Job Architect (Reward function)- Interim/FTC

Job Architecture & Organisation Design

Contract: Interim Assignment (Approx. 3 Months) Location: Flexible / Hybrid Start Date: ASAP

Exclusive Interim Opportunity

I am currently partnering with a complex, international technology-led business to appoint an experienced Job Architecture an Org Design for a critical organisation design project.

This is a specialist assignment focused on job architecture, role levelling, career frameworks and organisation design .

The successful individual will lead the design and implementation of a scalable job architecture framework that will underpin future career development, reward, workforce planning and organisational effectiveness initiatives across the organisation.

The Assignment

As the lead on this project, you will assess the current landscape and create a practical, scalable framework suitable for a complex, fast-growing global business operating across multiple disciplines, functions and geographies.

You will be responsible for establishing clear role architecture, job family structures, levelling methodologies and governance processes that can be owned and maintained by the People team beyond the duration of the engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and assess existing job architecture, role design and levelling practices.
• Design a consistent and scalable job architecture framework.
• Build job family structures across multiple functions and disciplines.
• Develop role levelling principles and assessment criteria.
• Create initial career framework concepts and progression pathways.
• Establish a practical benchmarking methodology aligned to the architecture framework.
• Define governance, ownership and maintenance processes.
• Partner with senior business leaders and People stakeholders to gain alignment and buy-in.
• Deliver pragmatic solutions suitable for a rapidly evolving business environment.

Deliverables

By the end of the engagement, you will have delivered:

Job Architecture

• A clearly defined and agreed job architecture framework.
• A structured job family model across the organisation.

Levelling Framework

• Consistent levelling principles.
• Clear role assessment criteria and level definitions.

Career Frameworks

• Initial career pathway concepts and progression structures.

Benchmarking Methodology

• A practical and scalable approach to role benchmarking aligned to the architecture framework.

Governance

• Recommendations covering ownership, maintenance, approval processes and ongoing governance.

Candidate Profile

Essential Experience

You will have personally led and delivered organisation-wide job architecture and levelling programmes, including:

• Job architecture design
• Job family development
• Career framework creation
• Levelling and grading methodologies
• Role architecture design
• Governance model development
• Organisation-wide implementation and stakeholder adoption

You must be able to demonstrate direct ownership of this work rather than experience operating within frameworks designed by others.

Strongly Preferred Experience

• Technology, engineering or product-led environments
• Rapid-growth organisations
• Global and multi-country businesses
• Complex matrix structures
• Transformation and scale-up environments
• Reward, workforce planning or organisation effectiveness programmes

Key Competencies

• Strong organisation design capability
• Structured and analytical thinking
• Pragmatism over theory
• Commercial awareness and judgement
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills
• Influencing and relationship-building capability
• Delivery focus and pace
• Ability to balance standardisation with business flexibility

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate will have personally designed and built frameworks from the ground up , rather than simply operating within established structures.

We are particularly interested in individuals who can demonstrate experience creating:

• Job architecture frameworks
• Job family structures
• Career pathways
• Levelling methodologies
• Governance and ownership models

To Apply

Please apply with your CV highlighting your experience across job architecture, organisation design, role levelling, career frameworks, workforce planning, organisational effectiveness and governance models .

Particular interest will be given to candidates who have delivered similar programmes within complex, fast-paced and internationally operating organisations.