Total Rewards Lead - Hybrid, Data-Driven Pay & Benefits

Bright; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Bright is seeking a Total Rewards Manager to own compensation, benefits, and the data underpinning pay decisions. You’ll lead benchmarking, salary review processes, and ensure regulatory compliance across UK, Ireland and India.

In a PE-backed, fast-growth SaaS environment, you’ll partner with the CPO, Finance and HR teams to build robust reward structures, pay equity analyses and accurate reporting. You’ll also drive adoption of HiBob and AI-assisted analytics to improve speed and quality of

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in reward/total reward roles.
• Strong analytical capability and Excel-based modelling.
• Experience preparing compensation data for governance reporting.
• Knowledge of pay benchmarking methodologies and salary surveys.
• Experience administering employee benefits programmes.
• Working knowledge of pay equity principles and UK/Ireland legislation.
• Experience with an HRIS—ideally HiBob.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual pay-review process with merit models and manager guidance.
• Conduct compensation benchmarking across jurisdictions and maintain market references.
• Support job evaluation, role levelling and market reference points for new roles.
• Develop and maintain pay bands and salary structures with the team.
• Prepare data packs and RemCom materials for meetings.
• Advise managers on pay decisions and governance.

Skills

Reward & compensation

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Pay equity principles

HR policy interpretation

AI-assisted analysis

Cross-border payroll coordination

Tools

HiBob

Excel

HRIS

Payroll software

Job description

Bright is seeking a Total Rewards Manager to own compensation, benefits, and the data underpinning pay decisions. You’ll lead benchmarking, salary review processes, and ensure regulatory compliance across UK, Ireland and India.

In a PE-backed, fast-growth SaaS environment, you’ll partner with the CPO, Finance and HR teams to build robust reward structures, pay equity analyses and accurate reporting. You’ll also drive adoption of HiBob and AI-assisted analytics to improve speed and quality of