SeniorFull TimeEN
Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.
Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.
Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.
About the role
The Senior Reward Business Partner MEA is a critical position in our HR function, central to aligning reward strategies with business objectives within a FTSE 30 Consumer Goods company.
The purpose of this role is to shape, influence and deliver a compelling total reward strategy that supports business priorities, talent outcomes and organisational performance, balancing global frameworks with localised requirements. This role acts as a strategic advisor to HR and business leadership on compensation, benefits, talent acceleration and reward governance.
The role is based in Dubai. The reporting line is into the Global Compensation CoE based in the UK. The successful candidate will need to be able to work in a fast-paced and matrixed environment.
Key responsibilities
Strategic Reward Leadership
• Proactively lead compensation and benefits-related projects tied to regulatory change, market competitiveness, and business transformation
• Develop reward strategies that enable attraction, retention and acceleration of critical and high-potential talent
• Partner with Talent CoE to embed differentiated reward into broader talent development and career acceleration frameworks
• Ownership of local reward policies
• Make recommendations for continuous improvement and simplification of reward processes and practices in conjunction with broader HR Transformation framework
Compensation Architecture & Governance
• Identify improvements and drive consistency and accuracy of compensation frameworks, job architecture alignment and data standards
• Drive and embed reward governance principles across markets and employee segments
Strategic Benefits Design
• Shape inclusive benefits strategy, with focus on equity and segment-specific needs
• Identify opportunities to review and redesign benefit policies to reflect legislative changes and operational feasibility, and build business case in partnership with the Benefits CoE
Insights, Analytics & Thought Leadership
• Provide strategic insights through reward analytics: internal parity, market positioning, policy impact modelling and financial forecasting
• Use external data and insights to advise HRBPs and business leaders on organisational health, risks and opportunities
Stakeholder Management & Change Leadership
• Lead stakeholder engagement across HR, Finance, Legal, business leaders and Global CoEs
• Drive end-to-end change management, communication and education for major reward initiatives
• Elevate reward literacy in HR and line managers via continuous education initiatives
Qualifications and skills
Essential
Ability to deliver tailored reward solutions within a global framework, providing commercially focused, pragmatic advice, to ensure the reward strategy aligns with the organisation’s needs both now and in the future.
Core requirements for the role are as follows:
• Significant experience in a specialist Compensation and Benefits role
• Proven regional experience or management of reward across multiple countries
• Strong understanding of market dynamics and differences across MEA countries
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate clearly and influence a wide range of stakeholders
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments, navigate complex issues, and apply creative problem-solving
• Demonstrated simplification mindset, with proven experience in process improvement, standardization, and automation
Preferred
·Experience from a large/global corporation
·Previous experience of working in complex/matrixed organisations
·Experience from working in a Consumer Goods industry environment
·Experience of working with Workday
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.
We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
Job Posting End Date
2026-05-29
Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.
During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.
The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.
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