Reward and Global Mobility Manager

Buro Happold Limited; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Job summary

Buro Happold Limited is seeking a Reward & Global Mobility Manager to join our Global HR team. Based in any UK office (Bath, London, Leeds, Manchester) on a hybrid model, you will design and deliver global reward and mobility programmes to attract, retain and develop talent across our international business.

You will lead global reward programmes, govern salary reviews, job architecture and mobility governance, and partner with Finance, HR and senior leaders to drive data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in reward, compensation and benefits.
• Experience leading annual reward review processes and governance activities.
• Strong expertise in job architecture, job evaluation and grading.
• Experience managing or supporting global mobility programmes.
• Excellent analytical and data interpretation capabilities.
• Experience working with market benchmarking and salary survey data.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• The ability to translate complex reward information into practical business recommendations.
• Experience operating within a global or matrix organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead global reward programmes and governance activities.
• Oversee annual salary reviews, bonuses and promotions processes.
• Own job architecture, evaluation and grading and drive global mobility governance.
• Partner with Finance, HR and leaders to manage budgets and reward outcomes.
• Develop dashboards, reports and meaningful reward metrics.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Manage external partnerships and salary survey participation.

Skills

Reward management

Compensation & benefits

Annual reward governance

Job architecture

Job evaluation & grading

Global mobility

Data analytics

Salary benchmarking

Stakeholder management

Tools

HiBob

Job description

Ready to shape reward on a global scale? Help us create reward and mobility programmes that empower our people and support our growth.This person can be based in one of our UK offices (Bath, London, Leeds, Manchester) on a hybrid working model. At Buro Happold, we create transformative outcomes for our clients, communities and planet. As a global consultancy of engineers, designers and advisers, we work on some of the world’s most complex and exciting projects, helping to deliver a sustainable and equitable future.

We’re looking for a Reward & Global Mobility Manager to join our Global HR team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced reward professional who enjoys combining strategic thinking with operational excellence. You’ll play a key role in designing, delivering and evolving our global reward and mobility programmes, helping us attract, retain and develop exceptional talent across our international business.

About The Role

As our Reward & Global Mobility Manager, you’ll:

• Lead global reward programmes
• Support the development and delivery of Buro Happold's global reward strategy.
• Ensure reward practices align with business objectives, company values and market trends.
• Maintain governance and controls across salary reviews, promotions and reward decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve reward processes and employee experience.
• Deliver annual reward cycles
• Lead the planning and execution of annual salary review, bonus and promotion processes.
• Partner with Finance, HR and business leaders to manage budgets and reward outcomes.
• Provide analysis and insight on fairness, consistency and market competitiveness.
• Ensure reward activities are delivered efficiently and accurately.
• Own job architecture and grading
• Maintain and evolve our global job architecture framework.
• Lead job evaluation, benchmarking and grading activities.
• Provide expert guidance on role design, career pathways and organisational structures.
• Support organisational design and workforce planning initiatives.
• Manage global mobility
• Act as the business lead for global mobility governance and policy.
• Provide guidance on international assignments, transfers and secondments.
• Work with specialist providers to manage tax, immigration and compliance considerations.
• Drive improvements that enhance the employee mobility experience.
• Deliver reward insights and analytics
• Develop dashboards, reports and meaningful reward metrics.
• Analyse internal and external data to identify trends, opportunities and risks.
• Support pay equity reviews and governance activities.
• Present clear, data-driven recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Partner with senior leaders
• Provide reward advice for senior appointments and promotions.
• Conduct market benchmarking and competitor analysis.
• Develop business cases and reward recommendations.
• Support executive-level reward discussions where required.
• Manage external partnerships
• Oversee relationships with Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and other reward partners.
• Manage participation in salary surveys and benchmarking exercises.
• Ensure maximum value is achieved from reward data, systems and external providers.

About You

We're interested in hearing from candidates with:

Essential

• Significant experience in reward, compensation and benefits.
• Experience leading annual reward review processes and governance activities.
• Strong expertise in job architecture, job evaluation and grading.
• Experience managing or supporting global mobility programmes.
• Excellent analytical and data interpretation capabilities.
• Experience working with market benchmarking and salary survey data.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• The ability to translate complex reward information into practical business recommendations.
• Experience operating within a global or matrix organisation.

Desirable

• Experience within professional services, engineering, consulting or project-based environments.
• Familiarity with job evaluation methodologies and market survey tools.
• Experience using HR systems such as HiBob.
• Knowledge of executive reward practices and governance.
• Understanding of international employment, tax and mobility considerations.

Why Join Buro Happold?

At Buro Happold, we believe in creating a better, more sustainable world. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. We offer a supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference.

What we Offer You:

• Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development.
• Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions.
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.

A place for everyoneBuro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.