Senior Reward Manager

The Bicester Collection; Bicester; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bicester Collection is seeking a Senior Reward Manager to lead Benefits and Wellbeing across Value Retail Europe, spanning 7 countries and 9 villages. This permanent, full-time role focuses on strategic leadership, governance and delivery of benefits programmes while contributing to compensation activities.

You will collaborate with Finance, Legal and People Operations, advising senior leaders and shaping an integrated reward strategy, with potential to broaden into compensation over time.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years in Reward with exposure to benefits and compensation.
• Deep expertise in benefits management across multiple countries.
• Experience operating at a Senior Manager level and influencing stakeholders.
• Experience with job evaluation, pay structures and benchmarking.
• Strong commercial acumen and external partner management.
• Excellent analytical skills and advanced Excel capability.
• Clear, confident communicator of reward concepts.
• Trusted and discreet with sensitive reward matters.
• Interest in expanding scope to broader reward leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end strategy and delivery of benefits across Value Retail Europe.
• Lead and evolve the wellbeing strategy across diverse geographies.
• Act as benefits centre of excellence advising People Ops and HR at senior level.
• Ensure policies and communications align with company objectives.
• Lead relationships with benefit advisors, brokers and platforms.
• Partner with Finance, Legal and People Ops to keep programmes compliant.
• Build trust and influence with senior stakeholders across villages.

Skills

Reward management

Benefits management

Compensation design

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

Senior stakeholder management

Tools

SuccessFactors

Ben platform

Job description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

Senior Reward Manager

Bicester, GB, OX26 6WD

Full Time

About The Role

The Senior Reward Manager is a permanent, full-time role and a senior member of the Reward team.

The position holds primary accountability for Benefits and Wellbeing across Value Retail Europe (7 countries, 9 villages), ensuring our programmes are competitive,compliantand aligned with our people experience philosophy.

Initially, the focus will be on the strategic leadership, governance and delivery of benefits and wellbeing programmes, while progressively contributing to compensation activities such as job evaluation, benchmarking, paystructuresand annual review processes.

Over time, and subject to business need anddemonstratedcapability, the role may expand to hold broader accountability across both benefits and compensation.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced reward professional who combines deep benefitsexpertise, a strong employee-centric mindset, and the desire to evolve into a wider reward leadership role.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end strategy and delivery of benefits across Value Retail Europe, ensuring programmes are competitive,compliantand cost-effective
• Lead and evolve theFeel Goodwellbeing strategy across diverse geographies
• Act as the benefits centre of excellence, advising People Operations and HR colleagues at a senior level
• Ensure all policies, contracts and communications are consistent and aligned to company objectives
• Lead relationships with benefit advisors, brokers, vendors and platforms (including Ben), ensuring strong governance and value for money
• Partner with Finance, Legal and People Operations to keep reward programmes compliant and well-controlled
• Build trust and influence with senior stakeholders across all villages and functions

Insight, Analysis & Reward Projects

• Deliver high-quality reward insight, analysis and reporting to inform decisions on cost,competitivenessand equity
• Lead or contribute to reward projects, including transformation initiatives, systemenhancementsand regulatory changes
• Champion continuous improvement and better use of data across reward processes
• Partner with the Head of Reward to shape and deliver an integrated reward strategy across benefits,wellbeingand compensation
• Act as a senior reward advisor to business leaders
• Contribute to the long-term development of the Reward team, including operating model and capability building

Compensation

• Bring credible compensationexpertiseto support broader reward initiatives
• Progressively take ownership of defined compensation programmes and processes as part of a structured development plan
• Support the Head of Reward on complex compensation matters, with scope expanding over time based on business need and capability
• Maintain robust governance across benefits and compensation, including policy frameworks,controlsand audit readiness
• Monitor legislative and market developments across Europe, assessing impact and recommending proactive responses
• Oversee data integrity across People, payroll,benefitsand compensation processes

About You

We are looking for an individual who can display the following experience and skills:

• 7–10+ years in Reward, with solid exposure to both benefits and compensation
• Deepexpertisein benefits management across multiple European countries, with hands-on compensation design or delivery experience
• Proven ability tooperateat Senior Manager level, influencing senior stakeholders and working autonomously in complex environments
• Experience across core compensation topics including job evaluation, pay structures,benchmarkingand annual review cycles
• Strong commercial acumen and experience managing external partners such as brokers,vendorsand survey providers
• Excellent analytical skills with advanced Excel capability and confidence working with complex reward data
• A clear, confident communicator who can translate complex reward concepts into pragmatic guidance
• Trusted and discreet, with sound judgement on sensitive reward matters
• Curious and forward-thinking, with a drive to expand scope and impact over time
• A strong employee-centric mindset, aligned to Value Retail's belief that experience is everything
• Familiarity with SuccessFactors and benefits platforms including Ben is an advantage but not essential