Partner, Head of Rewards Advisory, North America

Role Overview Partner, Head of Rewards & Career Advisory, North America — lead Aon\'s Rewards business across the region, shaping strategy, driving growth and delivering market-leading rewards solutions to clients across enterprise and mid-market segments. This role blends deep rewards expertise with strategic leadership, commercial acumen, and a strong understanding of how total rewards can create measurable value for clients. You will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership teams and are accountable for growth, profitability, talent strategy, and market leadership of the North America Rewards practice, while partnering with Rewards & Workforce Analytics colleagues to connect rewards, workforce transformation, and talent advisory opportunities. Responsibilities Practice Leadership & P&L Accountability Lead the North America Rewards business with accountability for revenue growth, profitability, forecasting, budgeting, resource deployment, and overall business performance across mid-market and enterprise rewards offerings. Develop and implement the strategic vision and growth agenda for the practice, aligned with Human Capital objectives and Aon\'s business strategy; coordinate with the North American Talent group priorities. Provide leadership for the evolution, positioning, and execution of both mid-market and enterprise rewards solutions, ensuring differentiation, scalability, and alignment with client needs. Monitor market trends, client demand, competitive dynamics, and workforce challenges to identify opportunities for innovation, expansion, and investment across compensation, total rewards, organizational change, and talent consulting solutions. Drive disciplined business management and operational excellence across the practice, collaborating with the Head of Rewards & Workforce Analytics and NA Talent Solutions on shared growth priorities and cross-practice initiatives. Business Development & Market Leadership Act as the senior market leader for Rewards in North America, growing existing client relationships and originating new opportunities with large multinational organizations, mid-market companies, and other priority client segments. Establish trusted advisor relationships with CHROs, CFOs, Boards of Directors, Compensation Committees, and Executive Leadership Teams. Develop and implement go-to-market strategies, drive market visibility, and shape Aon\'s Rewards value proposition for mid-market and enterprise clients. Identify and advance total rewards opportunities with clients, including compensation strategy, benefits integration, wellbeing, recognition, pay transparency, career frameworks, workforce analytics, and broader talent transformation needs. Champion Aon\'s United model by partnering across Human Capital, Health, Wealth, Risk Capital, and Talent Solutions to deliver integrated client solutions that connect rewards, workforce transformation, and broader talent advisory capabilities. Represent Aon externally through thought leadership, speaking engagements, industry forums, research initiatives, and client events to strengthen the firm\'s market position in rewards and total rewards advisory. Client Leadership & Advisory Lead large-scale, enterprise rewards transformations spanning geographies and business units, while supporting scalable mid-market rewards solutions that meet evolving client needs. Orchestrate complex consulting engagements involving global job architecture, position management, job evaluation, market benchmarking, incentive program development, rewards governance, pay transparency, and total rewards strategy. Advise clients on compensation strategy, pay competitiveness, internal equity, workforce effectiveness, and the broader employee value proposition created through total rewards. Support clients in integrating rewards strategies into broader talent, workforce analytics, and business transformation initiatives, partnering with NA Talent Solutions leaders. Talent & Team Leadership Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of rewards consultants across North America for mid-market and enterprise clients. Drive colleague engagement, capability development, succession planning, and leadership pipeline growth within the practice. Mentor and coach senior leaders to strengthen commercial insight, consulting excellence, technical expertise, and the ability to identify total rewards opportunities with clients. Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and leadership from the middle, partnering with cross-solution leaders. Ensure effective workforce planning and prioritisation, aligning talent deployment to client demand and growth priorities for both mid-market and enterprise rewards solutions. Qualifications & Skills Extensive experience in total rewards consulting or senior in-house rewards leadership within large, complex, multinational or global organizations, including advising executive leadership teams. Proven ability to lead a consulting practice or business unit with accountability for revenue, profitability, forecasting, and strategic growth across client segments. Track record of originating and closing complex, multi-year engagements and achieving growth objectives in rewards, total rewards, and related talent advisory solutions. Deep expertise in global rewards strategy, compensation design, incentive plan development, rewards governance, workforce analytics, pay transparency, and talent strategy. Strong commercial and financial acumen, including P&L management, scalable market offerings, and sustainable growth. Experience leading and developing high-performing teams, building leadership pipelines, and collaborating across matrixed teams to deliver integrated client solutions. Executive presence, communication, and influencing skills with senior stakeholders across complex organizations. Experience navigating global and matrixed environments while leading multiple priorities and delivering exceptional client outcomes. For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances. Nothing in this job description restricts management\'s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Pay Transparency & Benefits The salary range for this position (U.S. applicants) is $275,000 to $325,000 annually. Actual salary varies based on education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The salary may be adjusted based on internal equity and market data. This position is eligible to participate in annual incentive plans. The salary range shown reflects a primary work location of Chicago, IL; actual salary may vary for applicants in different locations. This role is eligible for annual incentive bonuses in addition to base salary, subject to terms of the applicable incentive plan. A summary of benefits includes a 401(k) plan with employer contributions, employee stock purchase plan, long-term incentive opportunities, medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off per company policy, and other standard benefits. Eligibility for benefits is governed by plan documents. This job description may contain references to internal job codes such as #LI-MB1 and #LI-HYBRID, which are not part of the role requirements. #J-18808-Ljbffr Aon