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ICON is a construction technology company developing robotics, intelligent software systems, and advanced materials that are changing the way the world builds on Earth and beyond. Since 2017 the company has raised more than $550 million, commercially launched its Titan robotic construction platform in March 2026, and surpassed $360 million in government contracts across the U.S. Army, Air Force, DARPA, and NASA. That growth is scaling ICON's headcount and widening the range of work it does, from robotics and hardware engineering to software, skilled construction trades, corporate functions, and cleared government programs, each with distinct pay and benefits demands.

ICON is scaling its Total Rewards function and is hiring a Director, Total Rewards to drive the next chapter of compensation, benefits, and rewards strategy end to end and to build and lead the team that runs it. Reporting to the SVP, Human Resources, this role directs the function through a growing team, sets its strategy and policy, and partners with senior leadership on the decisions that determine how ICON pays and cares for its people. On systems and data, you partner with the Workday Analyst, defining requirements and process without owning hands-on implementation.

You will work alongside leaders across the company to keep build total rewards packages that attract and retain amazing talent across every job family and every state in which ICON operates, and you will iterate and build the pay structures, benefits programs, analytics, and policies a rapidly scaling company needs. As ICON grows, you own the total rewards infrastructure and the team behind it.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Compensation Strategy & Structure

• Own ICON's compensation strategy end to end: design and maintain compensation structures, ranges, and bands; keep them aligned to ICON's core leveling framework; and run market benchmarking so pay stays competitive across every division.
• Design and govern incentive and equity plan structures, ensuring rewards are consistent and aligned with business goals.
• Advise Talent Acquisition and hiring managers on offers, leveling, and pay decisions, providing the analysis and building scalable process that keeps offers competitive, equitable, and within structure.
• Own job architecture: oversee job families, core and unit-specific leveling, core skills and compliance designations.

Benefits Programs

• Design and manage ICON's benefits programs, including health and welfare plans, retirement, leave, and ancillary offerings, spanning plan selection, renewals, open enrollment, and broker and vendor management.
• Analyze and assess the performance and utilization of all employee benefit plans.

Total Rewards Analytics

• Drive compensation budgets, merit and promotion cycles, equity pool planning, and the cost modeling behind rewards decisions.
• Build total rewards analytics and reporting, including pay-range penetration, market positioning, and cost, to give leadership a clear, data-driven view of how ICON invests in its people.

Compliance & Pay Equity

• Maintain and iterate pay-equity practices, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations across the multiple states and industries in which ICON operates.
• Account for the distinct rewards needs of ICON's divisions.

Systems, Policy & Operations

• Partner with the Workday Analyst on the systems and data behind compensation and benefits, defining the requirements and process without needing to be the hands-on implementer.
• Develop, document, and execute compensation and benefits policies that scale with the company.

Function & Team Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop the founding Total Rewards team, setting operational objectives and policy and growing the function as ICON scales.
• Participate with senior leadership to set total rewards strategy, then cascade it into consistent practice across every division.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of progressive experience in compensation, benefits, or total rewards, including ownership of a compensation structure or benefits program.
• 5+ years of people management experience, or demonstrated experience building and leading a function.
• 5+ years experience overseeing benefits programs, including health and retirement plans.
• Demonstrated experience designing or substantially managing salary structures, bands, and market benchmarking.
• Demonstrated experience working with employee equity plans including benchmarking and communicating equity compensation.
• Working knowledge of compensation and benefits compliance across multiple U.S. states, including FLSA, and pay equity.
• Able to work on-site at ICON's Austin, TX campus.

PREFERRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Total rewards experience in a high-growth or scaling company.
• Experience with Workday for compensation and benefits.
• Experience spanning distinct job families, for example engineering or technology alongside skilled trades, manufacturing, or government and defense roles.
• Experience building or scaling a total rewards function from an early stage.