Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

The role:

We're hiring a Senior Reward & Performance Manager to lead the delivery of reward and performance programmes across the UK.

This is a senior, hands-on role where you'll own pay and performance cycles end-to-end, act as the go-to expert for reward, and partner closely with senior stakeholders to deliver market-leading, data-driven solutions.

• Lead annual pay, bonus and performance cycles
• Shape and deliver reward strategy in the UK market
• Provide expert advice on hires, promotions and retention
• Use data and benchmarking to inform decisions
• Partner with senior stakeholders and manage Reward Advisors

What we're looking for

• Strong reward experience in a complex or global environment
• Proven delivery of end-to-end reward programmes
• Deep understanding of UK pay practices and employment landscape
• Confident influencing senior stakeholders
• Analytical and commercially minded

What's on offer:

This role is based in our London office, with a hybrid working model.

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

Health & Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments

Finance

• Pension and flexible savings options
• Income protection and life assurance
• Mortgage advice and will-writing services

Family & Lifestyle

• Electric car and cycle to work schemes
• Emergency family care
• Additional holiday/birthday leave
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)

If you think this role would suit you, please click apply below. We look forward to hearing from you!

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy

Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders (lateralrecruitment@linklaters.com for legal roles orukbtrecruitment@linklaters.com for business team roles ).