Manager Rewards and OD

Riyadh Air; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced professional to shape reward strategies and organizational structures. This role involves implementing competitive compensation and benefits programs while managing frameworks to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity. Candidates should have at least 8 years of experience in rewards or organizational design, ideally in the aviation sector. This opportunity is vital for enhancing operational effectiveness within the airline.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years in rewards, compensation, or organizational design.
• Experience in the aviation sector is preferred.
• Professional certification in job evaluation methodologies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of compensation and benefits programmes.
• Manage pay and benefits frameworks for internal equity and market competitiveness.
• Oversee job evaluation and job architecture processes.

Skills

Reward strategy implementation

Organizational design

Stakeholder partnership

Job evaluation

Data analysis

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

About the Company

Riyadh Air (RX), headquartered in the Saudi Capital, is the new national airline that’s shaping the future of flying. It seeks to lead the aviation industry by transforming Saudi Arabia into a global aviation and trade hub – a digitally native airline that will connect the kingdom to more than 100 destinations.

About the Role

Are you driven to shape reward strategies and organisational structures that enable high performance and sustainable growth?

As part of this role, yours is a role which will lead the implementation of competitive compensation and benefits programmes, whilst shaping organisational structures and job architecture that support our strategic ambitions.

A key responsibility will be to manage pay and benefits frameworks, including salary offers, promotions, and incentive programmes, ensuring internal equity, market competitiveness, budget discipline, and regulatory compliance.

Partnering with stakeholders, you will support the governance and continuous improvement of reward policies and performance management systems linked to reward outcomes.

Alongside our Rewards team, you are expected to play a pivotal role in organisational design, assessing structures, spans of control, and reporting lines to enhance agility and operational effectiveness.

Further, you can expect to oversee job evaluation and job architecture processes, ensuring role clarity, consistent grading, and alignment with established methodologies. Through workforce planning, capability mapping, and robust reporting, you will provide data driven insights that inform decision making and strengthen organisational governance across the airline.

Join us and help design a workplace where rewards, structure, and strategy come together to power a world class aviation organisation.

About You

Degree qualified, you will demonstrate a minimum of 8 years in rewards, compensation, or organisational design ideally within the aviation sector.

You are expected to conduct assessments of current structures and recommend improvements to enhance agility and efficiency.

We’d love to hear from you even more if you have professional certification in job evaluation methodologies.

This is your opportunity to shape the future of air travel. Bring your best and show us why you can own this position within Riyadh Air.

Please submit your application by clicking on the Apply button. Our Talent Acquisition team will be reviewing applications shortly.