Head of Reward Strategy & Benefits

Artis Recruitment; Bradley Stoke; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Artis Recruitment is partnering with a UK-based organisation to appoint an experienced Head of Reward. This hybrid role leads a team of three to shape and deliver a competitive, fair reward strategy aligned with business goals.

You will oversee pay, benefits, recognition and governance, driving market benchmarking, job evaluation and pay equity while collaborating with the Executive Team and external partners. A senior reward professional with strategic and hands-on delivery is sought.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within a senior reward leadership role in a medium or large, complex organisation.
• Strong experience of developing and delivering reward strategies.
• Expertise across compensation, benefits, pensions, incentives and recognition.
• Experience of managing annual pay and reward cycles.
• Strong knowledge of salary benchmarking, job evaluation, grading and pay structures.
• Experience of pay equity, gender pay reporting and wider reward governance would be highly advantageous.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear recommendations.
• Experience of leading and developing a team.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to work directly with Executive and senior leadership teams.

Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering a clear and commercially focused reward strategy aligned to the wider People and business strategy.
• Leading, coaching and developing a team of three reward and benefits professionals.
• Designing and managing annual and ad-hoc reward cycles, including salary reviews, bonus schemes and incentive arrangements.
• Leading on pay benchmarking and market analysis to ensure reward remains competitive and supports talent attraction and retention.
• Reviewing and evolving salary structures, job architecture, grading and pay frameworks.
• Providing expert reward advice and guidance to the Chief People Officer, Executive Team and senior leadership population.
• Managing the organisation’s employee benefits offering, ensuring programmes remain attractive, relevant and cost-effective.
• Leading relationships with external benefit providers, consultants and other third‑party partners.
• Overseeing pension and retirement benefit arrangements.
• Ensuring reward policies and practices support internal equity, fairness and transparency.
• Leading the organisation’s approach to pay governance and supporting activity relating to gender pay, ethnicity pay and wider pay equity.
• Developing and monitoring reward metrics, analytics and management information to support evidence‑based decision making.
• Supporting workforce planning, organisational design and transformation programmes from a reward perspective.
• Reviewing and developing recognition programmes and other initiatives that enhance the overall employee value proposition.
• Keeping abreast of market trends, emerging reward practices and relevant legislative developments.
• Ensuring all reward activity is delivered within budget and that reward investment demonstrates clear value to the organisation.
• Preparing reports, analysis and recommendations for the Executive Team, Remuneration Committee and other senior governance forums where required.

Job description

Artis Recruitment is partnering with a UK-based organisation to appoint an experienced Head of Reward. This hybrid role leads a team of three to shape and deliver a competitive, fair reward strategy aligned with business goals.

You will oversee pay, benefits, recognition and governance, driving market benchmarking, job evaluation and pay equity while collaborating with the Executive Team and external partners. A senior reward professional with strategic and hands-on delivery is sought.