Senior Reward Manager

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

Job summary

A leading postal service provider in London is seeking a Senior Reward Manager to join their team. This hybrid role requires strong knowledge of compensation practices and experience managing incentive schemes. The position offers a competitive salary alongside numerous benefits, including family healthcare and generous leave policies. Candidates will be responsible for driving key reward projects and ensuring alignment with performance strategies. Applications from diverse backgrounds are encouraged. Closing date for applications is January 22, 2026.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity pay

Paternity leave

Adoption leave

Shared parental leave

800+ discounts and offers

Wellbeing services access

Supportive sick pay

Qualifications

• Experience working in large, complex organisations.
• Experience in unionised environments is highly desirable.
• Professional standard of analysis and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted partner to HR and operational leaders on reward matters.
• Lead major projects including salary range reviews.
• Develop and implement incentive schemes effectively.
• Manage annual pay review processes and recommend budgets.
• Oversee job grading and evaluation processes.

Skills

Commercial and financial acumen

Senior-level understanding of reward practices

Strong knowledge of compensation practices

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Effective business partnering

Experience designing incentive schemes

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 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.
• 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.

Extra Benefits

• Enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave.
• More than 800 discounts and offers to help you save on groceries, days out, holidays and household bills.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay.
• 24/7 access to wellbeing services and tools for physical, mental, financial and social health.

Next Steps

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

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.

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