About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

Our People team are looking for an experienced Global Head of Reward to join them.

The People team exists to ensure Baringa’s people experience enables our strategy, growth, and performance. The team designs and delivers future‑ready people solutions across reward, benefits, wellbeing, people operations, systems, and policy, ensuring our colleagues are supported to do their best work wherever they are in the world. By balancing commercial rigour, strong governance, and a deep understanding of employee needs, the function helps Baringa attract, retain, and develop exceptional talent while sustaining a kind, inclusive, and high‑performing culture.

The Global Head of Reward is responsible for defining and delivering Baringa’s global reward strategy, ensuring our Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Mobility offerings enable the firm to attract, retain and grow exceptional talent across an increasingly global business.

This role sits at the centre of several of Baringa’s strategic priorities. As a member of the People Leadership Team, the Global Head of Reward partners closely with senior leaders across the firm to shape strategic decisions, support international growth and ensure Reward acts as a commercial enabler of business performance.

Baringa operates in a fast-paced, agile and entrepreneurial environment. Priorities can evolve quickly as the firm grows and responds to new commercial opportunities. This role will suit someone who enjoys working at pace, is comfortable navigating ambiguity and can move pragmatically between strategy, decision-making and delivery. Leading a global team of 14 professionals across the UK, Bulgaria & the US, the Global Head of Reward will ensure Baringa’s reward offering remains globally competitive, commercially sustainable, locally compliant and increasingly enabled through technology and automation.

What you will be doing

Define and deliver Baringa’s global Reward strategy, ensuring alignment with business growth, talent, performance and globalisation priorities.
Act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, providing clear, evidence-based recommendations on reward, workforce and organisational decisions. Baringa is a Partnership and influencing skills and creating buy-in are key components for success.
Translate business strategy, financial performance and workforce priorities into clear reward choices and targeted investment recommendations.
Build robust commercial cases for reward investment, clearly articulating cost, value, risk and expected business outcomes.