About Xanadu

Xanadu’s mission is to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere.

At Xanadu, we are learners, innovators, researchers, collaborators and problem solvers. We are creating something that has never been built before. What we are doing is extremely hard, the classic moon shot. Few people in their life will be able to be a part of something like this, where if we are successful, the technologies we develop will solve some of the world’s most challenging problems, and literally change the world. And that is something to be excited about

Your role and responsibilities

Xanadu is looking for a Director, Total Rewards to lead the evolution and day-to-day delivery of our global compensation, equity and benefits programs.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this role will be both a strategic partner and hands-on leader. You will help shape Xanadu’s Total Rewards philosophy and build the programs, practices and governance required for our next stage as a public company, while ensuring our core reward programs operate effectively every day.

You will partner closely with the Chief People Officer on executive compensation, equity strategy, and Compensation Committee matters. At the same time, you will remain close to the work - leading compensation cycles, developing analyses and recommendations, overseeing equity and benefits programs, solving complex compensation issues and building the infrastructure required to scale.

Xanadu operates in a highly specialised and competitive talent market. Our ability to attract, retain and motivate exceptional scientific, technical and business talent is critical to our success. The Director,



Total Rewards will help ensure our approach to compensation and equity reflects the talent we compete for, our stage of development and financial model, and our responsibilities as a public company.

The successful candidate will bring strong Total Rewards expertise, sound business and financial judgement, and the ability to translate strategy into practical solutions. They will be equally comfortable discussing compensation philosophy with senior leaders, building a compensation model, or working through an individual compensation decision.

Total Rewards Strategy & Architecture

- Build reward programs that help Xanadu attract, retain and motivate exceptional talent while supporting performance, internal equity, affordability and long-term shareholder value.
- Develop and maintain compensation architecture, including job levels, market benchmarks, salary ranges and approaches to geographic and talent-market differentiation.
- Balance the use of cash and equity to create a compelling employee value proposition while supporting responsible capital and equity utilisation.
- Translate Total Rewards strategy into clear policies, programmes, governance and operating practices that can scale with the organisation.
- Monitor external talent, compensation, economic and regulatory developments and recommend changes as Xanadu and the competitive landscape evolve.





Executive Compensation & Public Company Governance

- Develop analyses, recommendations and materials for the Compensation Committee, including executive compensation, incentive design, benchmarking, peer groups and equity programmes.
- Lead executive compensation benchmarking and modelling and provide advice on compensation arrangements for executives and other senior leaders.
- Partner with Legal, Finance and external advisors on executive compensation disclosure and applicable securities, stock exchange and governance requirements in Canada and the United States.
- Maintain solid compensation governance, controls and documentation appropriate for a public company environment.
- Support the design and ongoing evolution of short- and long-term incentive programmes that align leadership outcomes with company performance and long-term shareholder value.

Equity & Long-Term Incentives

- Lead the evolution and operation of Xanadu’s equity and long-term incentive programmes, balancing attraction and retention, performance alignment, employee value, shareholder interests and responsible equity utilisation.
- Develop modelling and recommendations related to equity participation, grant practices, share-pool utilisation, dilution and burn rate.
- Oversee the administration of RSUs, stock options and other equity programmes, including grant processes, vesting, reporting and employee support.
- Partner with Legal and Finance on equity governance, controls and public-company requirements.
- Ensure employees and leaders understand the value, mechanics and intent of Xanadu’s equity programmes.

Global Compensation & Benefits

- Lead Xanadu’s annual compe

📌 Director, Total Rewards (Canada)
🏢 Xanadu
📍 Canada