Reward Director

Team Reward and Performance

Working Pattern - Hybrid 2 days per week in the Vitality London Bournemouth or Stockport Office. Full-time hours apply.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 Skills

• Strong experience in strategic global reward leadership
• Experience modernising systems processes and policies using technology automation and data
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and navigate complex organisational challenges

What this role is all about

At Vitality were here to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. Its what makes us different and it shapes the way we reward lead and hire.

Werenowlooking for a Reward & Payroll Director to set the direction for how we pay incentivise and look after great people across the world.This is a rare chance to own reward at a business thats growing fast. Youll lead our global reward strategy drive greater alignment across every market and take accountability for a robust compliant UK payroll function. Youll work shoulder to shoulder with senior leaders across Finance and People lead a lean high-performing team and stay hands-on where it strategy. Real delivery. Genuine impact.

• Define and evolve Vitalitys global reward strategy ensuring reward supports business priorities organisational performance growth ambitions and the wider People strategy
• Establish a globally aligned reward framework and scalable operating model strengthening reward principles governance and employee experience across multiple markets
• Lead the transformation of reward and payroll practices through improved technology automation AI compensation planning and advanced analytics capability
• Own the design and governance of global salary structures incentive plans and benefit programmes including providing expert direction on executive and senior leadership remuneration
• Lead reward activity across acquisitions integrations and organisational change including due diligence reward harmonisation and the development of solutions that support expansion into new markets
• Shape executive decision-making through market intelligence sophisticated reward analysis modelling and scenario planning balancing employee commercial financial and risk considerations
• Lead the strategic approach to fair pay and pay transparency establishing sustainable frameworks that address local requirements while supporting greater global consistency
• Provide strategic and operational leadership of UK payroll strengthening governance controls compliance and continuous improvement while modernising payroll processes
• Lead annual reward activity including salary reviews incentive planning and market benchmarking establishing effective controls and reporting to ensure reward remainsequitable competitive and sustainable
• Build and lead a high-performing specialist Reward & Payroll team and develop influential partnerships across People Finance Legal and senior business leadership to deliver complex organisation-wide change

What do you need to thrive

• Significant senior-level reward leadership experience within a complex fast-paced organisation
• Proven experience developing and implementing reward strategy across multiple geographies
• Deep expertise across compensation incentives executive remuneration and benefits
• Strong experience leading major reward transformation harmonisation and global alignment programmes
• Experience leading payroll reward operations or closely related employee services with strong knowledge of payroll governance controls and compliance
• Proven experience supporting acquisitions integrations organisational change or significant business growth
• Strong knowledge of reward technology market benchmarking and people data platforms such as SuccessFactors WTW or Remchannel
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate complex reward considerations into effective business decisions
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and navigate complex challenges across multiple markets and business units
• Experience leading a specialist team while remaining actively involved in strategic and complex delivery