Reward Manager, Australia

Job Description :

Reward Manager, Australia (12 Month Fixed-term contract)

Celebrate You

From humble beginnings to extraordinary futures, Diageo is centred on crafting incredible stories of ambitious possibilities. From our iconic global brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Tanqueray and Don Julio, to our local homegrown heroes Bundaberg Rum, UDL and Reeftip, we are a team of pioneers, looking to lead the future of our industry and brands from today. At Diageo, you will be a chosen custodian of our brand portfolio, entrusted with building brands for consumers to celebrate with in the moments that matter. Alongside you will be a group of ambitious, passionate and innovative people, who will help you to achieve extraordinary heights. Together, you will help us create a future worth celebrating.

Our Brands, Australia

While the name Diageo may be unfamiliar to you, our brands have most likely been with you while you create unforgettable moments of connection and celebration. Imagine crafting the future some of the most well-loved spirits brands across the world, including Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Bundaberg Rum and building possibilities within growing brands such as Don Julio, Ciroc, Reeftip and Aviation Gin. By joining Diageo Australia, you will inspire an exceptional team around you, with offices and teams working from 8 locations across Australia, to build incredible performance and unleash your own potential.

Join our Human Resources team

Our Human Resources (HR) team bring brilliant people together to help us continue building iconic brands. We harness the diverse talents of our people to help them excel. We champion an inclusive and collaborative culture, where all voices and perspectives are celebrated and valued.

HR is at the heart of markets around the world, finding and developing talent that will unearth new ideas and inspire innovation. From creative problem solvers and entrepreneurs to scientists and engineers — whatever your experience and ideas, we’ll help you to harness your talents, empowering you to be the best you can be.

What will your role be?

This position, Rewards Manager, Australia, is the subject matter expert responsible for delivering total reward programs aligned with our global reward philosophy in that market. Working in concert with the global Reward COE, this position will also help lead and/or participate in strategic transformation efforts intended deliver step-change improvements in our total reward program design and administrative processes.

One of the biggest priorities we have for Australia is a complete review of our Total Reward offering, to position Reward as an enabler of the Talent agenda for the market and ensure that our compensation and benefits offering is competitive and defined purposefully to support our employee’s needs. This role will lead this review from end to end, ensuring that we are capable to deliver a significant shift into our current offering while being aligned to our global reward philosophy and implementing new and innovative market practices.

Leadership responsibilities:

• Implements total reward programs (i.e. base pay, incentives, benefits, etc.) aligned to Diageo’s global reward philosophy & strategy 
• Administers the annual competitive pay analysis using market data and global pay proposition parameters to develop salary ranges for the market.
• Completes job levelling / job pricing reviews utilizing global grading methodology
• Responsible for local benefit plan design, administration, compliance and vendor management
• Demonstrates deep business knowledge, participates in discussions and leads training sessions with executives and understands fundamental business drivers needed for success
• Keeps abreast of trends and best practices in industry through membership of HR societies, and industry compensation & benefits forums
• May lead and/or participate in global total rewards projects that involve development and/or re-design of existing total rewards programs
• Serve as the subject matter expert for escalated issues from HR shared services and/or payroll

What will you bring to the table?

• 10+ years relevant experience in total rewards / compensation & benefits
• Working knowledge of relevant regulations in market
• Possesses strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with ability to generate insight from data and generate action plans from insights.
• Strong self-starter who is eager to learn and has the tenacity to follow through on assigned projects to successful completion.
• Displays excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and builds relationships with key stakeholders within the business functions and HR team.
• Candidate must have advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc...)
• Familiarity with Workday, Mercer and Willis Towers Watson’s Global Grading System preferred

What are the benefits?

We are an organisation that creates products that are part of celebrations, and our culture reflects this.  At Diageo, you will have the ability to work flexibly to ensure you can unlock your own potential through creating bold plans and executing your vision.

You will also be rewarded through competitive salary and monetary benefits including bonus, flexible leave entitlements and product allowance as well as being supported via non-monetary benefits including an industry leading parental leave policy, volunteering days and workplace giving, and subscriptions to mental health and fitness platforms.

Our commitment to inclusion and diversity:

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

At Diageo, we pride ourselves on our fast paced, bold and agile culture. In order to ensure we’re supporting the performance ambitions of our team, applications for this role will close 14/3/25

Worker Type :

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Primary Location:

Sydney HQ

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-02-14