Talent Management and Transformation Advisor

iA Financial Group; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible group insurance plans

Competitive retirement savings plan

Employee share purchase plan

Vacation program and wellness days

Telemedicine services

Employee and Family Assistance Program

Ergonomic furniture program

Performance bonus

Discounts on iA products

Job summary

iA Financial Group in Canada seeks a Talent Management Advisor to drive strategic initiatives in talent management, performance, succession, and internal mobility. You will collaborate across HR analytics, IT, and business units, delivering practical, impactful solutions while engaging stakeholders and leading product-owner style projects.

The role requires strong leadership, exceptional communication, and fluency in both English and French to support diverse teams and remote meetings within a

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience in human resources and involvement in large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Excellent communication with diverse audiences, including delivery teams, managers, and executives.
• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, linking talent issues to business priorities.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, adjusting priorities, and moving forward in a structured way.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships with partners.
• Intermediate-to-advanced English and advanced French proficiency for meetings and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Lead mandates and contribute to strategic talent management projects from definition to implementation.
• Translate business needs into concrete, practical solutions for managers and employees.
• Analyze practices, data, and trends to identify findings and recommendations.
• Collaborate with Talent & Culture partners, HR analytics and systems, IT, L&D, culture, and business units.
• Engage and influence stakeholders to achieve alignment and progress initiatives.
• Act as a product owner on select projects, ensuring quality and prioritizing deliverables, risks, and timelines.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

French proficiency

Job description

Job Description

Build the future with us

Are you interested in helping advance talent management within a large organization that values continuous learning and employee well-being?

As part of the Talent Management team, you will help evolve practices that enable the organization to identify, develop, engage, and prepare the talent needed to achieve its business ambitions. This role is for you if you enjoy building, transforming, and moving initiatives forward through collaboration. You will have the opportunity to enhance existing practices, including performance management, succession planning, internal mobility, skills-based talent management, and employer branding, as well as develop new ones.

This position is a great opportunity to showcase your skills and fully realize your potential within a caring and trustworthy company. Here, people and their development are at the heart of our priorities, fostering an environment that encourages collaboration and innovation.

What you’ll accomplish with us

As a Talent Management Advisor, you’ll be at the core of our mission. Here are the main responsibilities:

• Lead mandates and contribute to strategic talent management projects, from defining the mandate through implementation;
• Understand business needs and translate them into concrete, practical solutions tailored to the realities of managers and employees;
• Analyze practices, data, and trends to identify key findings and formulate clear recommendations;
• Collaborate with partners across multiple areas of expertise, including Talent and Culture business partners, HR analytics and systems, information technology, learning and development, culture, employee experience, and business sectors;
• Engage and influence stakeholders to foster alignment and move initiatives forward;
• Act as a product owner on certain projects, depending on your profile and skills, by ensuring the quality and consistency of deliverables while effectively managing priorities, risks, dependencies, and timelines.

What could accelerate your success in this role

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has seven or more years of experience, including experience in human resources and significant involvement in large-scale, cross-functional projects;
• Communicates effectively with different audiences, including delivery teams, managers, and executives;
• Demonstrates strong analytical and synthesis skills, with the ability to connect talent-related issues to business priorities and formulate concrete, practical recommendations;
• Is comfortable working with ambiguity, adjusting priorities, and moving forward in a structured manner even when all the answers are not yet known;
• Has excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to quickly build trusting relationships with a wide range of partners;
• Has an intermediate-to-advanced level of English proficiency, as the role involves frequent meetings and presentations with unilingual English-speaking stakeholders;
• Has an advanced level of French proficiency, as the role involves meetings and presentation as well as day to day communication with French-speaking colleagues and stakeholders.

Why you’ll love working with us

• A work environment where learning and development merge with a collective pursuit of excellence;
• AI is in everyone’s hands, empowering you to increase your personal effectiveness while supporting the organization’s growth;
• A healthy, safe, fair, and inclusive environment where potential can be freely expressed and developed;
• The opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, supported by flexibility and access to inspiring and innovative workspaces.

Competitive benefits

• Flexible group insurance plans;
• Competitive retirement savings plan;
• Employee share purchase plan;
• Vacation program, wellness days, and personal development days;
• Telemedicine services;
• Employee and Family Assistance Program;
• Ergonomic furniture program;
• Performance bonus;
• Discounts on iA products;
• And much more!

Location(s)

Quebec / 1080, Grande Allee West

Other Possible Location(s)

Montreal / 1981 McGill College Avenue

Company

iA Financial Group

Company Overview

iA Financial Group* is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 8,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than four million clients and 25,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management.

With over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. Because, for over 125 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate.

At iA, we’re invested in you.

* iA Financial group includes the following entities: iA Services financiers, iA assurance auto et habitation, iA Gestion privée de patrimoine, PPI Management, Investia, iA Gestion de placements, Prysm, iA Clarington, Michel Rhéaume et associés, Garanties Nationales, WGI Manufacturing, WGI Service Plan Division, Lubrico, iA Financement auto

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At iA Financial Group, we support and celebrate diversity. We strive to provide a workplace that is recognized as inclusive for all, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, language, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family situation, or physical or mental disability.

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