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Reward Manager
Reward Manager
Location: Hybrid (UK) Salary: Competitive salary + bonus + excellent benefits
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Reward Manager to join a large, well-established organisation undergoing continued transformation. This role offers broad exposure across:
- Reward strategy
- Governance
- Employee terms
- Business partnering
- Major change programmes
You will work closely with senior leaders to shape reward practices that support organisational objectives.
This is a varied leadership position with responsibility for delivering strategic reward initiatives, providing expert guidance on complex reward matters, and leading a small team within a high-performing reward function.
The Role
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and maintaining reward policies and employment frameworks to ensure they remain fit for purpose and aligned with business needs
- Supporting collective pay reviews and consultations, working alongside HR, Industrial Relations, and business leaders
- Managing complex reward projects from initial planning through to implementation, ensuring successful delivery across multiple stakeholders
- Providing expert advice on pay, benefits, incentives, and wider reward matters to senior leaders and HR teams
- Producing insight, analysis, and recommendations to support business decisions and governance processes
- Reviewing external market trends, legislation, and emerging practices to help inform future reward approaches
- Building strong relationships across the organisation to ensure consistent and commercially balanced reward outcomes
- Leading, coaching, and developing a small team while promoting continuous improvement and high standards of delivery
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About You
We're interested in speaking with reward professionals who have experience operating in large, complex organisations and can balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
You'll likely have:
- A strong background across compensation and reward, including policy development and governance
- Experience supporting or leading pay reviews, consultations, or union engagement within a unionised environment
- A sound understanding of UK employment legislation as it relates to reward and employee terms
- A track record of delivering complex projects involving multiple stakeholders
- Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills
- Experience managing or mentoring others within a reward or HR team
- A commercially minded approach, supported by strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- CIPD qualification or equivalent experience is advantageous
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Why Apply?
- Join a business where reward plays a key role in organisational strategy
- Work on a broad portfolio of high-impact initiatives across reward and people
- Collaborate with senior leaders and influence business-wide decision making
- Lead a capable team while continuing to develop your own career
- Competitive reward package and flexible hybrid working
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