Manager – Reward & Benefits

Virgin Atlantic is still proudly flying, creating the same fabulous flight experience we’re famous for, and we’re busily laying the foundations for a profitable future. We know that the right people are key to creating success – so we’re looking for someone brilliant to join our People team and help us achieve our vision. Perhaps that’s you? We’d love to find out.

• Research, analyse, plan, procure, implement and communicate new and existing reward and benefit products, to ensure we are competitive within our market.
• Maintain market awareness and measure how our reward packages benchmark externally, recommending adjustments to improve competitiveness.
• Use a range of data sources to evaluate the effectiveness of current reward processes and policies, measuring impact, value and any key themes for improvement.
• Ensure we are future proofing our reward proposition and maximizing all opportunities for alignment or harmonisation across the enterprise.
• Highlighting external insights to inform future reward thinking and continually improve the offering.

• Apply subject matter expertise to refine and maintain the suite of reward products and policies, ensuring full compliance with local laws and legislation.
• Work with third party specialists to anticipate upcoming public policy, legislative or best practice changes and ensure these are fed into our product and process frameworks.
• Independently research complex compensation and benefit issues and propose resolutions.
• Develop internal mechanisms to ensure all decision making and governance is fully documented and current
• Chair quarterly account reviews, governance meetings and committees, with both internal and external partners, auditors, consultants and vendors, designing agendas, sharing information and facilitating regular discussions that drive maximum value back.

• Collaborate across the People function to design, deliver and communicate relevant and competitive reward packages and frameworks across VAA (fixed pay, variable pay, core and voluntary/flex benefits).
• Partner with key business leaders to undertake reward restructuring projects and one-off reviews, completing all end-to-end scoping, analysis, market review, modelling, recommendations and implementation planning.
• Manage and deliver end-to-end cyclical reward projects (including benefits enrolment cycles, variable pay cycle, pay review, Gender Pay, Equal Pay Audits etc.)
• Ensure reward packages align to our strategic aims, balancing internal and external competitiveness.

• Measure external partners to ensure all consistently offer excellent levels of service and competitive pricing.
• Ensure all risk benefits are appropriately budgeted, maximising all opportunities to either improve product quality / relevance or reduce costs whenever possible.
• Complete regular reviews with benefits providers to measure claims performance and VAA’s workforce profile, anticipating and advising on future changes versus budgeted spend.
• Contribute to budgeting, phasing and tracking activities to ensure spend is fully managed within budget.

• Ensure all reward products are fully operationalised into the People Operations and Resourcing teams at every tier, ensuring that all products, FAQs, advice and guidance is accurate, relevant and effectively delivered, providing additional support, training or guidance where needed.
• Collaborate with systems team to leverage latest technologies, improve automation and simplify processes.
• Use People Operations and third party partner data to evaluate the effectiveness of current reward service delivery, making recommendations where needed to improve or simplify the people experience.