Executive Director, Reward Partner

JLL; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 250,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL in Chicago seeks an Executive Director, Reward Partner for REMS. You will shape and lead the integrated reward strategy, aligning REMS priorities with JLL's global framework and country practices.

As a senior partner to HR leadership, you’ll drive compensation and incentive design, governance, analytics, and program delivery, ensuring equity, competitiveness, and business impact across regions.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the integrated Reward agenda for REMS, translating strategy into Reward solutions.
• Partner with Compensation and other teams to ensure job architecture, market pricing, salary structures, and Reward frameworks support REMS.
• Collaborate with REMS HR leadership to implement and communicate Reward programs across the business.
• Monitor external trends and benchmarks, using data to identify risks and opportunities and recommend responses.
• Lead the REMS Reward Partner team and ensure coordination across regions and the global REMS organization.
• Develop relationships with REMS leaders and stakeholders, acting as a trusted Reward advisor to attract and retain talent.
• Champion a data-driven approach to inform decisions and raise the profile of Total Rewards.

Job description

Executive Director, Reward Partner (REMS)

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

About JLL

We’re JLL, a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We shape the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people, and our communities. As a Fortune 200 company, we help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. We have operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of over 115,000 individuals. We believe a diverse and inclusive culture is where everyone succeeds. That’s why we’re committed to creating an environment where we all feel welcomed, valued, and empowered to achieve our full potential. JLL has launched Accelerate, its 2030 strategy, a bold, company-wide commitment to transforming how we operate, compete, and grow. This is not incremental change. It is a fundamental reimagining of JLL.

The Opportunity

The Executive Director, Reward Partner—Real Estate Management Services (REMS) reports to and partners closely with the Global Head of Total Rewards and is a key member of the Total Rewards (TR) Leadership Team. This senior leader is accountable for shaping and delivering the integrated Reward agenda for REMS. In this role, you will align REMS’s business and workforce priorities with JLL’s global Reward strategy and appropriate country-level approaches. Operating as a strategic advisor to REMS leadership, HR Directors (HRDs), and HR Business Partners (HRBPs), you will bring deep Reward expertise, external market perspective, and data-driven insight to business and workforce decisions. You will draw upon specialist capabilities across the broader Total Rewards Center of Excellence (CoE)—including compensation and incentives, equity, benefits, governance, regulatory expertise, analytics, and operations—to develop and deliver integrated solutions for the business.

What You’ll Own

• Shape and deliver the integrated Reward agenda for REMS, translating the business’s strategy, workforce priorities, and needs into Reward solutions aligned with JLL’s global Reward strategy.


• Partner with Compensation and other specialist teams to ensure JLL’s job architecture, market pricing, salary structures, and Reward frameworks effectively support REMS’s business and workforce requirements.


• Partner with REMS HR leadership and the relevant Total Rewards specialists to ensure Reward programs are effectively implemented, communicated, and understood across the business.


• Monitor external trends and benchmarks. Use data and competitive intelligence to identify emerging Reward and workforce risks and opportunities and recommend appropriate responses.


• Bring the REMS business perspective into the design and evolution of JLL’s compensation and incentive programs, including sales compensation and commission plans, as well as benefits, equity, and other Reward programs, partnering with the relevant specialists to ensure solutions are competitive, equitable, and effectively applied.


• Lead the business-facing strategy for annual compensation and incentive cycles, including year-end compensation planning, partnering with HR, Finance, specialist Reward teams and the Compensation Knowledge Center to ensure effective planning, governance and execution.


• Lead and develop the REMS Reward Partner team, building strong business partnership capability across regions and ensuring effective coordination and consistency across the global REMS organization.


• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure Reward programs and solutions are effectively integrated with JLL’s performance, talent, and workforce processes.


• Develop deep relationships with REMS business leaders, HRDs, HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and other key stakeholders, acting as a trusted Reward advisor on how Reward can support business performance and JLL’s ability to attract, retain, and motivate talent.


• Champion the use of a data-driven approach, using analytics and insights to inform business decisions and raise the profile, visibility, and effectiveness of the Total Rewards team.