Head of Total Rewards

About the role

As a Total Rewards Manager, you will own and continuously develop SIXT’s total rewards strategy to attract, motivate, and retain top talent. Your role includes creating and evolving SIXT’s Employee Value Proposition, ensuring compensation, benefits, and rewards clearly reflect what makes SIXT a great place to grow. You will also translate business ambition into compelling, competitive, and compliant rewards programs.

Responsibilities

• You design and continuously improve compensation structures, salary bands, and incentive programs.
• You lead annual compensation processes including merit increases, bonuses, and pay reviews.
• You conduct market benchmarking to ensure competitive and equitable pay practices.
• You Lead enterprise-wide benefits programs, driving vendor management, renewals, and cost optimization while partnering with Compliance to oversee Leave of Absence (LOA) benefits, streamline LOA administration, and deliver organization-wide LOA policy education.
• You develop and drive SIXT’s total rewards strategy in close partnership with HR and Finance.
• You ensure compliance with labor laws, pay transparency requirements, and internal governance.

Requirements

• You bring 8+ years of deep expertise in total rewards, including advanced compensation design, incentive programs, and benefits strategy within complex or high-growth organizations.
• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Finance, or a related field; advanced degrees or certifications (CCP, GRP, CEBS) are a strong plus.
• You demonstrate advanced proficiency in compensation benchmarking, job architecture, market pricing tools, HRIS platforms, and data analytics, with strong command of Microsoft Office applications.
• You are a trusted advisor with exceptional stakeholder management skills, able to influence senior leaders, translate complex data into clear insights, and drive decision-making.
• You are highly accountable, outcome-driven, and continuously raise the bar by proactively identifying opportunities to optimize rewards strategy and business impact.

Qualifications

• You are committed to excellence, working autonomously, taking full ownership of your projects, and consistently delivering results with a proactive, dependable mindset.

Skills

• Advanced compensation design
• Incentive programs
• Benefits strategy
• Market benchmarking
• Vendor management
• Compliance with labor laws
• Data analytics
• Microsoft Office applications
• Stakeholder management
• Decision-making
• Commitment to excellence

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance
• Access to AI tools like Claude by Anthropic and SIXTgpt
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Flexible hybrid work format
• Exclusive employee rentals
• Self-motivation and reliability

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the job posting.