Most Head of Reward roles offer depth.
This one offers depth and breadth.
Our client is building a People function designed to support the next phase of their growth. As an AIM-listed business, they invest around £40m annually in their people and are looking for a Reward expert who can help ensure that investment delivers the greatest possible impact.
Our client isn't looking for a generalist HR leader who happens to know a bit about reward.
They're looking for someone with genuine reward expertise: the kind of person who can shape reward strategy, challenge senior stakeholders, bring market insight, and help us build the frameworks, governance and capability that currently sit outside the organisation.
In return, you'll gain exposure to the broader leadership of a People function, working closely with the Group HR Director on organisational effectiveness, workforce planning, people operations, technology and strategic people initiatives.
For the right person, this role offers a credible pathway towards future HR Director-level leadership. But the foundation is Reward. That's what will make you successful here.
The role
You'll be the organisation's reward lead, responsible for shaping how the client invests in, reward and retain talent across the Group.
You'll lead their reward agenda, including pay, incentives, benefits and pensions, whilst acting as a trusted adviser on executive reward, share-based reward arrangements and long-term incentive plans.
Alongside reward, you'll provide strategic oversight of the People Operations function, helping the business improve service delivery, simplify processes, make better use of technology and become more data-driven in the way we make people decisions.
Working closely with the Group HR Director, you'll also contribute to workforce planning, organisational design and wider People strategy.
Who the client is seeking
You'll be an established Reward professional with experience of:
- Reward strategy and governance
- Annual pay and bonus processes
- Job architecture, benchmarking and pay levelling
- Incentive and commission design
- Benefits and pension governance
- Reward analytics and commercial decision-making
You'll be someone who enjoys solving complex business problems, can influence senior stakeholders, and wants to broaden their impact beyond reward without losing the specialist expertise that makes you valuable.
Experience of listed businesses, executive remuneration, share schemes or Remuneration Committee activity would be advantageous.
Why join apply?
This is an opportunity to:
- Own and shape the reward agenda for a £40m people investment
- Bring specialist expertise into a business that genuinely values it
- Influence Executive, Board and Remuneration Committee decisions
- Work directly with a Group HR Director and Executive team
- Gain broader exposure to operations, insight, technology and organisational effectiveness
- Build a credible pathway towards future HR Director-level leadership