Global Engineering Capability and Transformation Manager

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Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Global Engineering Capability and Transformation Manager based in London. This role is pivotal in uplifting the engineering capability, managing training programs, and working with stakeholders to enhance talent management strategies. It offers a unique opportunity to drive impactful people initiatives and support the development of engineering talent.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and executing projects, particularly in talent management.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills and ability to manage a senior group of stakeholders.
• Strong analytical background, capable of contextualizing data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Undertake global engineering training needs analysis and build robust capability programs.
• Support the rollout of coding assessments and manage onboarding processes.
• Design and implement talent initiatives based on emerging needs.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication

Presentation skills

Education

Project Management qualifications (PRINCE2, PMP, etc.)

Job description

Job Description

Role: Global Engineering Capability and Transformation Manager

Location: London,UK

Duration :Contract

Undertake a global engineering training needs analysis and build a robust people programme to uplift capability of our engineer colleagues, retain top talent and strengthen the talent pipeline:

· Work with senior Principal Engineers to create and embed an engineering centre of excellence

· Create an Emerging Talent pipeline for junior engineers by implementing the following:

· Capability Uplift programmes

· Coding bootcamps and similar learning initiatives

· Engineering hackathons

· Partnering with 3rd parties / universities to strengthen recruitment pipeline

· Work with the Group Tech Academy, Learning & Development and HR partners to drive consistency and share best practice

Coding Assessment rollout:

· Support the rollout of the coding assessments to engineering colleagues, both perm and non-perm (including periodic re-assessments)

· Work with Group Technology to launch and embed the new onboarding process & platform

· Project manage coding assessment cohorts end-to-end, including supporting progress updates to senior leaders and working with business managers to drive completion

· Analyse assessment results and provide concise and impactful summaries and action plans for senior leadership

Design and implement an Onboarding toolkit to welcome new employees and help transition them into their roles smoothly, including but not limited to:

· Review existing information and create a standard toolkit

· System access bundling

· Establish a buddy / mentoring system

· Working with “Emerging Talent” team to onboard and provide ongoing pastoral care for Graduates and Interns (including maintaining graduate and communities of practice to ensure a network is established and maintained throughout the programme)

Work with HR and the People & Culture Manager to develop and rollout a People Leader Capability Uplift programme that includes:

· Enhancements to the performance management lifecycle (including better use of data in performance reviews)

· Strengthening softer skills capabilities (i.e. running effective exchanges, succession planning, how to have difficult conversations)

· Build People Leader toolkit

Design and implement further ad hoc Talent initiatives based on emerging needs / requirements (e.g. through identification of the annual people engagement survey “snapshot”). Initiatives may include but are not limited to:

· Coaching and mentoring schemes

· Promotion of Global Mobility and access to opportunities

· Partnership schemes

Key Competencies:

· Exceptional stakeholder management skills: the successful candidate should have experience in managing a broad and senior group of stakeholders

· Experience in designing, initiating and executing projects, including relevant project management and transformation qualifications, e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, Change Adoption, MSP, Agile

· Strong Project Management Office (PMO) skills, including planning, reporting, risk and financial management

· Demonstrable experience and passion in working on people and culture initiatives such as , talent management, learning and development

· Exceptional written communications skills and experience in delivering presentations to large and diverse groups of people

· Proven experience in creating visual and compelling presentations and business cases

· Proven ability in working across complex, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural work environments

· Strong analytical background and proven ability in analytical rigour, including being able to contextualise data and distil into business insight and form relevant recommendations

· Outstanding understanding of Group structures, values, behaviours, processes and objectives