Rewards Manager

RedGreen Partners; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shares in company

Pension

PMI

Enhanced family benefits

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Car salary sacrifice

Job summary

RedGreen Partners is partnering with a well-known Manchester business to appoint an experienced Reward Partner. The role sits with senior leaders and People Partners, using data to drive fair, commercial pay decisions.

You will lead cyclical reward activity, advise on pay and grading, handle complex cases, support RemCo governance, and build reward capability across the People team.

Qualifications

• Senior Reward experience at Advisor or Partner level.
• Experience with job levelling and grading (WTW/Hay/Mercer).
• Experience with employee share schemes (SAYE/SIP).
• Strong Excel and data-led approach.
• Confidence engaging with senior leaders.
• Practical, solutions-focused mindset in unclear data.

Responsibilities

• Lead cyclical reward activity: salary reviews, benchmarking, and reporting.
• Advise on pay, grading, and reward strategy across the business.
• Handle complex or exceptional reward cases with sound judgement.
• Support RemCo governance and paper preparation.
• Build reward capability across the People team.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to communicate reward decisions.

Skills

Reward leadership

Job levelling

Share schemes

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Data-driven mindset

Job description

Hybrid

RedGreen Partners are supporting a well known Manchester business in their search for an experienced Reward Partner to help shape and deliver reward across the business.

About the role

This role is the type that will see you sit at the table with senior leaders and People Partners, using data to drive decisions that are fair, commercial, and fast. One day you're deep in job evaluation and benchmarking, the next you're advising on a complex pay case or prepping papers for RemCo. It's varied, it's strategic, and hands-on all at once.

Reporting into an accomplished Head of Reward the role will ask you to:

• Lead cyclical reward activity: salary review, share awards, benchmarking, job evaluation, and mandatory reporting
• Advise confidently on pay, grading, and reward strategy across the business
• Handle complex or exceptional reward cases with sound judgement
• Support governance, including RemCo paper preparation
• Build reward capability across the wider People team
• Partner with senior stakeholders to communicate reward decisions clearly

About you

We are keen to speak to those individuals confident in displaying:

• Reward experience at Senior Reward Advisor or Reward Partner level
• Job levelling and grading expertise (WTW, Hay, Mercer or similar)
• Experience with employee share schemes (SAYE, SIP)
• Strong Excel skills and a genuinely data-led approach
• Confidence building relationships with senior leaders
• A practical, solutions-focused mindset and happy to find clarity in unclear data

What's on offer

• 10% of salary in shares
• Generous Pension
• PMI
• Enhanced Family Benefits
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• Car Salary Sacrifice