Global Total Rewards Manager (m/f/d)

Global Total Rewards Manager (m/f/d)

Locations: London and Berlin

Role Overview

Join a high-impact, global rewards Center of Excellence team shaping how we attract, reward, and retain talent across diverse markets. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and digital transformation, modernising our TotalRewards approach and delivering competitive, insight driven solutions worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with HR teams across multiple countries to provide expert reward guidance, ensuring consistent and competitive reward practices.
• Collaborate with the HRIS team to enhance Workday functionality, advance automation, improve user experience, and support the broader digital transformation of Total Rewards processes.
• Manage the global annual salary review process via Workday Advanced Compensation, ensuring system readiness, consistency, effective communication, training, governance, and stakeholder alignment.
• Apply data analytics and quantitative skills to deliver data driven reward insights-including pay equity, market competitiveness, and cost modelling-and translate complex data into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in reward analytics, leveraging AI and advanced tools.
• Contribute to the development of the broader global Total Rewards strategy and framework, applying strong business insights and recommendations.
• Lead Total Rewards initiatives and projects, demonstrating effective project management to deliver agreed outcomes.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on global compensation and benefits, driving policy excellence and partnering with local HR across geographies to deliver seamless, compliant, and market aligned compensation solutions.
• Lead global benchmarking initiatives and conduct multi location benchmarking projects, demonstrating a commitment to operational excellence.
• Have access to AI tools and portals to support your work.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Workday Compensation and Advanced Compensation, with strong project management experience in global organisations.
• Global Total Rewards experience supporting multiple countries and diverse markets.
• Skilled in data driven insights, including analysis, visualisation, and executive ready storytelling.
• Extensive experience leading global salary review cycles and benchmarking, preferably with WTW.
• Strong track record in developing Total Rewards communications, including training, guidelines, and employee facing materials.
• Deep expertise across core Total Rewards areas, including variable pay design and recognition programmes.
• Advanced skills in Excel and AI applications for Compensation Professionals.
• Problem solving attitude with a collaborative mindset.
• Expertise in stakeholder management combined with excellent consulting and communication skills, and the ability to present complex topics in a simplified way tailored to different audiences.
• Analytical and structured thinker, including cost and trend analysis.
• Progressive experience in compensation with a focus on multi country, regional or global compensation programmes.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Desirable: Certified Compensation Professional (CCP, CIPD, GRP) or equivalent certification.

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