Global Reward & Payroll Director (Hybrid)

Vitality; Poole; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus schemes

Pension up to 12% matched

Vitality health insurance

Life assurance

Job summary

Vitality is seeking a Reward & Payroll Director to define and drive the global reward strategy, ensuring alignment across markets and supporting growth. You will own the UK payroll function, lead a lean team, and partner with senior leaders to deliver complex, organisation-wide change.

You will shape reward strategy, governance and employee experience across multiple geographies, leveraging technology and analytics to enable scalable, compliant processes.

Qualifications

• Significant senior-level reward leadership experience in a complex, fast-paced organisation.
• Experience developing and implementing reward strategy across multiple geographies.
• Deep expertise in compensation, incentives, executive remuneration and benefits.
• Strong knowledge of reward technology, benchmarking and people data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve Vitality’s global reward strategy aligned with business priorities and People strategy.
• Establish a globally aligned reward framework and scalable operating model across markets.
• Lead transformation of reward and payroll practices through technology, automation and analytics.
• Own design and governance of global salary structures, incentives and benefits including executive remuneration.
• Lead reward activity across acquisitions and change to support market expansion.
• Shape executive decision-making with market intelligence and scenario planning.
• Oversee UK payroll governance, controls, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Strategic global reward

System modernisation

Executive stakeholder influence

Tools

SuccessFactors

WTW

Remchannel

Job description

Vitality is seeking a Reward & Payroll Director to define and drive the global reward strategy, ensuring alignment across markets and supporting growth. You will own the UK payroll function, lead a lean team, and partner with senior leaders to deliver complex, organisation-wide change.

You will shape reward strategy, governance and employee experience across multiple geographies, leveraging technology and analytics to enable scalable, compliant processes.