Global Lifestyle Clothing Brand | Melbourne

An exciting prospect has arisen for an experienced Senior Reward Manager to join a well-known lifestyle clothing brand during an important period of growth and transformation.

Based in Melbourne, this senior position will lead the organisation’s reward strategy across remuneration, incentives, benefits and employee share plans. Working closely with the executive leadership team, People & Culture leaders and key stakeholders, you will ensure the reward framework remains competitive, commercially aligned and supports the attraction and retention of exceptional talent.

The Role

You will be responsible for:

- Developing and delivering the organisation’s overall reward strategy.
- Leading annual remuneration reviews, salary benchmarking and market analysis.
- Managing short-term and long-term incentive programs.
- Overseeing the design, implementation and administration of employee share plans.
- Reviewing and improving employee benefits and recognition programs.
- Providing expert advice on executive remuneration and reward-related matters.
- Preparing remuneration insights, recommendations and reports for senior leadership and the Board.
- Ensuring reward programs comply with relevant legislation, governance requirements and internal policies.
- Partnering with Finance, Payroll, Legal and People & Culture teams.
- Using market data and analytics to identify trends and support informed decision-making.




- Communicating complex reward programs clearly and effectively across the business.

About You

To be successful, you will bring:

- Significant experience in a senior reward, remuneration or compensation and benefits position.
- Strong knowledge of remuneration frameworks, salary benchmarking and incentive design.
- Demonstrated experience managing or implementing employee share plans.
- Experience working with executive remuneration and senior leadership teams.
- Strong commercial, analytical and financial capability.
- A thorough understanding of reward governance and relevant Australian employment requirements.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery.
- Experience within retail, fashion, lifestyle, consumer goods or another fast‑paced commercial environment will be highly regarded.

What’s on Offer

- A highly influential role within a recognised lifestyle clothing brand.
- The opportunity to shape and lead the overall reward strategy.
- Exposure to senior executives and key business decision-makers.
- A collaborative, commercially focused working environment.
- Competitive remuneration and flexible working arrangements.
- Melbourne-based position.

If you are a commercially minded reward specialist with strong experience across remuneration, incentives and employee share plans, we would love to hear from you.

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