Group Total Rewards Manager

One day you're presenting executive remuneration insights to the Executive Leadership Team. The next you're redesigning an incentive program that ensures our people are rewarded for their great work. By the end of the week, you've partnered with senior leaders on reward strategy, collaborated with our parent company, and found a simpler way to deliver a better employee experience.

No two days are the same - but every day you'll help shape how we reward, recognise, and support our people.

Reporting to the General Manager – People, you'll lead delivery and evolution of Country Road Group's end-to-end Total Rewards strategy across remuneration, benefits, recognition, and mobility. You'll influence decisions, balance strategy with delivery, and ensure our reward offering is competitive, commercially sound and aligned with broader Group principles.

We're looking for someone who enjoys challenging the status quo, cutting through complexity, and finding simpler, smarter ways of doing things. If you believe great reward should be easy to understand, scalable and meaningful, you'll fit right in.

How You Will Contribute 

Every day is different, but you can expect to:

• Partner with senior leaders to shape reward decisions that support our people and our business.
• Lead remuneration reviews, incentive programs and market benchmarking to keep our reward offering competitive.
• Collaborate with our parent company to align Group reward frameworks while meeting local business needs.
• Review and evolve our benefits, recognition, and mobility programs to strengthen our employee value proposition.
• Simplify processes, challenge complexity and lead reward projects that create a better experience for our people.
• Coach your team member and work closely with colleagues across the People team to deliver great outcomes.;

Capabilities We Value  

You're a strategic thinker who loves making the complex simple. You bring deep reward expertise, commercial acumen, and the confidence to influence senior leaders and drive meaningful change.

You'll have:

• Extensive experience leading Total Rewards, Remuneration or Performance & Reward in a medium to large, complex retail organisation.
• Strong knowledge of remuneration strategy, executive reward, incentives, and governance.
• Experience partnering with executives, Boards, and senior stakeholders to deliver commercial, data-driven advice.
• A track record of leading change, improving processes, and embracing radical simplification.
• Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to bring people together to deliver outcomes.

What We Offer

• Bi-annual product allowance, access to sample sales and 40% discount for you and your immediate family across all CRG brands 
• Flex your leave your way, including birthday leave, volunteer leave, personal leave and more 
• Access to health and wellbeing support, including Health Insurance, 24/7 EAP counselling and financial advice services 
• 18 weeks paid parental leave program for eligible employees with return-to-work clothing allowance 
• Internal career opportunities across our portfolio of brands 
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities 
• Support impactful community and charity partnerships across our brands, including OCRF, Our Watch, First Nations Reconciliation, Movember, Red Cross and Landcare. 

Who We Are  

Country Road Group is a design-led portfolio of premium fashion brands, comprising five iconic labels: Country Road, Mimco, Trenery, Witchery and Politix. Each brand has its own story, and together they hold a market-leading position in the mid to upper tier of Australia's specialty fashion segment with a focus on delivering our ambition to build a portfolio of distinctive brands that drive sustainable growth. Country Road Group is part of Woolworths Holdings Limited (South Africa), a leading Southern Hemisphere retail group.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of reward across one of Australia's most iconic retail groups. You'll influence decisions and work alongside passionate and creative people.

If you're excited by creating simple, meaningful reward experiences that help people and businesses thrive, we'd love to hear from you.

 Country Road Group acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present.  

We’re committed to inclusion and accessibility. If we can support you with any adjustments at any stage, please let us know.