Senior Manager Total Rewards (m/fd)

Drive Strategic Compensation at Bauer Media Group 

Are you ready to shape the future of Total Rewards across a dynamic, international media organization? Join our newly formed Centre of Excellence for Total Rewards & Performance Management and lead the development of scalable, global compensation frameworks that support our transformation journey. 

As Senior Manager Total Rewards, you’ll manage a team of experts and collaborate with stakeholders across 14 European countries to design and implement competitive, benchmark-based compensation and benefits strategies. 

Your Role 

• Develop and evolve Bauer’s global compensation strategy and structures. 
• Lead the annual remuneration cycle (STI evaluation, salary increases). 
• Implement and optimize digital tools (e.g. SAP SuccessFactors Compensation). 
• Conduct market benchmarks and provide strategic recommendations. 
• Ensure compliance with EU Pay Transparency 2026 requirements. 
• Collaborate with Finance on personnel cost budgeting and salary planning. 
• Enable HR and business leaders with guidelines and tools for better decision-making. 
• Lead and develop a team of three Total Rewards professionals. 

Your Profile 

• Extensive experience in compensation & benefits within international matrix organizations. 
• Proven success in leading global C&B initiatives and transformation projects. 
• Strong analytical, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills. 
• Fluent in English; German is a strong plus. 
• Master’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Finance or related field. 
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and SAP SuccessFactors. 

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

We want to inspire not only our customers, we also want to inspire our colleagues. How? By giving you the opportunity to take on responsibility and by offering you a long-term perspective.

You can also benefit from our attractive offers:

• Individual solutions for the flexible organisation of working hours and location
• Targeted and individual training for your professional and personal development
• A central location in Hamburg's city centre with good transport options (bus & train)
• Subsidy for Deutschlandticket & bike leasing
• Effective health management (e.g. health week, free sports programmes & Wellhub)
• 30 days of holiday & frequent events for employees
• Company restaurant, free magazines & various discounts via corporate benefits
• A culture in which personal responsibility, teamwork and creativity are valued and you have room for creativity and for exciting and challenging tasks

If you are looking for an independent position and would like to enrich our existing team with fresh impulses, we look forward to receiving your complete application documents.

Your contact for this position is Robin Serbanescu

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.