unity-advisory - Reward Lead (Fractional- 12 month FTC)

• Senior reward / compensation & benefits experience, ideally including time in professional services, consulting or another partnership-style environment • Equally at home developing and extending an existing framework and running it well day to day, from benchmarking data and banding mechanics to benefits contracts and review timelines • Someone who sees the operational side of reward as part of the craft. Each pay cycle, renewal and equity report is a chance to test and improve the framework. • A pragmatic operator who can scope reward work realistically into 2.5 focused days a week, prioritising the highest-leverage work first • Confident advising Partners and senior leaders directly, with recommendations grounded in evidence rather than precedent alone • Comfortable working with light process and high trust, building just enough structure and no more • Interim, contract or fractional experience is welcome. We value people who can make an impact quickly and leave things better than they found them. • How this role fits at Unity • You'll sit in the People Team, working closely with the Chief People Officer, the Performance Lead (a fellow fractional specialist), People Ops, and Partners and Functional Leaders across the business. Reward decisions at Unity draw on the same "collective insight, direct feedback" approach that runs through how the firm manages performance and probation. They're calibrated and evidence-based, never made in isolation. • This is a 12-month fixed-term contract at 2.5 days a week. We're deliberately keeping the longer-term shape open. Depending on how Unity grows and what suits you, the role could continue after the initial contract, on a contract or permanent basis. Or it could finish with you helping us design and set up the right long-term reward model. Either outcome is a success, and we'll talk about it openly with you as the contract progresses.