Talent Performance Manager

Overview

Talent & Performance Manager

We are easyJet – a FTSE-100 listed, £multi-billion low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every year. If you’re reading this, you have probably already been an easyJet customer, and you’ll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe.

We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We’re on a mission to make low-cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you’ll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

As the Talent & Performance Manager at easyJet, you’ll play a pivotal role within our People Experience Team, sitting within a centre of excellence. Reporting to the Head of Talent & Learning, you’ll collaborate with HR Business Partners, Recruitment, Reward, HR Solutions, and Senior Leaders to shape, deliver and continuously improve our Talent and Performance agenda. Your work will be central to building a high-impact performance culture, as well as accelerating our leadership pipelines. Overall ensuring easyJet has the skills and capabilities needed to succeed now and in the future.

If you’re passionate about creating an environment where people grow, thrive, and perform at their best, this is your opportunity to make a real impact as part of our future success.

What you’ll be doing

Your efforts will help attract, develop, engage, and retain top talent, giving easyJet a distinct competitive advantage including:

• Data-Driven Insights: Champion the use of data and analytics, maintaining dashboards and leveraging predictive insights to inform talent decisions.
• Talent Principles: Drive and maintain the talent identification and assessment processes, leveraging tools to track, measure and accelerate the growth of top talent across the business.
• Talent Leadership: Embed and champion the Talent Management Framework, driving consistency and excellence.
• Strategic Talent Reviews: Design and collaborate on Talent Reviews with HR Business Partners, ensuring visibility and action on critical roles and top talent pipelines.
• Skills Development: Collaborate in the identification of skills gaps and partner with L&D, Early Careers, and Apprenticeships to create/source targeted development initiatives.
• Succession & Retention: Drive succession beyond the planning to build future-ready pipelines. Ensuring strength and depth while shaping retention strategies to reduce critical talent attrition.
• Talent Development: Co-create and deliver impactful development for our Talent in partnership with the Head of Talent & Learning.
• Employer Brand Enhancement: Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to strengthen easyJet’s employer brand and attract top talent.

What you’ll bring

• Strategic thinker with hands-on delivery, adept at turning strategy into measurable results.
• Proven expertise in Talent Management, Succession Planning, and Performance Frameworks within complex organisations.
• Skilled in leveraging analytics and insight to influence decisions and demonstrate impact.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing abilities, with credibility at all leadership levels.
• Track record of successful project management, delivering initiatives that drive business value.
• Collaborative, proactive, and commercially minded with a positive, “can-do” attitude.
• Passionate about building capability and fostering performance-driven cultures.
• Experience with the Workday platform is a bonus.

Why join us?

This is your chance to shape the future of talent and performance at one of Europe’s most iconic brands. At easyJet, we’re fast-paced, ambitious, and driven by a belief in making travel accessible for everyone. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to make a visible impact on our business success and the careers of our people — helping us stay ahead in aviation and holidays by building the leaders, skills, and performance culture we need for the future.

Location & Hours of Work

This full-time role will be based in Luton and will be 40 hours per week. We support hybrid working and we spend 60% of our time per month in the office.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive base salary
• Up to 30% bonus
• 25 days holiday
• BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes
• 7% pension
• Life Assurance
• Flexible benefits package
• Excellent staff travel benefits

About easyJet

At easyJet our aim is to make low cost travel easy – connecting people to what they value using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

It takes a real team effort to carry over 100 million passengers a year across 35 countries. Whether you’re working as part of our front line operations or in our corporate functions, you’ll find people that are positive, inclusive, ready to take on a challenge, and that have your back. We call that our ‘Orange Spirit’, and we hope you’ll share that too.

At easyJet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at ma.recruitment@easyjet.com. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation.

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