Interim Reward Project Manager

hays

City of London, England

£500.0 - £600.0 per annum + £500 per day (inside IR35)

Full Time

Non CIPD member, CIPD Member

4 April 2026

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We’re looking for a forward‑thinking Reward Project Manager to shape and deliver a modern, inclusive, and market‑competitive reward offering. You’ll lead a multi‑phase transformation across compensation, benefits, incentives, and recognition-enhancing fairness, reinforcing customer‑trust behaviours, and elevating the frontline employee experience.
What you’ll do

  • Lead the end‑to‑end redesign of our reward strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and cultural ambitions.
  • Review and modernise pay structures, benchmarking compensation and designing clear progression models.
  • Oversee a full review of employee benefits, particularly for frontline colleagues, improving relevance, inclusivity, and value.
  • Simplify and redesign bonus, incentive, and recognition programmes to drive the right behaviours and boost engagement.
  • Use data and modelling to assess equity, model scenarios, and track the impact of reward changes.
  • Partner with senior leaders, People Partners, and vendors to deliver high‑quality outcomes and effective change communications.

What you’ll bring

  • Proven experience in Reward, ideally with frontline or operational workforce exposure.
  • Strong technical expertise across pay, benefits, incentives, and recognition.
  • Experience delivering complex reward redesign projects end‑to‑end.
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills.
  • A commitment to fairness, inclusion, and culture‑shaping reward design.



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