Senior Lead, Compensation & Benefits (All Genders)

zooplus SE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading online pet supply retailer is looking for a Senior Lead Compensation & Benefits professional to shape its global reward strategy. In this senior specialist role, you will design compensation approaches that attract top talent across Europe. You'll partner with business and executive leaders to enhance employee engagement and ensure competitive practices. The position involves overseeing reward processes, working with local teams on benefits offerings, and promoting pay transparency. The role offers a hybrid work setup with benefits including training and workplace discounts.

Benefits

20% discount in company shop

Internal and external training

Team events

28 vacation days

Corporate gym membership

Company mobile phone

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in Compensation & Benefits, particularly in international environments.
• Proven track record of compensation strategies and incentive programs.
• Strong knowledge of European compensation practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of compensation philosophy and global reward framework.
• Advise senior leaders on reward decisions and incentive design.
• Drive the annual reward processes aligned with performance cycles.

Skills

Sales Experience

Microsoft Office

Customer Service

Communication skills

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Business Management

Benefits Administration

Microsoft Excel

Insurance Sales

Customer relationship management

Human Resources

Tools

Workday

Job description

As Senior Lead Compensation & Benefits you will play a critical role in shaping zooplus global reward strategy. You will design forward-looking approaches to compensation and benefits that attract, motivate and retain top talent across Europe. This is a senior specialist role with high visibility where you’ll partner closely with business leaders, the executive team and People & Culture colleagues to ensure our reward framework drives both employee engagement and business growth.

You’ll not only lead on core reward processes but also act as a thought partner to the business, bringing external insights, shaping new initiatives and ensuring our practices remain competitive, fair and transparent.

Key Responsibilities

• Reward Strategy & Design: Lead the development and ongoing evolution of zooplus compensation philosophy and global reward framework, balancing market competitiveness, internal equity and business needs.
• Executive & Senior Stakeholder Engagement: Advise senior leaders and partner with the executive team on reward decisions, pay structures and incentive design.
• Annual Reward Cycle Leadership: Drive all reward-related processes linked to performance and talent cycles, ensuring seamless delivery and strong business alignment.
• Incentives & Recognition: Shape and oversee bonus, long‑term incentive and recognition programs to ensure they are motivating, sustainable and aligned with company priorities.
• Benefits Strategy: Partner with local teams to refine and evolve benefits offerings across Europe, ensuring relevance, consistency and employee impact.
• Pay Transparency & Governance: Lead initiatives that promote fairness and transparency while staying ahead of evolving European regulatory requirements.
• Job Architecture & Career Frameworks: Oversee and enhance our job architecture, ensuring clear career pathways and alignment with pay structures.
• Data Insights & Market Intelligence: Provide senior leadership with robust analysis, benchmarks and insights to inform decision‑making and future strategy.
• Change Leadership: Champion simplification and modernization of reward processes, fostering a continuous‑improvement mindset.

Qualifications

• 10 years of progressive experience in Compensation & Benefits, with exposure to international and complex business environments.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing compensation strategies and incentive programs.
• Strong knowledge of European (particularly German) compensation practices and regulatory trends.
• Skilled at engaging and influencing senior leaders with confidence, presenting to executive‑level stakeholders.
• Experience leading complex reward cycles, driving process improvements and embedding change.
• Strong analytical skills, able to translate data into insights and strategic recommendations.
• Experience with compensation systems (Workday preferred) and familiarity with both monetary and non‑monetary reward approaches.

Additional Information

With more than 1000 passionate professionals located across 6 European offices, zooplus believes its success comes from working together and leveraging its international strengths.

Work setup: 60% in‑office, 40% remote—with collaboration across locations.

Benefits

• 20% discount in zooplus shop
• Internal and external training
• Team events
• 28 vacation days, plus days off on 24th and 31st of December
• Corporate rates at a local gym chain (Body & Soul)
• Company mobile phone for work and personal use

Equal Opportunity Statement

zooplus is committed to equal opportunity. We value and embrace diversity and inclusion of all team members.

Remote Work

No

Employment Type

Full‑time

Key Skills

• Sales Experience
• Microsoft Office
• Customer Service
• Communication skills
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Business Management
• Benefits Administration
• Microsoft Excel
• Insurance Sales
• Customer relationship management
• Human Resources