Compensation & Benefits Manager - Mandarin Speaking

About the job

Who Are We?

Socrates is a global web3 social media and entertainment platform based on the blockchain, where users earn rewards by participating in multiple-choice Q&As, debating and sharing knowledge. Combining the best of Social-Fi and Game-Fi, the organisation aims to explore the power of technology to reshape the world and new ways of collective thinking.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Global remote work opportunities
• Flexible working hours
• Digital nomad friendly

Location: UK (Remote)

Contract: Full-time, UK-based

The role

Socrates is a Web3 company building decentralised products with a globally distributed team. We’re hiring a Compensation & Benefits (C&B) Manager who can design global compensation strategy and run day-to-day operations (payroll, benefits, compliance). You will balance strategic reward design (cash, equity, token) with hands-on delivery, partnering with Finance, Legal/Tax and People Ops.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Governance

• Design and maintain pay philosophy, job architecture, grades and salary bands for global roles; ensure internal equity and market competitiveness (benchmarking via reputable market data providers).
• Partner with Legal/Tax to design equity and (where applicable) token-based incentives (e.g., stock options, vesting/cliffs, liquidity/lock-up mechanics), aligning to UK regulatory guidance.
• Own annual/bi-annual compensation cycles (merit, promotions, market adjustments, bonus/commission), including budgeting, analytics and manager enablement.
• Define sales & engineering incentive frameworks (e.g., quota plans, SPIFFs, project bonuses, on-chain bounty structures) with clear, auditable rules.

Operations (Hands-on Delivery)

• Run global payroll end-to-end, monthly changes, leavers/joiners, coordinate with external payroll provider.
• Administer benefits (medical, dental, life/DI, EAP, wellbeing, cycle-to-work, technology schemes); manage renewals, broker relations and comms.
• Maintain HRIS data integrity; produce reward dashboards (compa-ratio, range penetration, gender pay gap indicators, benefit take-up).
• Support global mobility/contractor needs.
• Ensure compliance with employment law and internal controls (SOX-style where applicable).

Business Partnering

• Advise leaders on offers, counter-offers, retention packages and total reward narratives.
• Train managers on pay decisions and benefit utilisation; build simple tools/calculators and guidance.

Requirements

• 8+ years C&B/Total Rewards experience, including hands-on global payroll & benefits operations and compensation design.
• Proficiency in written and spoken Chinese is required
• Solid knowledge of global rewards compliance.
• Experience with equity plans and partnering on token or crypto-linked incentives (nice if from Web3/fintech/tech).
• Advanced Excel/Sheets and data storytelling; HRIS/payroll tooling (e.g., Workday, BambooHR, HiBob, ADP, Sage, Papaya/Deel).
• Pragmatic, detail-driven operator who can switch between policy design and daily execution in a high-change environment.

Nice to have

• CIPP or WorldatWork/Reward qualifications; experience in start-up/scale-up and distributed teams.
• Exposure to revenue/sales compensation and quota mechanics.
• Familiarity with on-chain contributor rewards and vesting/lock-up best practices.