Group Performance & Rewards Manager

What You'll Do

• Total Rewards Strategy : Establish a comprehensive rewards ecosystem that integrates different components e.g. compensation, benefits, well-being, and recognition into a compelling Total Rewards Philosophy. You will underpin this strategy with dynamic financial models to forecast group-wide costs, stress-test incentive schemes, and ensure all initiatives remain financially sustainable.
• Performance Management Leadership : Orchestrate the end-to-end annual performance cycle (Goal Setting Check-ins & Reviews Calibration Evaluation / Assessment), ensuring that rigorous KPI alignment goes hand-in-hand with talent growth. You will embed Individual Development Plans (IDPs) and career conversations into the process, ensuring that performance management drives both business results and professional progression.
• Talent Development & Continuous Feedback : Shift the culture from compliance to growth by embedding ongoing check-ins and career conversations into the cycle. You will ensure appraisal outcomes directly trigger Individual Development Plans (IDPs) and actionable career progression steps.
• Job Architecture & Career Frameworks : Lead the Job Evaluation process (Hay/Mercer methodology) to grade roles, ensuring job levels are linked to transparent career growth and internal mobility opportunities.
• Governance & Stakeholder Management : Drive the technical governance of compensation strategies and oversee the management of group-wide benefit portfolios (Insurance, Wellness), ensuring maximum value, cost efficiency, and a superior employee experience.

What you will bring

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or Statistics/Mathematics.
• Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) / Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) or CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) Rewards pathway is a plus
• 7+ years of experience, with a track record of leading full Performance & Reward cycles for a sizable workforce (3,000+ employees)
• Advanced Financial Modeling skills. You must be able to build complex simulations in Excel from scratch (VBA/Macros is a plus) to predict budget variance
• Certified or deeply experienced in grading methodologies (e.g., Mercer IPE, Korn Ferry Hay)
• Group/Holding Exposure: Experience navigating the tension between Group Control and Local Flexibility in Group / Holding structure or large multi-national environment

Who we are looking for

• You can handle highly sensitive data with absolute discretion and integrity
• You have the grit to dig through messy data from multiple sources and distill it into clear, actionable insights that drive decision-making
• You can explain complex statistical concepts in simple business language that non-technical managers understand
• You are comfortable standing your ground with senior stakeholders to protect the integrity of the policy and budget