Senior Rewards Manager

Home Recruitment Ltd; France; On-site; GBP 77,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical group based in the United Kingdom is seeking a Rewards Manager to shape equitable reward frameworks across the UK and Europe. This role involves leading strategic initiatives around equity programmes and sales incentives while partnering closely with senior leadership to build sustainable reward structures. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in reward operations within complex environments and expertise in UK and European pay regulations. This position is flexible geographically, inviting candidates from across the UK and Europe.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in reward roles within international environments.
• Strong understanding of European pay regulations.
• Experience designing complex sales incentive schemes.
• Hands on experience with job architecture and grading methodologies such as recognised market frameworks.
• Confidence partnering with senior stakeholders including executive and board level leaders.
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate complexity into clear recommendations.
• Comfortable operating in fast paced, transformation focused organisations.
• Relevant professional qualification in reward or compensation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of equity programmes.
• Develop and harmonise sales incentive frameworks.
• Partner with teams to define performance measures.
• Review existing roles and organisational structures.
• Design scalable job families and career pathways.
• Lead readiness for pay transparency regulations.
• Lead readiness for European and UK pay transparency and reward related regulation.
• Establish frameworks for pay equity monitoring, salary band governance, and consistent reward decisions.
• Prepare clear, evidence based reporting for senior leadership and board level stakeholders.

Skills

Experience in reward, compensation, or organisation design

Knowledge of UK pay transparency regulations

Experience with sales incentive schemes

Analytical capability

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory interpretation

Education

Relevant professional qualification in reward or compensation

Job description

A senior reward leadership role within the aesthetics division of a publicly listed global pharmaceutical group headquartered in France.

This role plays a central part in shaping equitable, compliant, and scalable reward frameworks that support commercial performance, organisational clarity, and long term growth across the UK and Europe.

Role Overview

The Rewards Manager is responsible for leading strategic reward and organisation design initiatives, with a strong focus on equity programmes, sales incentive frameworks, job architecture, and regulatory readiness. The role partners closely with HR, Finance, and Commercial leadership to build consistent and transparent reward structures. The position is geographically flexible and open to candidates based anywhere in the UK or Europe, with travel as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of equity programmes aligned to commercial and organisational priorities
• Develop and harmonise sales incentive frameworks across functions, regions, and countries
• Partner with Finance and Commercial teams to define performance measures, payout structures, and governance
• Review existing roles, organisational layers, and structures across multiple geographies
• Design clear and scalable job families, grading frameworks, and career pathways
• Support organisation design activity aligned to evolving operating models
• Lead readiness for European and UK pay transparency and reward related regulation
• Establish frameworks for pay equity monitoring, salary band governance, and consistent reward decisions
• Prepare clear, evidence based reporting for senior leadership and board level stakeholders

Candidate Profile

• Proven experience in reward, compensation, or organisation design roles within complex international environments
• Strong working knowledge of European and UK pay transparency and reward related regulation, or the ability to interpret and operationalise new requirements quickly
• Demonstrable experience designing and consolidating complex sales incentive schemes
• Hands on experience with job architecture and grading methodologies such as recognised market frameworks
• Confidence partnering with senior stakeholders including executive and board level leaders
• Strong analytical capability with the ability to translate complexity into clear recommendations
• Comfortable operating in fast paced, transformation focused organisations
• Relevant professional qualification in reward or compensation is preferred

This opportunity offers a challenging and impactful next step. Apply for confidential consideration.