Talent & Development Manager - Fashion Brand - London in City of London

We are recruiting for a Talent & Development Manager to join a premium fashion brand in the London team on a full-time/permanent basis. Our client is offering a competitive salary + hybrid working (3-4 days a week in the office) and great benefits.

You'll be responsible for ensuring our client has the skills, capabilities and future leaders it needs to drive growth and meet both current and future needs. Leading a team of two, you will be responsible for enhancing our learning culture by identifying where strategic people development will have the greatest impact across all business areas. This involves understanding the business strategy and its future capability needs to identify learning priorities, from which targeted, purposeful and impactful learning solutions are designed and delivered.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Talent Development & Succession Planning
  • Work with senior leadership and the people team to develop a robust talent development strategy which supports people in developing, progressing and enhancing their careers.
  • Lead our Talent Review process, to identify and plan both development and succession for high potential employees.
  • Identify current and future capability needs by analysing skills gaps across CT.
  • Design and implement career pathways, and the ideation and management of progression routes.
• Training Programme Design & Delivery
  • Oversee all CT training programmes, ensuring they are engaging, scalable and impactful.
  • Curate content for training, where appropriate.
  • Select or manage external vendors, trainers, or e-learning platforms.
  • Facilitate events where required and oversee consistent and high standards of facilitation across the business.
• Coaching & Leadership Development
  • Provide or coordinate coaching and mentoring programmes.
  • Develop leadership capabilities across different levels.
• Learning Technology & Platforms
  • Accountable for an effective Learning Management Systems (LMS) that delivers return on investment.
  • Continuously drive progressive and flexible approaches like microlearning, blended learning, or AI-driven learning.
• Compliance & Mandatory Training
  • Accountable for meeting regulatory requirements on employees completing mandatory training, maintaining records and staying up to date on regulatory or industry standards.
• Apprenticeships and Levy
  • Oversee CT’s Levy requirements and manage how this is utilised.
  • Design and oversee CT’s apprenticeship scheme.

Who Are you:

• Experience partnering with stakeholders to identify capability gaps and align learning strategies with business objectives.
• Proven track record in designing and delivering leadership, talent development and blended learning programmes across multi-site retail or similar environments.
• Experience creating engaging learning content using LMS platforms and e-learning authoring tools.
• Strong understanding of learning methodologies and their application to improve performance.
• Previous experience in Talent, Training or Learning & Development.
• Line management, coaching and mentoring experience.
• Confident facilitator with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Psychometric accreditation (desirable).