Director, Benefits – EMEA Job at Marriott Bonvoy (London)

Job Description

The Director, Benefits – EMEA is a senior regional leader responsible for elevating, modernising, and integrating Marriott’s employee benefits practices across the EMEA region. This role exists to simplify and strengthen a complex and decentralised benefits landscape, transforming it into a coherent, competitive, and easy‑to‑navigate ecosystem that supports attraction, engagement, and retention across diverse markets. Reporting to the Vice President, Total Rewards – EMEA, the role drives forward‑looking benefits strategy, governance, and optimisation. The position ensures benefits remain locally relevant, competitive, compliant, and financially sustainable while positioning benefits as a strategic enabler of talent and employee experience. The role requires a highly self‑directed, strategic, delivery‑focused leader capable of driving complex, multi‑country initiatives without direct line management.

Job Responsibility

Define, own, and evolve the EMEA Benefits Strategy aligned to Total Rewards and People Strategy
Position benefits as a strategic talent lever for attraction, retention, wellbeing, and engagement
Modernise benefit practices to reflect market expectations and employer‑of‑choice standards
Establish clear design principles: competitiveness, equity, sustainability, affordability, and experience
Lead transformation of fragmented market‑specific practices into a unified EMEA ecosystem
Create a consistent benefits taxonomy, framework, and standards
Clarify governance, policies, and decision rights
Balance simplification with legal, regulatory, and cultural requirements
Lead development and optimisation of EMEA pooling strategies (medical, life, disability, risk)
Improve benefit value, reduce cost, and enhance governance via pooling
Partner with Finance, brokers, and insurers on financial outcomes and reinvestment opportunities
Serve as regional subject‑matter expert on insured benefits financing
Own EMEA relationships with brokers, insurers, consultants, and TPAs
Drive consistency and simplification of vendor/platform strategies
Lead tenders, renewals, and performance reviews
Improve transparency on costs, utilisation, and long‑term exposure
Lead large, multi‑country transformation reviews (e.g., leave, wellbeing, insured benefits)
Introduce repeatable, data‑driven evaluation frameworks
Prioritise initiatives based on competitiveness, equity, and employee experience
Manage complex project plans, risks, timelines, and stakeholder expectations
Own and maintain EMEA benefits policies and governance documentation
Ensure compliance with legislation, social security, works councils, and labour requirements
Maintain cultural relevance and local competitiveness
Provide oversight and governance for EMEA retirement and pension programs
Partner with internal and external experts on renewals, compliance, and provider evaluations
Ensure fiduciary and regulatory standards are met
Act as a trusted advisor to senior HR, Finance, and Global Total Rewards partners
Translate complexity into business‑focused recommendations
Provide thought leadership to EMEA Total Rewards evolution
Deliver results through influence rather than authority
Collaborate with Total Rewards, HR Operations, HRBPs, and country HR leaders
Drive alignment and adoption through frameworks, tools, and decision support
Enable HR teams with simplified playbooks and guidance

Requirements

10+ years’ experience in Benefits or Total Rewards in complex multi‑country environments
Proven track record in modernising and integrating benefits practices
Experience leading complex multi‑stakeholder initiatives
Deep understanding of EMEA benefits and employment environments
Highly self‑driven, strategic, and comfortable with ambiguity
Strategic and hands‑on leadership
Ability to simplify complexity into practical frameworks
Credibility with senior executives
Strong financial discipline and analytical capability
Employee‑centric mindset
Excellent stakeholder management and influence across matrixed environments

Nice to have

Experience in hospitality, consumer, or similarly complex labour‑intensive industries
Exposure to insured benefits pooling or multinational benefits structures
Experience partnering with global headquarters Total Rewards teams

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