Head of Reward UK & Ireland

Title: Head of Reward UK & Ireland

Locations: London or Dublin

Role Type: Permanent

Reports to: Global Head of Market Reward

About us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating!

About the role:

This pivotal role provides thought leadership to enable the effective delivery of the reward function goals within the wider HR and business strategy. Ultimately this position is responsible for providing long term competitive advantage to the business in terms of best talent attraction, motivation and employee retention through innovative compensation and benefit programs. 

The role leads on the total reward agenda for UK and Ireland, along with being the Reward Business Partner for two of Diageo’s key markets (GB and Ireland) the geographical remit also covers many Global Functions (HR, Corporate Relations, Legal, Global Travel, and Sales and Marketing).  This remit includes approximately 5,000 employees who work across many aspects of Diageo’s business in the UK, Ireland and globally.   

Top Accountabilities 

• Develops a depth and breadth of expertise and provides advice internally on all key reward enablers – including market data acquisition and analysis, salary management, job evaluation, incentive plan design, policy development and total reward communications. 
• Understand the external market practice for Reward within the UK & Ireland and drive reward proposals with papers for stakeholder engagement.  Influence and gain approval for significant changes to be implemented. Develop the effectiveness of Reward programmes. 
• Leading a team of Reward analysts to deliver the reward needs across multiple functions and partners, coaching and developing the team and supporting the prioritisation of work. 
• Shape the UK&I Reward strategy to prioritise improvement areas, in line with the Global Reward strategy and country specific business needs. 
• Maintains relationship with 3rd party providers for effective Benefits Management delivery, including flexible benefits, medical and broker partnerships.  
• Partners, people managers and Shared Service centres to enable the attraction, retention and motivation of our people. 

Qualifications and Experience Required 

• Minimum 8 years’ professional Human Resources experience – preferably with at least 4 years’ reward experience with a focus on compensation and benefit design and/or reward application (ideally within the countries it will be supporting).
• Comprehensive understanding of core reward practices, e.g. benchmarking methodologies, salary range development, benefits management.  Familiarity with the UK & Ireland reward landscape is a must, e.g., gender pay gap reporting, legislative environment and benefits industry. 
• Proven strategic and analytical thinking skills with the ability to solve problems in a timely manner. Uses experience to focus attention on key issues.  
• Experience of contributing to change programmes in a dynamic business environment. Embraces change and takes ownership for driving reward initiatives. 
• Strong stakeholder management experience.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you and we’ll work together so that you’re supported from day one.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

• Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• On site gym or subsidised gym membership
• Contributary pension scheme
• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family
• On site nursery or vouchers
• Annual bonus (dependent on performance)
• Share options

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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