Global Reward Partner in London

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The Reward Partner supports the delivery and continuous improvement of the organisation's global reward programmes, policies and processes. Working closely with the Global Head of Reward, the role is responsible for the operational delivery of core reward activities, maintaining the integrity of reward data and job architecture, and providing expert advice to People Business Partners and business leaders on reward matters.

The role combines strong analytical capability with project management and stakeholder partnering to ensure reward programmes are delivered effectively, support business objectives and provide a competitive employee value proposition.

Key responsibilities

• Project-manage the annual delivery of core reward processes, including annual compensation reviews, short-term incentives (bonus/commission) and long-term incentive (LTI) cycles.
• Coordinate reward activities across multiple business areas, ensuring governance, timelines and approvals are effectively managed.
• Support the administration and implementation of executive and employee incentive plans.
• Ensure reward programmes are delivered consistently and in line with policy and governance requirements.
• Act as a trusted reward advisor to People Business Partners, providing guidance on compensation, job architecture, benchmarking and reward policy.
• Support managers and HR colleagues with reward-related queries.
• Provide recommendations that balance market competitiveness, internal equity and affordability.
• Build strong relationships across HR, Finance and business leadership to support effective reward decision-making.
• Maintain and evolve the organisation's job architecture using the WTW Global Grading Framework.
• Evaluate new and existing roles, ensuring consistent job levelling and governance.
• Conduct external market benchmarking to support compensation decisions and organisational design.
• Produce insightful reward analytics to support business decisions and reward strategy.
• Develop compensation models, salary increase scenarios and incentive funding analyses.
• Analyse internal and external market data to identify trends, pay gaps and competitive positioning.
• Regularly review and validate reward data across People systems and reward databases.
• Manage participation in annual salary surveys, including data collection, validation and submission.
• Support the Global Head of Reward in the development and implementation of the organisation's global reward strategy.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Experience in a specialist Reward or Compensation role within a global, complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of compensation, incentive plans and reward programme delivery.
• Proven experience conducting market benchmarking and salary analysis.
• Advanced analytical and modelling skills, including strong Excel/Google Sheets capability.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Desirable

• Knowledge of executive compensation and long-term incentive plans.
• Experience using HR systems, knowledge of HiBob preferable but not essential.
• Familiarity with pay legislation and global reward trends.

The majority of our roles operate on a hybrid working pattern, with 3+ days office attendance required.

Our benefits package is designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and work-life balance. It includes a highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan, private health insurance, and 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through our Employee Assistance Program.

We also offer a range of lifestyle benefits, including our Work From Anywhere program, which allows you to work from any location where you have the legal right to do so for up to 25 days per year. In addition, we provide generous annual and parental leave, as well as dedicated days off for volunteering and even for moving home.

You will also be given free access to all The Economist content, including an online subscription, our range of apps, podcasts and more.