Lead Total Rewards Partner

Role Purpose

Act as the analytical engine and trusted deputy to the Regional Head of Total Rewards, driving the design, delivery and governance of competitive, cost-effective and compliant Compensation & Benefits programmes across MESA. The role combines strong technical reward expertise with strong hands-on analytics and partnering with HR, Finance, Group Reward and business leaders as necessary.

Key Responsibilities – Compensation

• Job Architecture: Maintain job families, levelling and grade/title mapping; support job evaluation and consistent role governance across countries.
• Pay Bands & Structures: Build and refresh salary ranges (min/mid/max, spreads, midpoint progression); monitor compa-ratios and range penetration.
• Market Benchmarking: Manage salary survey participation (e.g., Mercer, Aon, Korn ferry) and job matching; deliver market positioning analysis by country, sector and level.
• Harmonization: Lead pay and grade harmonization for M&A, restructuring and legacy entities, including gap analysis, cost modelling and transition plans.
• Annual Salary Review & Incentives: Run ASR/merit cycles, budget modelling and merit matrices; support STI/bonus design, payouts.
• Pay Equity, Offers & Allowances: Conduct internal equity reviews; advise on offers, promotions and salary corrections; govern allowance and expat/mobility packages.

Key Responsibilities – Benefits & Insurance

• Insurance Programmes: Manage group medical, life and personal accident policies; lead annual renewals with brokers and insurers (RFPs, negotiations, plan design options).
• Claims & Cost Analytics: Analyse claims experience, loss ratios and utilisation trends; project renewal costs and recommend cost-containment levers.
• Statutory & Retirement Benefits: Ensure compliance with country requirements (e.g., End-of-service benefits, GOSI/pension schemes, mandatory health cover etc).
• Benchmarking, Wellbeing & Vendors: Benchmark benefits against market practice; support wellbeing and flexible benefits; manage broker/TPA SLAs, employee communications.

Key Responsibilities – Governance, Analytics & Partnering

• Policy & Governance: Draft and maintain reward policies, approval matrices and audit-ready documentation; ensure alignment with Regional & Group Reward frameworks.
• Reward Analytics: Build dashboards, cost models and scenario analyses; ensure HCM/HRIS reward data accuracy and integrity.
• Operations & Shared Services Partnership: As policy owner, partner with Operations and Shared Services teams who execute reward transactions; define clear process guidelines, controls and checks to ensure accurate, compliant and consistent delivery and data integrity.
• Partnering & Deputising: Prepare leadership-ready decks and approval notes; act as first point of contact for HRBPs and Finance, and deputise for the Regional Head when required.

Candidate Profile

• 12+ years in Compensation & Benefits/Total Rewards, ideally with multi-country exposure across India and the Middle East.
• Hands-on experience with job evaluation methodologies (e.g., Mercer IPE, Korn Ferry Hay, WTW GGS) and salary surveys.
• Advanced Excel and data modelling skills; working knowledge of Power BI and HCM systems (e.g., SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle).
• Strong analytical rigour and discretion; confident communicator who turns data into executive-ready insights and thrives in a lean regional team.