Job Description :
Job Title: Reward Manager - Global Compensation Programs
Locations: Budapest or Madrid
Role Type: Permanent - Full time
Reports to: Head of Global Compensation Programs
About us:
With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future!
Role Overview
This role is responsible for supporting Diageo’s key compensation programmes including our Strategic Pay Review, our Annual Reward Cycle, Compensation Benchmarking and other Global Compensation Programs.
Key Responsibilities
Work with the Head of Global Compensation Programs and support the design process of Diageo’s Strategic Pay Review which ensures fair & competitive pay for all employees, and establishes our targeted investment in base pay.
- Lead Diageo’s Annual Reward Cycle which is our annual salary/merit and annual bonus planning process in partnership with the Global Reward Operations team. Collaborate with reward teams across regions to drive consistency in application of reward principles. Develop communication materials to support the reward cycle. Help prepare summary report for review and approval.
- Run Diageo’s Annual Benchmarking Exercise in partnership with the Global Reward Operations team. Guide regions on benchmarking principles.
- Contribute to Global Compensation Projects and drive rollout of global compensation programmes across Diageo's markets in partnership with regional reward teams.
- Working from the center of excellence and serving as the subject matter expert, this role will bring continuous improvement to the design, delivery, and governance of assigned global projects, programs, and processes. Partner with regional reward teams to adapt global programs to local needs while maintaining overall consistency.
- Monitor program effectiveness and recommend improvements as needed.
- This is a highly visible role that will have frequent interaction with the Market Reward leadership team across the globe.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in compensation management within a global organization.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data analysis tools (e.g., Excel).
- Project management skills with a proven track record of managing complex projects across multiple geographies preferred.
- Ability to influence and build strong relationships within the organization.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
Key Competencies
- Analytical Skills
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication Skills
- Influencing & Negotiation
Diversity statement
Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.
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.
Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying!
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Worker Type :
Regular
Primary Location:
Budapest
Additional Locations :
Madrid
Job Posting Start Date :
2025-03-04
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What We Do
Diageo's official LinkedIn account. We're a global leader in premium drinks, across spirits and beer, a business built on the principles and foundations laid by the giants of the industry.
With over 200 brands sold in 180 countries, our portfolio has remarkable breadth. From centuries-old names to exciting new entrants, and global giants to local legends, we're building the very best brands out there, and with over 30,000 talented people based in over 135 countries, we're a truly global company. With such diversity, we're able to truly represent our broad consumer base and think differently about the future.
To maintain our position as leaders in the alcoholic beverage market, we always invest in the future and are mindful of the impact we have. Because just like the legends of our past, we're here to raise the bar – for people as well as the planet
