Reward Manager

You've probably heard of Autotrader, but do you know what we're all about?

We're the most trusted, most visited automotive marketplace in the UK. A heritage brand and a tech innovator. We bring together vehicle buyers and sellers to give them real choices. Cars may be what we're best known for but we’re also the place for pretty much everything else on wheels, from e-bikes to caravans.

In the automotive world, change is a constant, that’s why we take our job of untangling the complex car-buying journey very seriously.

We're looking for an experienced Reward Manager to help shape and evolve our reward offering across Autotrader. Reporting to the Head of Reward, you'll play a key strategic role in shaping and delivering our reward, benefits and wellbeing strategies. You'll lead key elements of the reward agenda, taking ownership from shaping strategy and building business cases through to implementation, communication, governance and evaluation.
You'll own the delivery of core reward programmes, including salary reviews, share plans, market benchmarking, job evaluation and reward reporting. You'll maintain our salary structures and job catalogue, ensuring job grading and benchmarking data within our People system remains accurate and well-governed. Combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, you'll ensure our reward proposition remains competitive, equitable, commercially sustainable and aligned with our business goals and culture.
You'll partner with senior stakeholders to solve complex reward challenges, using data, insight and sound judgement to deliver practical solutions. You'll also help shape and maintain our reward governance framework, supporting Remuneration Committee papers, executive reward reporting and regulatory compliance, while ensuring reward programmes are effectively communicated and managed.
Alongside reward, you'll lead our benefits and wellbeing agenda. You'll lead benefit renewals, market reviews, tenders, and contract negotiations, using cost, utilisation, employee feedback, and market insights to assess value and recommend changes. You'll oversee relationships with external providers, optimise our benefits platform, and lead engagement activities to improve understanding, participation, and the overall employee experience. You'll also help shape and deliver our wellbeing strategy, working with colleague networks and specialist partners to develop targeted initiatives and measure their impact, while supporting the governance and ongoing management of our pension arrangements, including provider relationships, communications and compliance activity.
As a manager within the People team, you'll lead, coach, and develop our Reward Advisor and Senior Reward Advisor, building reward capability across the wider function and driving continuous improvement, automation and simplification of reward processes.

Significant reward experience, ideally as a Reward Manager, Reward Partner, or Senior Reward Specialist, ready for the next step, with broad expertise across compensation, benefits and reward.
Broad and well-developed reward expertise, with significant experience shaping and delivering compensation, benefits and wellbeing initiatives, including salary reviews, market benchmarking, incentive and share plans, pension and healthcare provision, flexible benefits, financial wellbeing and recognition programmes. Strong job evaluation and grading experience, including the application of recognised frameworks such as Willis Towers Watson, Hay or Mercer.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner with and influence senior and executive stakeholders, translating complex reward analysis into clear, compelling insights and recommendations.
Advanced Excel and analytical capability, with experience in financial modelling, scenario analysis and translating complex reward data into clear executive-level insight and recommendations.
Demonstrated people management experience, with the ability to lead, coach and develop Reward professionals.
Experience leading projects and delivering multiple reward initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
A practical, solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to navigate complexity and take ownership of outcomes.
Strong commercial judgement and a sound understanding of reward governance, compliance and tax requirements, with the ability to assess the financial, regulatory and employee impact of reward decisions and make balanced recommendations.