Are you ready to shape reward strategy across multiple international markets?
Do you thrive in complex, matrixed environments where influence matters as much as expertise?
Can you balance data, commercial insight, and stakeholder management to drive impactful reward decisions?
MacGregor Black are partnering with a global food manufacturing business on the search for a Global Reward & Benefits Lead. This is a high-impact, visible role operating across Europe and wider international markets, supporting a business with significant scale, heritage, and ambitious growth plans. Role is a permanent, hybrid role based in North London.
As Global Reward & Benefits Lead, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior HR stakeholders and business leaders, shaping and delivering compensation and benefits strategies that enable the organisation to attract, retain, and motivate top talent globally.
Operating in a highly matrixed environment, you will bridge global frameworks with local market realities, ensuring reward programmes are competitive, equitable, and aligned to business performance.
This role combines strategic influence with hands-on delivery, spanning annual reward cycles, transformation projects, and ongoing advisory across multiple geographies.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead on global compensation strategy, including job evaluation, benchmarking, and pay structure design
* Partner with HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition to support complex hiring and reward decisions
* Drive consistency and internal equity across multiple markets while respecting local nuances
* Oversee global benefits governance, including programme design, cost modelling, and market competitiveness
* Support and enhance annual reward processes such as salary reviews, bonus cycles, and performance-linked rewards
* Deliver strategic reward projects, including regulatory and compliance initiatives across European markets
* Provide data-driven insights and modelling to inform business-critical decisions
* Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across HR, Finance, and the wider business
What We’re Looking For:
* Proven experience in compensation and benefits within an international or global organisation
* Strong knowledge of European reward practices and regulatory landscape
* Demonstrated ability to operate in a complex, matrixed environment
* Advanced analytical capability, with strong Excel and data interpretation skills
* Confident stakeholder manager, able to influence at senior level
* Experience balancing strategic project work with operational delivery
* Commercial mindset with the ability to link reward decisions to business outcomes
This is an opportunity to join a business at scale, where reward is seen as a critical lever for growth. You will have exposure to senior stakeholders, ownership of meaningful projects, and the chance to shape reward frameworks across diverse and evolving markets.
Salary £65-70k plus benefits
For more information, please contact Alice Redmond.