Group Reward Lead

Overview

As Group Reward Lead, you will shape how we attract, retain and reward talent across our global organisation. You’ll influence reward strategy in a high‑performing team and partner with senior leaders to ensure competitiveness, fairness and alignment with business goals. You’ll apply analytics to drive evidence-based decisions and governance across reward programmes, delivering impact on employee engagement and organisational effectiveness. This role offers hybrid working and a chance to influence rewards at scale within a FTSE 100 company.

Pay / Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension with life assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Flexible working
• Annual incentive plan
• Employee share scheme

Responsibilities

• Lead annual reward activities (salary reviews, incentive cycles) and governance
• Conduct market benchmarking and reward analysis to inform decisions
• Develop and refine compensation frameworks, policies and governance
• Provide expert reward guidance to HR teams and senior leaders on complex issues
• Support reward-related projects and change initiatives improving employee experience and effectiveness
• Analyse reward data and market intelligence to identify trends, opportunities and risks

Key requirements

• Significant experience in compensation and reward in large, complex, matrixed organisations with international exposure
• Proven ability to design, implement and operate reward frameworks and processes
• Strong track record leading annual reward cycles (salary reviews and incentives)
• Experience with market benchmarking, salary surveys and reward analytics
• Excellent analytical skills with advanced Excel; experience with HR systems such as SuccessFactors
• Strong stakeholder management and credibility with senior leaders

• Stakeholder management
• Influencing and credibility
• Analytical mindset
• Advanced Excel
• SuccessFactors
• Market benchmarking and reward analytics

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