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volta - Head of Total Rewards

London, UK+ Equity3d ago

In Office Director EMEA Head of Human Resources Head of People Budget Management Stakeholder Management Benefits Administration Reporting Governance Talent Acquisition

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience owning compensation and benefits in a scaling organisation, ideally in technology, cloud, infrastructure or another high-growth sector • Practical, hands-on experience of both North American and European compensation and benefits, including US medical and retirement provision and European statutory and supplementary benefits • Proven ownership of a salary benchmarking approach: market pricing, range build and maintenance • Experience running an annual salary review or merit cycle end to end, including budget modelling and manager communication • Working knowledge of employee equity plans and how equity fits within total reward, and comfortable partnering with Finance on plan mechanics • Strong stakeholder management skills, able to advise and influence the Executive Team, Finance and Talent Acquisition • Excellent analytical skills, comfortable building and presenting reward data, modelling and commercial insight

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve Volta's global compensation philosophy and reward strategy, and design and maintain salary bands, job architecture and market benchmarking frameworks • Act as the reward escalation point for Talent Acquisition and hiring managers on offer construction, competitive positioning, counter-offer scenarios and out-of-range approvals • Own the benefits philosophy and design Volta's global benefits strategy country by country, balancing competitiveness, cost and consistency of employee experience • Lead the selection, negotiation and roll-out of benefits programmes in new and existing markets, including medical, risk, pension and wellbeing provision, and manage insurer and broker relationships • Run day-to-day benefits administration, including US medical and 401(k), UK pension and risk benefits and European statutory and supplementary provision, ensuring compliance in every jurisdiction • Own end-to-end design and delivery of the annual salary and bonus review cycle, including timetable, budget modelling, guidelines, manager tooling, moderation, approvals and communication • Develop bonus frameworks, incentive schemes and recognition programmes, and equip managers to make and explain reward decisions with clear guidance and calibration support • Set and benchmark equity grant guidelines by level and geography, integrate equity into total reward positioning and offers, and recommend grant levels for new hires, promotions and refresh cycles in partnership with Finance • Ensure reward decisions comply with internal governance and global employment legislation, including the EU Pay Transparency Directive and equal pay requirements, and produce reward analytics and reporting