At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting talent development programs across 20+ countries and 5,000 employees.
- Company: Join a dynamic team in a global organisation based in London.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hybrid work model, and potential for permanent role.
- Other info: Autonomous role with excellent opportunities for career growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on talent development while working with innovative tools and technologies.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in talent development with strong project management skills.
The predicted salary is between 51750 - 63250 £ per year.
Daily rate: £400 - £500 (inside IR35)
Duration: 12-months
Start: ASAP
Hybrid: 2 - 3 days
My client is looking for a proactive, creative Talent Development Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of scaled talent development programs across the EMEA region (20+ countries; ~5,000 employees). This is a 12-month secondment-cover position based in London with the potential to convert to a permanent role for the right candidate.
Key responsibilities
- End-to-end program management: plan, coordinate and deliver global and regional talent development programs and events (logistics, vendor/event agency management, venues, scheduling).
- Stakeholder management: partner with Talent Development partners, HR business partners, change management teams, senior leaders and global teams to align program objectives and delivery.
- Experience design: support creation and optimisation of the learner experience across program touchpoints (communications, onboarding into programs, session design, follow-up).
- Communications & marketing: build and execute comms plans to drive awareness and attendance; manage internal promotion of programs.
- Measurement & reporting: define success metrics, track attendance/engagement, evaluate program impact and communicate results to stakeholders.
- Process excellence: implement and improve systems, processes and operational standards (e.g., registration, budgeting, vendor processes, LMS workflows).
- Tools & technology: operate existing learning tools and be comfortable experimenting with AI-driven development approaches; identify opportunities for tooling improvements.
- Budgeting & commercial: manage program budgets, forecast needs and raise budget discussions for exceptional hires or requirements.
- Multi-tasking & autonomy: juggle multiple concurrent programs and priorities, work independently and move quickly in a dispersed team.
- Additional: support ad-hoc requests, contribute to talent reviews/top talent programs when required.
Working Model
Team is dispersed; ability to work autonomously and manage remote stakeholders is essential.
What we're looking for
Must-have
- Minimum 5 years' relevant experience in talent development, learning & development, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated experience managing scaled programs across multiple stakeholder groups in a complex/matrixed organisation.
- Strong project management skills with experience coordinating events, vendors and multi-stakeholder delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder and senior-leader facing communication skills.
- Proven ability to design and improve learner experiences (communications, engagement strategies, post-program measurement).
- Comfortable with learning technologies and with using AI tools or a demonstrated curiosity to adopt AI in learning approaches.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities with tight timelines.
- Based in (or able to work from) London.
Nice-to-have
- Experience with an LMS administration and common L&D technology tools.
- Experience in designing supportive processes and operational improvements.
- Prior experience in a global matrix organisation or with cross-regional program rollouts.
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