Global Rewards & Payroll Specialist (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

Why join us?

You’ll have the chance to:

• Shape global reward programs in a pioneering Web3 company.
• Work at the intersection of finance, people, and blockchain innovation .
• Grow your career in a dynamic, international, and supportive team.

The role

We’re looking for a Global Rewards & Payroll Specialist to join our global People team. This is a unique opportunity to shape how rewards work in a fast-evolving Web3 and blockchain environment—balancing strategic compensation design (cash, equity, token) with hands-on payroll and HR operations .

You’ll be based in the UK and collaborate closely with Finance, Legal, and HRBP to ensure that our reward programs are competitive, compliant, and motivating for a diverse, distributed workforce.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Reward Design

• Build and maintain our global pay philosophy, job architecture, and salary ranges—ensuring both market competitiveness and internal fairness.
• Partner with Legal on equity and token-based incentives (options, vesting, liquidity/lock-up mechanics) aligned with UK and global regulatory standards.
• Lead annual/bi-annual compensation cycles (merit, promotions, bonus, commission, market adjustments), driving insights and manager engagement.
• Design tailored incentive frameworks (e.g., sales quotas, SPIFFs, project bonuses, on-chain bounties) with clear governance and transparency.

Operations (Hands-on Delivery)

• Run global payroll end-to-end, monthly changes, leavers/joiners, coordinate with external payroll provider.
• Maintain HRIS data integrity; develop dashboards and insights (compa-ratio, pay gap analysis, benefit take-up rates).
• Support global mobility/contractor needs.
• Ensure compliance with employment law and internal controls.

Advisory & Business Partnering

• Guide leaders on offers, retention packages, and reward communications.
• Provide managers with training and easy-to-use tools for pay and benefits decisions.
• Be the go-to partner for reward-related questions in a fast-moving environment.

Requirements

• 3–5 years’ experience in C&B/Total Rewards, with exposure to both compensation design and operational delivery (payroll, benefits).
• Proficiency in written and spoken Chinese is required ( required for cross-regional collaboration )
• Hands-on experience with equity plans, and ideally exposure to token/crypto-linked incentives in Web3, fintech, or tech sectors.
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills and ability to translate data into clear insights;
• A detail-oriented operator who thrives in high-change, high-growth environments.

Bonus points if you have

• CIPP, WorldatWork, or other reward qualifications.
• Experience in start-up/scale-up companies with distributed global teams.
• Exposure to sales/revenue-linked compensation and quota design.
• Familiarity with on-chain contributor rewards and vesting/lock-up best practices.