Vice President, Total Rewards
$220k - $240k USD
At Curaleaf, we’re redefining the cannabis industry with a strong commitment to quality, expertise, and innovation. As a leading global cannabis provider, our brands—including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots—offer premium products and services in both medical and adult-use markets.
Join us at Curaleaf to be part of a high-growth, purpose-driven company that champions corporate social responsibility through our Rooted in Good initiative, supporting community outreach and positive change. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, drive innovation, and help shape the future of cannabis.
Title: Vice President, Total Rewards
Location: Stamford, CT. On-Site
Job Type: Full-Time | Exempt
About the Role:
The Vice President, Total Rewards is a strategic and operational leader responsible for designing, implementing, and evolving a market-competitive Total Rewards strategy that attracts, retains, and motivates top talent. This role partners closely with executive leadership and the Board to ensure compensation, benefits, and equity programs align with business strategy, financial performance, and organizational values. The VP brings deep executive compensation expertise, strong analytical rigor, sound judgment, and the ability to lead effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and lead a comprehensive Total Rewards strategy, including base pay, incentives, equity, benefits, and recognition programs
- Partner with senior leadership and the Compensation Committee to design executive and Board-level compensation programs
- Lead annual compensation processes, including performance-based pay, short- and long-term incentive plans
- Oversee stock plan administration, equity analysis (burn rate/overhang), and commission plan design
- Conduct external market analyses to ensure competitiveness and alignment with compensation philosophy
- Evaluate and optimize health, welfare, and retirement benefit plans
- Build and administer job architecture to support organizational clarity and growth
- Ensure regulatory compliance (including FLSA) and governance best practices
- Lead, develop, and mentor team members while fostering cross-functional collaboration
- Operate with agility and composure in a dynamic, high-accountability environment
What You’ll Bring:
- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, including executive and equity-based compensation
- Strong financial, statistical, and modeling expertise with advanced Excel proficiency
- Proven ability to design and implement best-in-class Total Rewards strategies across multiple employee populations
- Executive presence and the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly to senior leaders and Board members
- Deep knowledge of compensation governance, regulatory requirements, and benefit plan structures
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect rewards strategy to performance and long-term value creation
- High level of accountability, integrity, and sound judgment
- Leadership capability with a collaborative, cross-functional mindset
- Resilience, adaptability, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- Title, level, and compensation commensurate with experience
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Curaleaf Pay Transparency
$220,000—$240,000 USD
What We Offer:
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Competitive Pay and Benefits
- Generous PTO and Parental Leave
- 401(K) Retirement Plan
- Life/ Disability Insurance
- Community Involvement
- Referral Bonuses and Product Discounts
Benefits vary by state, role type, and eligibility.
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Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (TSX: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to enhance lives by cultivating, sharing, and celebrating the power of the plant. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company, and its brands, including Curaleaf, Select, Grassroots, Find, and Anthem provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. Curaleaf International is powered by a strong presence in all stages of the supply chain. Its unique distribution network throughout Europe, Canada and Australasia brings together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction and production. Home | Curaleaf | Cannabis with Confidence
Our Vision: To be the world's leading cannabis company by consistently delivering superior products and services and driving the global acceptance of cannabis.
Our Values:
- Lead and Inspire.
- Commit to Win.
- ONE Curaleaf.
- Driven to Deliver Excellence.
Curaleaf is an equal opportunity employer. Curaleaf recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Individuals adversely impacted by the war on drugs are encouraged to apply.
Current Curaleaf employees should apply for open positions through our Internal Job Board, which can be accessed via the link on The Leaf.