Senior People Transformation & Reward Lead - 6-Month Hybrid

Go Fractional; Ilkley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Go Fractional is seeking an experienced transformation professional for a six-month fixed-term assignment in Ilkley hybrid. You will embed career frameworks, pay structures, and reward governance while shaping the EVP and providing data-driven workforce insights to guide 2027 budgeting and decisions.

The role requires senior leadership influence, change management, and a practical, outcomes-focused approach to translating strategy into measurable results within a high-visibility setting.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience leading reward, workforce planning, organisation design or people transformation initiatives.
• Expertise in career frameworks, job architecture, salary structures and reward governance.
• Strong commercial judgement balancing market competitiveness with affordability.
• Track record translating strategy into practical, measurable outcomes.
• Experience leading business change, integration or transformation programmes.
• Credibility to influence and challenge senior leaders constructively.
• Data-led approach to decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Implement and embed career frameworks and pay structures across the organisation.
• Integrate frameworks into recruitment, performance, progression and talent processes.
• Implement salary ranges informed by market benchmarking.
• Review pay positioning and address identified market gaps and disparities.
• Embed a sustainable reward governance framework and future market review cycle.
• Lead the development of the company's Employee Value Proposition.
• Align career development, reward and experience into a coherent talent proposition.
• Create a roadmap for ongoing EVP development.
• Assess manager confidence in applying career and reward frameworks.
• Identify adoption risks and capability gaps.
• Develop reward and workforce planning scenarios for budgeting decisions.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to support leadership decisions.
• Review reward and progression outcomes to identify bias and ensure equity.
• Lead the People integration workstream and governance across the programme.

Skills

Reward governance

Career frameworks

Job architecture

Salary structures

Workforce planning

Change management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Go Fractional is seeking an experienced transformation professional for a six-month fixed-term assignment in Ilkley hybrid. You will embed career frameworks, pay structures, and reward governance while shaping the EVP and providing data-driven workforce insights to guide 2027 budgeting and decisions.

The role requires senior leadership influence, change management, and a practical, outcomes-focused approach to translating strategy into measurable results within a high-visibility setting.