Global Talent & Leadership Manager ES_879102

Morgan Philips Executive Search; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Philips is seeking a Global Talent & Leadership Manager to join a leading international organisation undergoing transformation and growth. This role will shape the organisation’s future leadership capability by anticipating the skills and capabilities required to support long-term business objectives and ensuring a strong leadership pipeline to meet growth and expansion.

Working with senior executives and global stakeholders, you will lead initiatives to strengthen organisational

Job description

Morgan Philips is seeking a Global Talent & Leadership Manager to join a leading international organisation undergoing a significant phase of transformation and growth.

This role will play a pivotal part in shaping the organisation’s future leadership capability by anticipating the skills and capabilities required to support long-term business objectives and ensuring a strong leadership pipeline is in place to meet the challenges of growth, transformation and international expansion.

Working closely with senior executives and global stakeholders, the successful candidate will lead initiatives aimed at strengthening organisational capability, driving strategic talent decisions and building an integrated global approach to leadership, potential assessment and critical workforce capabilities.

We are looking for a professional who combines strategic thinking, influence and execution excellence, thrives in complex and highly visible environments, and is able to translate talent insights and people-related discussions into decisions that create tangible business impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the global strategy for identifying, developing and preparing talent for key leadership positions.
• Ensure the organisation maintains a sustainable leadership pipeline capable of supporting current and future business needs.
• Facilitate strategic leadership, potential and talent discussions with senior business leaders.
• Promote a holistic and enterprise-wide approach to talent, encouraging internal mobility, international career development and diverse career experiences.
• Anticipate leadership continuity risks and implement actions that support long-term organisational sustainability.
• Translate business strategy into the leadership capabilities, competencies and workforce requirements needed for future success.
• Develop frameworks and success profiles that combine performance, potential and emerging strategic capabilities.
• Identify critical capability gaps and partner with Learning, Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners to develop targeted solutions.
• Leverage market trends and best practices in skills intelligence, people analytics and AI-enabled talent management.
• Ensure talent decisions support both immediate business priorities and future organisational needs.
• Lead the global performance management cycle, ensuring consistency, quality and objectivity across the organisation.
• Facilitate talent review processes and calibration sessions with senior leaders and executive teams.
• Design and oversee initiatives aimed at accelerating high-potential talent and developing future leadership pipelines.
• Ensure talent decisions translate into meaningful development, mobility, growth and retention outcomes.
• Analyse key talent indicators related to leadership strength, potential, mobility and organisational development.
• Translate data and insights into strategic recommendations that support business decision-making.
• Ensure the quality, consistency and confidentiality of talent-related information.
• Evaluate the impact of talent initiatives and drive continuous improvement across talent management practices.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives and key organisational stakeholders.
• Collaborate with global People teams to build an integrated leadership and talent agenda.
• Influence and constructively challenge decisions and assumptions through objective analysis and evidence-based recommendations.
• Contribute to building a culture focused on growth, leadership excellence and future organisational capability.

Profile

• Significant experience within Talent Management, Leadership Development, Succession Planning and/or Organisational Development.
• Proven experience advising senior executives and global leadership teams on strategic talent and leadership matters.
• Demonstrated success leading talent review processes, organisational capability planning and talent initiatives within complex international environments.
• Proven experience facilitating and leading talent calibration processes for leadership and executive populations, ensuring consistency, objectivity and alignment in the assessment of performance, potential and readiness for future roles.
• Strong understanding of leadership assessment, talent evaluation, potential frameworks and performance management methodologies.
• Ability to combine strategic vision with a strong focus on execution and business outcomes.
• Excellent capability to simplify complex information into clear messages, practical recommendations and actionable decisions.
• Strong influencing skills, executive presence and professional maturity, with the ability to operate effectively in highly visible and high-impact environments.
• Fluent English and Spanish, with a minimum English proficiency level of C1.
• Willingness to relocate within Spain.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for professionals who view talent as a strategic driver of business growth and who can develop the capabilities, leadership strength and organisational effectiveness required to enable sustainable long-term success.

This opportunity is ideal for individuals with strong business acumen, strategic perspective, influencing capabilities and a genuine passion for building future-ready organisations and leadership teams.