Senior Manager, Total Rewards - EMEA (Benefits & Wellbeing)

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The Role

The way an organisation rewards, supports, and invests in its people has a direct impact on employee engagement, retention, and business performance. As Senior Manager, Total Rewards - EMEA, you will lead the delivery, governance, and continuous improvement of benefits and wellbeing programmes across the region while serving as a trusted advisor to HR and business leaders. This is a highly visible role that bridges global strategy and regional execution, ensuring reward programmes are competitive, compliant, and aligned with CSL's business priorities.

Location: EMEA Region (Hybrid) - 3 days per week on site (Maidenhead)

Why It Matters

This role plays a pivotal part in shaping the employee experience across multiple countries and diverse markets. You will help ensure employees have access to benefits and wellbeing programmes that support their health, financial security, and overall wellbeing, while balancing local requirements with global reward principles. Through close partnership with business leaders, HR teams, and external providers, you will contribute to a Total Rewards strategy that enables CSL to attract, retain, and engage top talent across the EMEA region.

What You'll Be Responsible For

As Senior Manager, Total Rewards - EMEA, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across benefits, wellbeing, and broader reward initiatives. Working in a complex multinational environment, you will partner with stakeholders across the business to drive programme effectiveness, governance, compliance, and continuous improvement while leading and developing a small regional team.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR Business Partners, People & Culture leaders, and business stakeholders on Total Rewards matters across EMEA.
• Lead the governance, management, and enhancement of regional benefits programmes, including health, retirement, risk, wellbeing, and leave programmes, ensuring alignment with local regulatory requirements and global reward principles.
• Translate global reward strategies into effective regional solutions that address local business, regulatory, and market requirements.
• Manage relationships with brokers, consultants, insurers, and third-party providers, ensuring high-quality service delivery and cost-effective programme management.
• Lead annual renewals, vendor reviews, and programme evaluations while identifying opportunities for innovation, consolidation, and operational improvement.
• Lead, coach, and develop a small team of Total Rewards professionals, fostering collaboration, capability development, and operational excellence across the region.

Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in Benefits, Total Rewards, Compensation & Benefits, or a related rewards discipline within a multinational organisation.
• Proven experience managing benefits programmes across multiple countries within the EMEA region.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience partnering with senior HR and business leaders in a matrix environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams, with the ability to coach, influence, and build capability across a regional function.
• Broad knowledge of Total Rewards practices, including employee benefits, wellbeing, compensation, reward governance, and market benchmarking.

Travel

Occasional travel within the EMEA region may be required to support stakeholder engagement, programme implementation, vendor management activities, team leadership responsibilities, and regional or global Total Rewards initiatives.511