Director of Reward
London (Hybrid)
A high-growth, fast paced, complex insurance business is seeking an experienced Director of Reward to lead and evolve its group-wide reward function.
Reporting directly to the Chief People Officer, this is a strategic leadership role with responsibility for developing and implementing a cohesive reward strategy across multiple businesses comprised of acquisitions, different geographies countries and specialities.
As Director of Reward, you will take ownership of all aspects of reward strategy, encompassing executive remuneration, incentive design, compensation, benefits, commission structures and long-term incentive arrangements. You will partner closely with executive leadership, finance and business stakeholders to ensure reward programmes support commercial objectives while maintaining strong governance and market competitiveness.
The role offers the opportunity to influence business-critical decisions, contribute to growth initiatives, support acquisitions and integrations, and build a best-in-class reward capability.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a cohesive and harmonised reward strategy across the business' multiple entities / Group.
- Develop and lead the organisation's reward philosophy and strategy across compensation, incentives, commission and benefits.
- Design and implement reward frameworks that support both revenue-generating and corporate populations.
- Provide strategic advice on executive remuneration and incentive arrangements.
- Lead remuneration committee and executive-level reward reporting and analysis.
- Oversee salary review, bonus and benefits processes across multiple jurisdictions.
- Drive reward transformation initiatives, establishing consistent governance, frameworks and controls.
- Manage and develop a specialist reward team while enhancing operational effectiveness.
- Partner with senior stakeholders on workforce planning, talent retention, organisational change and M&A activity.
- Lead the oversight and governance of equity-based reward and incentive programmes.
Requirements
- We are ONLY looking at candidates from an insurance broking or wider insurance background.
- Experienced reward professional with a proven track record operating at Director level within a complex insurance business.
- Ideally experience of reward strategy across Group entities
- A strong background in executive remuneration, incentives, benefits and international reward.
- Experience designing and implementing management incentive plans, long-term incentive plans and equity-based reward arrangements.
- A track record of delivering reward transformation and change within complex, multi-site or international organisations.
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to influence senior executives and boards.
- Excellent analytical, stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience supporting corporate growth, acquisitions and integration activity.
- What's on Offer
- A rare opportunity to shape the reward strategy of a growing international organisation.
- Significant visibility and influence with executive leadership.
- The chance to build and develop a high-performing reward function with genuine impact on organisational success.
