Welcome to Brightline! We are searching for a Total Rewards & Compliance Leader who will build and scale our national total rewards, compensation, performance management, and HR compliance strategy as we continue to grow. This leader will serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership, shaping how we design equitable compensation programs, define career paths, strengthen compliance programs, and enable a culture of continuous performance and development across the organization.

This is a highly visible and impactful role – ideal for a mission-driven people leader who thrives in ambiguity, excels at cross-functional collaboration, and is excited to architect systems that support organizational growth, engagement, fairness, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

Compliance Strategy & Roadmap

• Ensure compensation, benefits, and people programs comply with federal, state, and multi-state regulatory requirements. Ensure alignment with multi-state compensation and benefits regulations.

• Partner with Legal, Accounting and People Ops on audits, risk mitigation, and documentation. Develop and maintain compliant policies, frameworks, and governance practices. Strengthen internal controls and process consistency across states and entities.

Performance Management & Talent Development

• Design and deliver performance management programs that foster continuous feedback, enable growth, and align with organizational objectives. Lead company-wide performance management cycles and enhancements.

• Define role expectations and competency frameworks across functions. Partner with senior leaders on talent strategy and org design.

Organizational Design & Career Pathing

• Serve as a strategic leader within our career path and org design workstreams, ensuring clarity, consistency, and scalability.

• Design and refine career models and leveling frameworks. Align role expectations with business priorities and workforce planning. Partner with leaders on future-state org structures and headcount planning.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership

• Serve as an internal consultant and trusted thought partner across the organization. Collaborate with executive leadership across all teams and functions.

• Translate insights into actionable recommendations and implementation plans. Facilitate workshops, alignment discussions, and leader engagement. Track decisions, outcomes, and program performance with operational rigor.

Data-Driven Analysis & Program Effectiveness

• Ensure programs are grounded in strong analytics and decision-making rigor.

• Oversee compensation, benefits, performance, and compliance analytics.

• Ensure data integrity across systems and workflows.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an HR-related field and/or HR certification (CCP, PHR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, etc.)

• Demonstrated experience leading total rewards and/or performance programs within an organization

• Knowledge of best practices related to benefits strategy and relationship with payroll processes/procedures

• Experience managing HR or compensation-related compliance in multi-state environments

• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities

• Experience leading high-impact initiatives integrated with business strategy

• Proven ability to collaborate with executive-level stakeholders across functions

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills

• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously

• Skilled facilitator across 1:1, small-group, and workshop environments

• Experience in a fast-growing startup environment

We offer several benefits, perks, and stipends:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, and 401k

• 12 Company Holidays, Holiday Shutdown, Flexible Time Off, Parental Leave

• Health and Wellness Stipend, Home Office Reimbursement and Professional Development Reimbursement

• Stock Options

At Brightline we have built a total rewards philosophy that includes fair, equitable, competitive, geo-based compensation that is performance and potential based. Our strategy is based on robust market research, including external advisory specializing in national compensation, and thoughtful input from every level of our organization. It is a combination of a cash salary, equity, benefits, wellbeing, and opportunity. In compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the annual base salary range for applicants is $170,000-$200,000.

Our Commitment to Building a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workforce

At Brightline, we believe that Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging are essential to the foundation upon which our mission is built. We are committed to:

• building a future where all families can access inclusive, high-quality care

• creating an environment that encourages our employees to show up authentically, reach their highest potential, and have an equal opportunity to thrive

• systematically evaluating and improving our inherent beliefs, observed behaviors, structures, and systems

• ensuring that every employee, candidate, client, and family we serve is valued and respected

About Brightline

Brightline is a therapy and psychiatry practice that delivers expert pediatric, teen, and parental mental health care to families and kids up to age 18. Brightline’s virtual and in-person outpatient services include diagnostic evaluation, therapy, psychiatry services (e.g. medication management), and psychological testing (to assess learning differences, school readiness, executive functioning difficulties [e.g. ADHD], and autism). In addition to Brightline’s generalized support, we offer focused programs including those that support anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorders, ADHD, and disruptive behaviors. Founded in 2019, Brightline has delivered care to tens of thousands of families with industry-leading results. We’ve been nationally recognized for clinical excellence and innovation for several years — recent awards include the Fast Company 50 Most Innovative Companies (2022) and Behavioral Health Business Companies to Watch Award (2024). Brightline is based in Palo Alto and is backed by investors including Boston Children’s Hospital, Northwell Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Google Ventures, KKR, and Oak HC/FT.