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Global Reward Partner

theeconomistgroup
London - Commercial
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<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Who we are</strong></p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd">Since 1843, The Economist Group has championed independence, excellence and openness, helping people understand and tackle the critical challenges shaping the world. Today, we are building on that legacy as a global media and information-services company powered by digital innovation, analytical rigour and evidence-based insight.</p>
<p class="isSelectedEnd">Across our three businesses -<em>The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education</em> - we deliver trusted analysis and insights to individuals and organisations in more than 170 countries. United by a shared purpose to drive progress, we empower decision-makers to make sense of change and chart a course through an increasingly complex world.</p>
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<p> </p></div><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The Reward Partner supports the delivery and continuous improvement of the organisation's global reward programmes, policies and processes. Working closely with the Global Head of Reward, the role is responsible for the operational delivery of core reward activities, maintaining the integrity of reward data and job architecture, and providing expert advice to People Business Partners and business leaders on reward matters.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The role combines strong analytical capability with project management and stakeholder partnering to ensure reward programmes are delivered effectively, support business objectives and provide a competitive employee value proposition.</span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></span></h1>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Reward programme delivery</strong></span></h2>
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<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Project-manage the annual delivery of core reward processes, including annual compensation reviews, short-term incentives (bonus/commission) and long-term incentive (LTI) cycles.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Coordinate reward activities across multiple business areas, ensuring governance, timelines and approvals are effectively managed.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Support the administration and implementation of executive and employee incentive plans.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ensure reward programmes are delivered consistently and in line with policy and governance requirements.</span><hr></li>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Reward partnering</strong></span></h2>
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<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Act as a trusted reward advisor to People Business Partners, providing guidance on compensation, job architecture, benchmarking and reward policy.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Support managers and HR colleagues with reward-related queries.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Provide recommendations that balance market competitiveness, internal equity and affordability.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build strong relationships across HR, Finance and business leadership to support effective reward decision-making.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Job architecture and market benchmarking</strong></span></h2>
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<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Maintain and evolve the organisation's job architecture using the WTW Global Grading Framework.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Evaluate new and existing roles, ensuring consistent job levelling and governance.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Conduct external market benchmarking to support compensation decisions and organisational design.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Partner with People teams to ensure roles are accurately aligned within the job architecture and career framework.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Reward analytics and modelling</strong></span></h2>
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<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Produce insightful reward analytics to support business decisions and reward strategy.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Develop compensation models, salary increase scenarios and incentive funding analyses.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Analyse internal and external market data to identify trends, pay gaps and competitive positioning.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Support annual compensation budget modelling and financial forecasting for reward programmes.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Prepare reports and presentations for senior stakeholders, including Executive and Remuneration Committee papers where required.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Reward data management</strong></span></h2>
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<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Regularly review and validate reward data across People systems and reward databases.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ensure the integrity of job architecture, grading, salary ranges and compensation records.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Support data governance and quality assurance across reward-related information.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Salary surveys and market intelligence</strong></span></h2>
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<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Manage participation in annual salary surveys, including data collection, validation and submission.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Maintain relationships with external survey providers, including WTW and other market data vendors.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Analyse survey results and communicate market insights to HR and business leaders.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ensure benchmarking data remains current and supports informed reward decisions.</span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Reward strategy and projects</strong></span></h2>
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