Reward Project Lead

Location: This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our London, Kings Cross office.

Contract Type: 6 month fixed term contract

The Opportunity

Join us as a Reward Project Lead and take ownership of high-impact, global reward initiatives. From pay transparency and benchmarking to incentive design, you’ll deliver key projects that shape how we attract and reward talent — all in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment.

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead and deliver high-impact global reward projects (pay transparency, incentives, benchmarking, benefits).
• Manage multiple fast-paced workstreams end-to-end, driving delivery and solving problems quickly.
• Provide data-driven insights, including pay analysis, modelling and market benchmarking.
• Ensure compliance with global reward regulations, with a focus on European Pay Transparency and governance.
• Partner with People, Finance and business leaders as a trusted reward expert to shape reward strategy and outcomes.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven global reward experience, with strong knowledge of compensation, benefits and market trends.
• Experience delivering reward projects in complex, multinational environments, including change or M&A.
• Strong data analysis and modelling skills, with the ability to turn insight into action.
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Highly organised, analytical and commercially minded, with a collaborative and discreet approach.

We Are RS

We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we’re a trusted partner to the world’s leading industries.

We’re looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact. 

Rewards

Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

• Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
• Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
• Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
• Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values

Ready to Make Amazing Happen?

Join c. 9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here.

Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.

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