Compensation Governance & Pay Transparency Lead (Compensation)

Location: Southampton, United Kingdom; flexible hybrid working

Company

hirify.global is building a diverse and inclusive workforce while supporting business and people growth through data-driven, innovative practices.

What you will do

• Lead compensation governance and pay transparency projects, driving process improvement and operational excellence.
• Govern job families, bands, levels, role profiles, and salary range structures in partnership with Finance.
• Own compensation benchmarking and survey matching using WTW and McLagan data.
• Design pay methodology for new-hire positioning, annual pay reviews, band progression, and total reward programmes.
• Deliver gender pay, equal pay, and pay transparency readiness, recommending evidence-based remediation.
• Maintain remuneration policy, prepare materials for boards and colleague forums, produce executive insights, and develop the Reward Analyst.

Requirements

• Extensive specialist experience in compensation, job architecture, and reward governance.
• Experience solving complex, high-impact problems across multiple countries and interpreting market and regulatory change.
• Extensive experience using external compensation surveys, including WTW and McLagan.
• Relevant professional qualification and specialised knowledge of compensation disciplines.
• Prior experience with Workday.
• Expertise in financial modelling, compliance, data-driven decision-making, and explaining complex topics to non-technical audiences.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working.
• Ability to work abroad for up to three weeks per year.
• Discretionary bonus scheme and generous holiday allowance.
• Pension scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance, and worldwide travel insurance.
• Health and wellbeing programmes and on-site parking.