Vice President, Total Rewards

Job Description

Hi, We’re AppFolio.

We’re innovators, changemakers, and collaborators. We’re more than just a software company — we’re a cloud-based powerhouse that creates products to make our customers’ lives easier. We’re revolutionizing the way people do business, and we want your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your passion to help us keep on innovating.

We love where we work, and you can, too.

As Vice President, Total Rewards, you will create and bring to life differentiated reward programs and practices that will power our growth by attracting, motivating and keeping an exceptional and diverse team to propel us as we grow and scale.

What We’re Looking For

Strategic Compensation and Total Rewards leader that applies creativity in building a Total Rewards strategy, roadmap and inclusive practices as our company grows

Develop and implement a three-year Executive Compensation strategy aligned with our Executive Compensation philosophy, pay for performance approach and key stakeholders

Deliver rewards programs that are differentiated, valued, equitable and give us an edge in attracting & retaining top talent from diverse backgrounds

Enable leaders to make great equitable rewards decisions and have productive pay conversations

Build and retain a high performing team

Define and apply strong governance practices to our rewards processes to mitigate the biggest risks and demonstrate compliance

Key Competencies:

• Strategic thinking: Ability to develop and adjust rewards strategy to address movements in the market and business. Inspires imagination by creating a coherent vision out of messy issues. Able to lead with a clear, compelling vision for the Total Rewards team.
• Communication skills: Able to effectively communicate what we are doing and why we are doing it. Strong executive presence with both the ability and credibility to present ideas and recommendations at all levels within the organization and to the Board of Directors.
• Analytical skills: Able to distill data down to key information that enables great decision-making.
• Project Management: Project management and organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to navigate in a fast-paced & performance-oriented environment.
• Business acumen: Understands how our business works, knowledgeable in current and future practices, policies, trends and relevant technology. Grasps complexities and connections among problems or issues, able to prioritize elements that will most drive AppFolio success.
• Discretion & Confidentiality: Ability to exercise discretion, judgment, tact and poise in handling highly sensitive and confidential information.
• Urgency: Inclination and ability to accomplish goals much faster than normally expected
• Consulting/Influencing: Highly curious and ability to influence leaders without rules.
• Process management/leveraging technology: Ability to refine and navigate processes with high data integrity and a metrics-driven approach. Evaluates and recommends new tools/technology changes as necessary.
• Dot Connector: Thoughtfully considers how events, challenges, new information and decisions may impact or connect to others and seizes the opportunity to join the associated people and teams. Consistently ensures that cross-functional partners and the voice of the customer are represented in the design and delivery of people practices.

Key Attributes:

• 7+ years in a Compensation/Total Rewards leadership, leading a team of 5+ people
• Experience creating the strategy around a total rewards/compensation program in a high tech or SAAS company is preferred
• Track record of regular interaction with senior-level executives and driving company-wide initiatives
• Strong relationship builder, who thrives in a fast paced, collaborative environment

Our Story

AppFolio (NASDAQ: APPF) was founded in 2006 with the mission to revolutionize vertical industry businesses by providing great software and service. Our easy-to-use, cloud-based software helps our customers more effectively market, manage, and grow their businesses. Our software solutions exist in the real estate vertical, including AppFolio Property Manager and AppFolio Investment Management

To find out more about what AppFolio has to offer, check out appfolioinc.com/careers.