Equity Operations Lead

Overview

Equity Operations Lead drives end-to-end management and compliance of Deel’s Equity for EORs service across borders. You’ll collaborate with Legal, Payroll, People, and Finance to scale global equity programs while ensuring tax and regulatory alignment. The role combines operational execution, data governance, and cross-functional partnership to deliver accurate equity outcomes and participant support. This is a chance to shape the company’s global equity framework at scale, in a fast-moving, diverse environment.

Pay / Benefits

• Stock grant opportunities
• optional flexible working office membership with IWG
• scalable benefits and rewards
• inclusive employment
• equal opportunity employer
• perks based on location and status

Responsibilities

• Manage Equity for EORs service end-to-end, including onboarding, tax event processing, payroll collaboration, and Product automation collaboration
• Partner with Product to develop scalable automation solutions for equity operations
• Collaborate with Legal and Finance to ensure actions align with cap table governance and internal policies
• Deliver high-quality equity participant support with strong customer focus
• Coordinate with Payroll to ensure accurate tax withholding calculation and reporting across jurisdictions
• Work with People to validate/process equity data for board approvals, grants, promotions, and organizational changes
• Design and deliver training materials on the equity program and tax implications
• Ensure global compliance with income and tax withholding rules, especially for cross-border mobility or changes in employment type
• Lead equity operations support for internal teams, prepare data for grant cycles, manage country equity reporting, and coordinate with cross-functional/external stakeholders

Key requirements

• 7+ years of experience in equity administration, payroll, finance, or related fields with global equity operations
• Experience using a cap table platform to administer global stock option programs
• Track record managing stock options, cap table systems, and equity-related legal/financial documentation
• Attention to detail and ability to manage complex data across systems
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and customer service skills
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel or similar tools for equity data analysis
• Ability to lead cross-functional collaboration across Legal, Payroll, People, and external vendors

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• customer service
• cap table platform
• Microsoft Excel
• data analysis

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