Senior Reward Manager

Royal mail; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national postal service is seeking a Senior Reward Manager to provide expert advice on all reward aspects, lead key projects, and connect business challenges to innovative reward solutions. This role offers a competitive salary, a £5000 car allowance, and comprehensive benefits, including full family healthcare and an 18% annual bonus potential. The position is hybrid, requiring onsite work two days per week. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and a thorough understanding of reward practices.

Benefits

18% annual bonus potential

Full family healthcare

28.5 days annual leave

Company pension with competitive contribution rates

Qualifications

• Experience working in large, complex organizations.
• Experience working in unionized environments (highly desirable).
• Ability to build strong relationships and work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Lead major projects from design to delivery.
• Develop and implement incentive schemes.
• Manage annual pay review processes.

Skills

Commercial and financial acumen

Senior-level understanding of reward practices

Strong knowledge of compensation practices

Professional standard of analysis and presentation skills

Excellent communication and influencing skills

Strong attention to detail and numeracy skills

Job description

Job reference 333187 Senior Reward Manager

Competitive salary plus £5000 car allowance (cash equivalent), full family healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising with service and a company pension with highly competitive contribution rates.

Permanent, full time

Location: London (Farringdon). This is a hybrid role, with an expectation to work onsite 2 days per week as a minimum.

At Royal Mail, we’re proud to connect communities and deliver for the nation. To keep us moving forward, we need talented people who can help shape the future of our organisation.

We’re looking for a Senior Reward Manager to join our Reward Centre of Excellence. In this role, you’ll provide expert advice on all aspects of reward, lead key reward projects, and ensure our approach helps attract and retain the best talent. You’ll connect business challenges to innovative reward solutions and play-identify a vital role in delivering our people strategy.

What you’ll do

• Be a trusted partner to HR and operational leaders on all reward matters.
• Lead major projects from design to delivery – including salary range reviews and sales compensation effectiveness.
• Develop and implement incentive schemes, including the design work, costing, metric selection and communication.
• Manage annual pay review processes and recommend pay budgets for unionised and non‑unionised groups.
• Work closely with the Performance Manager to ensure a strong link between reward and performance, including bonus design and allocation.
• Oversee job grading and evaluation processes, ensuring consistency and simplicity.
• Identify opportunities to enhance our reward offering and keep up to date with market trends.
• Identify opportunities to enhance reward offerings including new products, improved insight and high-quality communication plans.
• Stay informed on external market developments, including emerging trends in pay practices and remuneration structures.
• Provide leadership and guidance to team members, supporting their development and progression.

You’ll bring

• Commercial and financial acumen, with experience working in large, complex organisations.
• Senior-level understanding of reward practices, including fixed and variable compensation.
• Strong knowledge of compensation practices, market trends, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience working in unionised environments (highly desirable).
• Professional standard of analysis and presentation skills.
• Effective and engaging business partnering across both HR and non‑HR functions.
• Strong attention to detail and numeracy skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• The ability to build strong relationships and work collaboratively.
• Knowledge of market trends and regulatory requirements.
• Experience designing incentive schemes and managing pay review processes.

Benefits and Support

• Family friendly support – enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.
• Discounts and offers – there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills.
• Sick共pay – supportive and generous company sick pay.
• Your Wellbeing – you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life, from your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free and it’s for everyone.

*Available only to perm employees

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency‑based and role‑specific questions.

Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex‑Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: Thursday 22nd January 2026. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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