Overview
Manager, Rewards & Well Being
Date: 25 Sept 2026
Location:
Singapore, Singapore
Company:
Singtel Group
An empowering career at Singtel begins with a Hello. Our purpose, to Empower Every Generation, connects people to the possibilities they need to excel. Every “hello” at Singtel opens doors to new initiatives, growth, and BIG possibilities that takes your career to new heights. So, when you say hello to us, you are really empowered to say…“Hello BIG Possibilities”.
Make an Impact
As Manager, Rewards & Well Being, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering competitive, equitable and sustainable Rewards & Well Being programmes across Singtel Singapore and overseas entities.
You will independently manage key reward portfolios and annual processes, providing specialist advice and data-driven recommendations to People & Culture, Business and Finance stakeholders. Working within Group Rewards frameworks and with oversight from the Director, Rewards & Well Being, you will balance market competitiveness, internal equity, affordability and employee experience to develop practical reward solutions.
What You’ll Do
- Lead end-to-end annual reward processes, including salary review, performance bonus and promotions, covering planning, guidelines, modelling, governance, stakeholder alignment and management reporting.
- Lead market benchmarking and compensation analysis including salary ranges, market positioning, compa-ratios and internal relativities, translating market data into clear recommendations.
- Conduct job evaluation and job sizing for new and changed roles, assessing scope, complexity, accountability and organisational impact while ensuring consistency with approved methodology and internal relativities.
- Lead and contribute to reviews of salary structures, reward frameworks and targeted reward solutions, developing options and business cases that balance competitiveness, equity, affordability and implementation considerations.
- Manage benefits and well-being programmes, using claims, utilisation, employee feedback and market insights to assess programme effectiveness, cost and employee experience.
- Manage relationships with insurers, brokers and well-being providers, including service performance, cost management, issue resolution and programme improvements.
- Develop advanced analytics, scenario modelling and management insights, identifying trends, risks and workforce implications and translating complex data into actionable recommendations.
- Partner People & Culture, Business Leaders, Finance and Group Rewards on reward budgets, forecasts, policies and implementation, influencing decisions through sound judgement and evidence-based advice.
- Strengthen reward governance and controls, and lead simplification, standardisation, automation and digitalisation of reward processes and ways of working.
What You’ll Bring
- Degree in HR, Business, Finance or a related discipline; professional Compensation & Benefits / Total Rewards certification and IHRP certification would be advantageous.
- 7–10 years of relevant HR experience, with substantial Compensation & Benefits / Total Rewards experience and demonstrated ownership of complex reward processes or projects.
- Strong knowledge of compensation principles, salary structures, market benchmarking and annual reward cycles.
- Quantitative capability, including financial modelling, scenario analysis and development of business cases and management recommendations.
- Sound judgement in reward governance, risk management and handling sensitive and confidential employee information.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to constructively challenge proposals and communicate recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint capabilities; exposure to workforce analytics, automation and emerging AI/digital HR practices would be advantageous.
About Singtel
Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel has 140 years of operating experience and played a pivotal role in the country’s development as a major communications hub. Optus, our subsidiary in Australia, is a leader in integrated telecommunications, constantly raising the bar in innovative products and services.
We are also strategically invested in leading companies in Asia and Africa, including Bharti Airtel (India, South Asia and Africa), Telkomsel (Indonesia), Globe Telecom (the Philippines) and Advanced Info Service (Thailand). We work closely with our associates, leveraging our scale in networks, customer reach and extensive operational experience to lead and shape the communications industry.
Together, the Group serves over 700 million mobile customers around world. Singtel is one of the largest listed Singapore companies on the Singapore Exchange by market capitalisation.
The Group has a vast network of offices throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA, and employs more than 23,000 staff worldwide.
