and lower costs, feeding a flywheel of growth and profitability.

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We're now entering our next growth cycle — accelerating internationalization beyond Latin America and expanding into new verticals beyond financial services.

Here's the question this role exists to answer: as Nubank moves from a Latin American digital bank into a globally distributed company operating across dozens of jurisdictions and new verticals - competing simultaneously for regulated banking talent and frontier tech talent - how do we build a Rewards architecture that scales without fragmenting, stays competitive, efficient & effective, and reinforces a single culture across radically different labor markets?

The frameworks that took us from zero to over 135M customers across three countries...

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