Faire hires Senior Manager, Global Equity to run end-to-end equity programs as company scales

# What the job is

Faire posted a remote Senior Manager, Global Equity role to run and scale its global equity programs. The role centralizes ownership of equity plan design, administration, accounting, compliance, and the employee experience for all award types and jurisdictions. The team-level expectation is to build durable, audit-ready processes that support growth and readiness for public-company operations.

# Responsibilities you should expect

• Own equity operations end-to-end: grant issuance, vesting, exercises, releases, share pool management, and reconciliations between the equity platform and the general ledger.
• Design and operate equity systems and workflows, including Shareworks or equivalent, and integrate them with payroll, HRIS, and financial reporting systems.
• Lead public company equity responsibilities: SEC reporting support, insider trading programs, audit readiness, and equity-related internal controls.
• Advise on complex employee, executive, and stakeholder equity matters and act as a senior escalation point.
• Manage global regulatory, tax, and compliance risk in partnership with Legal and outside advisors.

• Bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Law, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years' experience in stock plan administration with leadership in complex or high-growth environments.
• Deep, hands-on expertise in global equity programs including legal, tax, and payroll considerations across multiple jurisdictions.

• Proven experience scaling equity programs through private-to-public readiness or operating within a public company.
• CEP certification is strongly preferred.
• Strong cross-functional influence skills to work with Finance, Accounting, Payroll, Legal, and People teams.

# Compensation, location, and logistics

This remote role is open only to candidates located in a defined list of U.S. states (including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin).

Faire positions itself as a technology wholesale platform serving independent retailers globally. The Senior Manager, Global Equity role supports company scaling and a push toward public-company operational rigor. The job emphasizes building processes and systems that are audit-ready and able to handle cross-border legal, tax, and payroll complexity.

# day-to-day

Expect to lead systems implementation and integration work (Shareworks or a similar platform), partner closely with finance and legal on controls and compliance, and troubleshoot complex equity cases for employees and executives. You will develop reconciliations and reporting, support SEC and audit processes, and maintain relationships with external advisors for tax and regulatory matters.