Senior Manager, Total Rewards - EMEA (Benefits & Wellbeing)

0603 Seqirus UK Limited; Thatcham, Maidenhead; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CSL Seqirus is seeking a Senior Manager, Total Rewards - EMEA to lead benefits, wellbeing, and broader reward initiatives across the region. You will translate global reward strategies into effective regional solutions, ensure governance and compliance, and collaborate with HR leaders and external providers to drive competitive programmes.

This role involves managing a small regional team, guiding annual renewals and vendor reviews, and partnering with stakeholders to balance local market needs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in HR, Business, Finance, Economics or related field.
• Proven 7+ years in Benefits/Total Rewards in a multinational context.
• Strong stakeholder management and leadership in a matrix environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across benefits, wellbeing and broader reward initiatives across the EMEA region.
• Lead governance, compliance, and continuous improvement of regional reward programmes and renewals.
• Coach and develop a small regional Total Rewards team and partner with HR and business leaders.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Total Rewards

Benefits administration

Wellbeing programs

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Finance/Economics

Job description

R-294Senior Manager, Total Rewards - EMEA (Benefits & Wellbeing)

Location: EMEA Region (Hybrid) - 3 days per week on site (Maidenhead)

The Role

The way an organisation rewards, supports, and invests in its people has a direct impact on employee engagement, retention, and business performance. As Senior Manager, Total Rewards - EMEA, you will lead the delivery, governance, and continuous improvement of benefits and wellbeing programmes across the region while serving as a trusted advisor to HR and business leaders. This is a highly visible role that bridges global strategy and regional execution, ensuring reward programmes are competitive, compliant, and aligned with CSL's business priorities.

Why It Matters

This role plays a pivotal part in shaping the employee experience across multiple countries and diverse markets. You will help ensure employees have access to benefits and wellbeing programmes that support their health, financial security, and overall wellbeing, while balancing local requirements with global reward principles. Through close partnership with business leaders, HR teams, and external providers, you will contribute to a Total Rewards strategy that enables CSL to attract, retain, and engage top talent across the EMEA region.

What You'll Be Responsible For

• As Senior Manager, Total Rewards - EMEA, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across benefits, wellbeing, and broader reward initiatives.
• Working in a complex multinational environment, you will partner with stakeholders across the business to drive programme effectiveness, governance, compliance, and continuous improvement while leading and developing a small regional team.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners, People & Culture leaders, and business stakeholders on Total Rewards matters across EMEA.
• Lead the governance, management, and enhancement of regional benefits programmes, including health, retirement, risk, wellbeing, and leave programmes, ensuring alignment with local regulatory requirements and global reward principles.
• Translate global reward strategies into effective regional solutions that address local business, regulatory, and market requirements.
• Manage relationships with brokers, consultants, insurers, and third-party providers, ensuring high-quality service delivery and cost-effective programme management.
• Lead annual renewals, vendor reviews, and programme evaluations while identifying opportunities for innovation, consolidation, and operational improvement.
• Lead, coach, and develop a small team of Total Rewards professionals, fostering collaboration, capability development, and operational excellence across the region.

Experience Required

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline. 7+ years of progressive experience in Benefits, Total Rewards, Compensation & Benefits, or a related rewards discipline within a multinational organisation. Proven experience managing benefits programmes across multiple countries within the EMEA region. Strong stakeholder management skills with experience partnering with senior HR and business leaders in a matrix environment. Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams, with the ability to coach, influence, and build capability across a regional function. Broad knowledge of Total Rewards practices, including employee benefits, wellbeing, compensation, reward governance, and market benchmarking.

Travel

Occasional travel within the EMEA region may be required to support stakeholder engagement, programme implementation, vendor management activities, team leadership responsibilities, and regional or global Total Rewards initiatives.

About CSL

About CSL Seqirus CSL Seqirus is part of CSL. As one of the largest influenza vaccine providers in the world, CSL Seqirus is a major contributor to the prevention of influenza globally and a transcontinental partner in pandemic preparedness. With state-of-the-art production facilities in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia, CSL Seqirus utilizes egg, cell and adjuvant technologies to offer a broad portfolio of differentiated influenza vaccines in more than 20 countries around the world. To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/. Our Benefits For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL. You Belong at CSL At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future. To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging Equal Opportunity Employer CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement. Watch our ‘On the Front Line’ video to learn more about CSL Seqirus CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please click here. CSL Global Privacy Notice for Job Applicants and Candidates