We're looking for a hands-on Head of Talent Development to lead our talent and learning agenda across EMEIA. In this role, you'll shape meaningful development experiences, strengthen our leadership capability, and build future-ready talent pipelines. You'll also oversee our partnership with our recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider, ensuring a high-quality, efficient hiring experience.
What you'll do
Design, deliver and embed engaging talent and learning programmes with impact.
Coordinate graduate and early-career initiatives, covering recruitment, onboarding, and continued development.
Administer our Talent Management Process, maintaining profiles, gathering insights, and supporting with data analysis.
Serve as the divisional contact for our RPO model - driving engagement, resolving escalations, tracking utilisation, and improving efficiency.
Oversee the nomination and selection process for divisional and group-wide leadership development programmes.
Support managers and HR teams with succession planning and development frameworks, offering expert guidance.
Maintain and enhance our learning platforms, ensuring content is current, relevant, and easily accessible.
Build and manage relationships with external training partners, including scheduling, contracting, and invoicing.
Monitor participation and completion rates, producing clear, actionable dashboards and reports.
Manage budgets for talent initiatives, ensuring effective and responsible use of resources.
Champion continuous improvement, driving efficiency and best practice across all talent activities.
Support the EMEIA HR function with ad hoc projects as required.
What you'll bring
Bachelor's degree in HR, Business or related field (CIPD or equivalent preferred).
Strong experience in HR operations or talent management within a complex organisation.
Confidence navigating HR systems, processes, and data.
Exceptional organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities with ease.
Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted, long-lasting stakeholder relationships.
A process-driven, detail-focused approach and comfort working at pace.
A customer-centric mindset with a commitment to delivering high-quality service.
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