Global Equity Programs Lead

About this role

Own Baseten’s global equity operations as the company expands across countries, entities, and increasingly complex transactions. Build scalable processes, controls, systems, and reporting in partnership with Legal, Tax, Payroll, Compensation, and Accounting.

About the company

Baseten is an inference cloud that helps companies run and scale AI models in production with flexible infrastructure and developer tooling.

The team

G&A / Finance

What you'll do

• Build and run the equity administration operating model and recurring equity calendar.
• Maintain accurate equity records and reconcile data across equity, HRIS, payroll, cap table, and accounting systems.
• Translate compensation and plan decisions into workflows, system configurations, approvals, and employee communications.
• Coordinate equity refreshes and support international hiring, mobility, acquisitions, and liquidity programs.
• Design controls and reporting for financial reporting, audits, dilution, grants, vesting, exercises, and program obligations.
• Own the equity platform, integrations, permissions, vendor performance, and process automation.
• Develop employee resources and help determine future team structure and external-provider needs.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of progressive equity administration or operations experience, ideally at a scaling technology company.
• Hands-on ownership of complex equity transactions and underlying data.
• Knowledge of stock options, RSUs, vesting, settlement, tax withholding, employee mobility, and equity plan operations.
• Experience administering an equity platform integrated with HRIS, payroll, accounting, and reporting systems.
• Experience designing reconciliations, approval workflows, documentation, and audit support.
• Strong data problem-solving, cross-functional judgment, communication, discretion, and time management.

Nice to have

• Certified Equity Professional certification or progress toward it.
• International equity and cross-border mobility experience.
• Experience with acquisitions, tender offers, financings, or other corporate transactions.
• Working knowledge of stock-based compensation accounting and insider trading compliance.
• Experience building or expanding an equity operations team.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity.
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for U.S. employees and dependents.
• Flexible PTO and company-wide Winter Break.
• Paid parental leave.
• Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot.
• Company-facilitated 401(k) for U.S. employees.