Reward Director

Team – Reward and Performance 

Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality London, Bournemouth or Stockport Office. Full-time hours apply.  

We are happy to discuss flexible working! 

Top 3 Skills 

• Strong experience in strategic global reward leadership 
• Experience modernising systems, processes and policies using technology, automation and data 
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and navigate complex organisational challenges 

What this role is all about  

At Vitality, we’re here to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. It’s what makes us different, and it shapes the way we reward, lead and hire. 

We’re now looking for a Reward & Payroll Director to set the direction for how we pay, incentivise and look after great people across the world. This is a rare chance to own reward at a business that’s growing fast. You’ll lead our global reward strategy, drive greater alignment across every market, and take accountability for a robust, compliant UK payroll function. You’ll work shoulder to shoulder with senior leaders across Finance and People, lead a lean, high-performing team, and stay hands-on where it matters. Big strategy. Real delivery. Genuine impact. 

• Define and evolve Vitality’s global reward strategy, ensuring reward supports business priorities, organisational performance, growth ambitions and the wider People strategy 
• Establish a globally aligned reward framework and scalable operating model, strengthening reward principles, governance and employee experience across multiple markets 
• Lead the transformation of reward and payroll practices through improved technology, automation, AI, compensation planning and advanced analytics capability 
• Own the design and governance of global salary structures, incentive plans and benefit programmes, including providing expert direction on executive and senior leadership remuneration 
• Lead reward activity across acquisitions, integrations and organisational change, including due diligence, reward harmonisation and the development of solutions that support expansion into new markets 
• Shape executive decision-making through market intelligence, sophisticated reward analysis, modelling and scenario planning, balancing employee, commercial, financial and risk considerations 
• Lead the strategic approach to fair pay and pay transparency, establishing sustainable frameworks that address local requirements while supporting greater global consistency 
• Provide strategic and operational leadership of UK payroll, strengthening governance, controls, compliance and continuous improvement while modernising payroll processes 
• Lead annual reward activity including salary reviews, incentive planning and market benchmarking, establishing effective controls and reporting to ensure reward remains equitable, competitive and sustainable 
• Build and lead a high-performing specialist Reward & Payroll team and develop influential partnerships across People, Finance, Legal and senior business leadership to deliver complex organisation-wide change  

What do you need to thrive 

• Significant senior-level reward leadership experience within a complex, fast-paced organisation 
• Proven experience developing and implementing reward strategy across multiple geographies 
• Deep expertise across compensation, incentives, executive remuneration and benefits 
• Strong experience leading major reward transformation, harmonisation and global alignment programmes 
• Experience leading payroll, reward operations or closely related employee services, with strong knowledge of payroll governance, controls and compliance 
• Proven experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, organisational change or significant business growth 
• Strong knowledge of reward technology, market benchmarking and people data platforms such as SuccessFactors, WTW or Remchannel 
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate complex reward considerations into effective business decisions 
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and navigate complex challenges across multiple markets and business units 
• Experience leading a specialist team while remaining actively involved in strategic and complex delivery 

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits
• Be there for you when you need us
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.