Reward Partner - Europe

Animal Friends; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £60,000

Birthday off

Private medical insurance

Healthcare cash plan

Pension

Life assurance

Employee benefits

Job summary

Doubtless Pet Care is seeking a Reward Partner – Europe to lead and shape our UK and European reward roadmap across multiple markets, while working remotely with periodic travel across the UK and Europe. You will partner with HR and People teams to deliver bold, compliant and competitive reward solutions that align with local requirements.

The role offers ownership of annual pay reviews, benefits enhancements, and job architecture alignment within a global framework, with substantial influence

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on reward, compensation and benefits experience across several European countries.
• Strong knowledge of UK and European reward practice, incl. local market and legal considerations.
• Broad experience in compensation, benefits, recognition, job architecture, grading and benchmarking.
• Track record adapting regional reward approaches to local requirements with cross-functional partners.
• Experience delivering reward projects and change, incl. benefits tech and job architecture implementation.
• Familiarity with WTW methodology is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Deliver our UK reward roadmap, partner with Head of Reward and HR teams to implement priorities.
• Shape European reward approach across Germany, France, Netherlands and Belgium.
• Provide expert reward advice on pay, benchmarking, benefits, pensions and recognition.
• Lead annual pay reviews and bonus processes for European populations with governance.
• Drive benefits improvements, renewals and new platforms to enhance colleague experience.
• Support job evaluation and alignment with global job architecture framework.
• Turn salary surveys and data into clear, actionable recommendations.
• Maintain reward governance, policies, pay reporting and communications.
• Build partnerships with People, Finance, Payroll, Legal and providers.
• Monitor European reward developments and translate into practical recommendations.

Skills

Reward & benefits experience

European market knowledge

UK & European reward practice

Stakeholder influence

Job architecture & grading

Data-driven decision making

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent

Job description

As Doubtless Pet Care continues to grow, we are seeking a Reward Partner to join our small Reward team. This is a hands‑on specialist role with the opportunity to help deliver our UK reward roadmap and shape our evolving European reward approach.

Package: Salary circa £60,000, starting at 25 days’ leave with the opportunity to buy extra leave, plus your birthday off, private medical insurance, healthcare cash plan, pension, life assurance and a range of employee benefits.

Location: This is a remote role with occasional travel across the UK and Europe, including visits to our offices as business needs require.

What you’ll get up to as our Reward Partner – Europe

• Deliver our UK reward roadmap – partner with the Head of Reward, Reward colleagues, HR Business Partners and People Operations to deliver UK priorities, supporting projects from design through to implementation.
• Shape our European reward approach – identify priorities and opportunities for greater regional consistency across Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium, while ensuring solutions reflect local legislation, market conditions and business needs.
• Provide expert reward advice – support HR Business Partners and leaders on pay, benchmarking, benefits, pensions, recognition, role design and grading.
• Lead annual reward processes – manage pay reviews and bonus processes for allocated European populations, including analysis, modelling, benchmarking, governance and stakeholder guidance.
• Drive benefits and recognition improvements – review reward offerings, manage renewals and external providers, and support the implementation of new platforms that enhance colleague experience and deliver value.
• Support job architecture and evaluation – apply agreed methodologies to job evaluation and role matching, helping embed the WTW Global job architecture framework.
• Turn data into insight – use salary surveys, market benchmarks and colleague data to develop clear recommendations that balance fairness, competitiveness, affordability and business performance.
• Maintain effective reward governance – oversee relevant policies, procedures, pay reporting and communications, working with local specialists and employee representatives to meet legal and regulatory requirements.
• Build strong partnerships – collaborate with local People teams, Finance, Payroll, Legal and external providers to deliver joined‑up, effective reward solutions.
• Keep us ahead of the curve – monitor developments in reward practice, legislation and EU pay transparency requirements, translating these into practical recommendations for the business.

What We Look For In You

• Significant, hands‑on reward, compensation and benefits experience across several European countries, ideally within a complex or matrix organisation.
• Strong knowledge of UK and European reward practice, including local market and legislative considerations and EU pay transparency requirements.
• Broad experience across compensation, benefits, recognition, job architecture, grading and salary benchmarking.
• A track record of adapting group or regional reward approaches to local requirements, working effectively with People, Payroll, Tax, Legal and employee representative stakeholders.
• Experience delivering reward projects and change, ideally including benefits or recognition technology and job architecture implementation.
• Practical experience of job evaluation and role matching; familiarity with WTW methodology would be an advantage.
• Strong analytical skills, including Excel, with the ability to interpret complex data and turn it into clear, commercially sound recommendations.
• The confidence and credibility to advise and influence senior stakeholders, build trusted partnerships and constructively challenge where needed.
• A collaborative, adaptable approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively across different countries and cultures.
• A CIPD qualification or equivalent reward qualification is desirable, as is formal WTW job evaluation training.

What we are all about!

We are Doubtless Pet Care – a pet insurance and health services organisation operating in several markets across Europe including the UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany as well as North America (USA and Canada).

We are one of the largest pet insurance and services organisations globally, with over 4,500 colleagues supporting over 6 million pets across the globe. Our passion for pets powers our purpose to help pet parents get better access to better care, so they can focus on the joy that happy healthy pets bring to their lives.

We know that harnessing our differences makes us stronger and helps us to deliver better outcomes for our customers and each other. That’s why we are committed to ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and without discrimination, and we are passionate about creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.

Department

HR

Contract type

Permanent

Salary

£60,000