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Role Overview 📝

As our Driver Pay Manager, you'll own the financial relationship between HIVED and our driver fleet. This is a senior, analytical role for someone who understands that accurate, fair pay isn't just an admin function — it's a critical part of how we earn and keep driver trust. You'll run a clean payroll operation while also digging into the data behind it: understanding how different route types translate into earnings, identifying where our pay models can be sharper, and working cross-functionally to improve them over time.

What you’ll be doing 🚀

• Own end-to-end driver invoicing and payroll — accurate, on time, every week.
• Produce regular pay analysis reports that surface discrepancies between expected and actual earnings, and investigate the why behind them.
• Maintain our pay framework documentation — keeping the logic behind every route type clear, current, and accessible.
• Manage the cost recovery process (vehicle damage, fines, equipment) with transparency and fairness.
• Partner with drivers on payment plans where needed, keeping things manageable and professional.
• Work closely with Operations, Fleet, and Finance to ensure pay decisions reflect operational reality.
• Feed analysis and recommendations into commercial reviews of our driver pay structures.

🙌 We’re Looking For Someone Who…

• Experienced in payroll, invoicing, or contractor pay — ideally in logistics, transport, or a similarly hands-on industry.
• Analytically strong: you can build a report, interrogate a dataset, and turn findings into a clear recommendation.
• A confident communicator who can handle sensitive conversations — about costs, disputes, or recoveries — with professionalism and empathy.
• Someone who works well across teams and can influence decisions without direct authority.
• Detail-obsessed on accuracy, but strategic enough to see the bigger picture.
• Resilient and calm under deadline pressure.

How we reward our team 🎁

• Dynamic hybrid working environment with a diverse and driven team.
• Huge opportunity for learning in a high growth environment, with progression opportunities based on success in the role.
• 25 days of holiday allowance plus public holidays.
• 1 Birthday Day Off + 2 Tenure-Based Additional Days Off.
• Subsidised Private Medical Insurance including dental, vision & mental health therapy.
• Bi-annual performance reviews and tailored development plans.
• Competitive salary + EMI options scheme.
• Annual compensation review.
• Team lunch provided once a week.
• Quarterly team socials and annual sports day (HIVED Olympics).
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption policy as day 1 right.
• Community volunteer days.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Dog friendly office and depots.
• MacBook Air or Windows Laptop (depending on your preference).

🔍 Want to learn more?

• 🎥 Meet the team in 60 seconds: Behind the scenes with HIVED
• HIVED is B Corporation certified.
• HIVED is #7 on The Sunday Times Tech 100.
• Read how HIVED raised $42M to transform parcel delivery with AI and all-electric logistics network.
• Check the Impact Reports for 2024 and 2025.
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