Reward Manager
Date: 17 Apr 2025
Location:Birmingham, GB London, GB
Company: GKN Aerospace Careers
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for Reward and Performance? We're looking for a highly experienced Reward Manager to join our global HR team and play a pivotal role in shaping, implementing and managing our Reward and Performance strategies – aligning them with business objectives and enhancing our employee experience on a global scale.This is a high-impact role that blends data-driven decision-making, expert advisory, and project leadership across compensation, performance, grading, wellness and executive remuneration.
You'll be the go-to expert for all things Reward – including executive pay and share-based incentives.
This role will require travel to Bristol & London sites
How You'll Contribute
The successful candidate will
- Lead Global Reward Strategy – Design and drive global reward processes, salary frameworks and performance initiatives aligned with business goals and HRIS systems.
- Executive Compensation – Provide subject matter expertise on executive pay, long-term incentive plans, share-based awards, compliance and governance.
- Global Grading & Job Evaluation – Apply Willis Towers Watson methodology to evaluate roles, facilitate grading discussions and lead on global job architecture.
- Survey Management & Market Insights – Oversee external benchmarking surveys, analyse data for salary ranges, identify market hotspots, and make strategic recommendations.
- Reward Cycle Management – Own the end-to-end delivery of annual compensation cycles, including system changes, testing and process improvement in collaboration with Reward Directors.
- Wellbeing Champion – Lead global wellness initiatives to support health and wellbeing outcomes.
- Enablement & Education – Develop reward training, resources and toolkits for HR and business leaders.
- Project Leadership – Drive critical initiatives including EU Pay Transparency, reward governance, analytics and compliance.
What You'll Bring
To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Essential:
- Strong experience in global Total Rewards, compensation and performance frameworks.
- Expertise in Executive Compensation and share-based incentive planning.
- Proven ability to manage and interpret salary/benefit survey data and define salary ranges.
- Advanced Excel skills; strong proficiency across Microsoft Office.
- Deep understanding of HRIS/HRIT systems and integration with reward strategies.
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Experience managing benefit vendors and working with self-insured and insured plans.
- Ability to translate complex data into practical, business-focused solutions.
Desirable:
⦁ Knowledge of Success Factors compensation module and performance module.
⦁ Experience of Power BI.
⦁ Knowledge and experience of Willis Towers Watson compensation philosophy & using and applying their job grading tool.
⦁ In-depth knowledge of global rewards and analysis.
⦁ Experience of benefits and wellbeing initiatives .
⦁ Degree education and/or HR qualification or significant experience in this area.
⦁ Previous experience in a multi-cultural and global matrix organisation. Thorough understanding of the challenges of working across global time zones, languages and cultural differences.
⦁ Knowledge of global regulations and laws related to compensation and benefits.
⦁ Able to develop and deliver training on complex reward processes to diverse audiences.
What We Offer
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:
⦁ Competitive salary dependent on experience
⦁ Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to 8% on a 1 : 1.5 basis
⦁ Life Assurance 8 x salary
⦁ 25 days holiday + bank holidays
⦁ Flexible working hours
⦁ Income protection
⦁ Shopping discounts
⦁ Cycle To Work Scheme
⦁ Employee Assistance Programme
⦁ Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family
⦁ A collaborative, dynamic working environment
As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!
Why Join Us
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’ last year. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
Your impact matters! No matter your role, you’ll be a key player in driving operational excellence and shaping the future of aviation.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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