Strategic Reward & Equity Manager

Channel 4; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Channel 4 is recruiting a Reward Manager in Manchester to support the delivery of the reward strategy, ensure accurate and timely pay and recognition processes, and provide governance with data-driven recommendations.

You will manage the annual reward cycle, benchmarking, role evaluation, and advisory support to People Partners and managers, while driving continuous improvement across reward operations and reporting.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in reward or compensation with annual reward cycles and related processes.
• Solid understanding of reward principles, pay frameworks, incentives, benchmarking, and governance.
• Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail for complex data and reporting outputs.
• Familiarity with grading methodologies and job evaluation processes.
• Experience using reward survey data, benchmarking platforms or pay analytics tools.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional activity with People, Payroll, Finance and Systems teams.
• Strong project management and organisational skills to manage deadlines and priorities.
• Confident stakeholder management and clear communication of reward processes.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of Channel 4’s reward strategy by translating priorities into operational plans and guidance.
• Manage the annual reward cycle, including pay review and bonus processes, with governance and data inputs.
• Partner with People Partners, Finance, Payroll and Systems to ensure timely, accurate reward activity.
• Coordinate reward data, modelling and analysis for pay, bonus, benchmarking and pay equity.
• Lead market benchmarking activity, including survey participation and analysis for recommendations.
• Provide reward advice and guidance on pay decisions, role evaluation, incentives and policies.
• Maintain and improve reward processes, templates, guidance and documentation for consistency.
• Prepare reward reports and briefing materials for People leadership and governance forums.
• Support operation and governance of pay frameworks and incentive schemes.
• Collaborate with external survey providers on data requests, outputs and invoicing.

Skills

Reward management

Pay benchmarking

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Project management

Pay equity

Job evaluation

Excel skills

Job description

Channel 4 is recruiting a Reward Manager in Manchester to support the delivery of the reward strategy, ensure accurate and timely pay and recognition processes, and provide governance with data-driven recommendations.

You will manage the annual reward cycle, benchmarking, role evaluation, and advisory support to People Partners and managers, while driving continuous improvement across reward operations and reporting.