Interim Global Talent Partner

Go Fractional; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

In-office collaboration

Job summary

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is seeking a senior Talent Development and Learning leader to partner with senior management to accelerate growth of diverse top talent and successors. You will design talent strategies, lead executive development, and oversee learning initiatives across a global organization.

In this fixed-term, full-time role, you will collaborate with HR partners to drive strategic capability development, assess talent pipelines and implement impactful programs across

Qualifications

• Talent management and development experience in a global business.
• Experience designing and delivering leadership development, succession planning and performance management.
• Ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders and drive action.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought leadership on Talent Management, Learning and Development, Succession Planning and Leadership Development.
• Design and facilitate high potential learning programmes, in person and online.
• Support enterprise talent processes such as performance reviews and succession planning.
• Consult with HR partners and business leaders on talent development and action plans.
• Accelerate growth of diverse high potential talent with leadership events and stretch assignments.
• Identify organizational development opportunities with business leaders and HR Partners.
• Collaborate with CoEs to deliver talent and learning interventions.
• Create change management, org design and up-skilling plans for strategic capabilities.
• Lead change management initiatives and measure impact of learning programs.
• Maintain networks to provide thought leadership to leaders, and share impact metrics.

Skills

Talent management

Leadership development

Succession planning

Change management

HR analytics

Stakeholder management

Workday

LinkedIn Learning

Internal mobility

Tools

Workday

LinkedIn Learning

Job description

In this role you will be highly impactful, creating and delivering talent strategies, facilitating learning and leadership solutions across the organization. You will be critical in supporting our leadership teams to develop talent depth and strengthen succession for leadership and critical roles within the enterprise by partnering with senior leadership to accelerate the growth of diverse top talent and successors and build and facilitate robust development plans. You will help to support the delivery of our global talent development agenda, ensuring relevancy for Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

How you'll spend your time..

• Provide thought leadership, guidance and support on strategic development products and services including Talent Management, Learning and Development programs, Succession Planning, Leadership and Executive Development, Performance Management, internal mobility programs, Colleague Engagement, Coaching, and Culture and Change Leadership.
• Design and facilitate high potential learning programmes, both in person and online
• Support the delivery of enterprise talent processes, such as performance, talent reviews and succession planning
• Consult and partner with HR partners and business leaders regarding talent development, conducting deep dive talent reviews and action plans to identify critical roles, succession strength, top talent, and future leaders
• Work with leadership teams to accelerate the growth of diverse high potential, top talent and successors by supporting the development and delivery of leadership events, stretch assignments and ensuring robust development plans.
• Work with the business leaders and HR Partners to identify and resolve organizational development opportunities
• Work with other CoEs within the HR function to support the delivery of talent and learning interventions
• Create action, change management, executive buy in, organisation design, and up-skilling plans to support the acceleration of identified strategic capabilities.
• Design and facilitate implementation of appropriate change management initiatives
• Provide insight to the results and impact of enterprise learning and talent management initiatives in the business
• Maintain a wide network both internally and externally to deliver expert thought leadership and advice to business leaders
• Introduce and utilise development solutions to drive positive change, solve business challenges, and assist the business in achieving results
• Regularly share impact metrics with key business and HR leaders

To be successful in this role you will have..

• Talent management and development experience within a multi-site, global business and strong relationship building capabilities with senior stakeholders to build credibility, drive action and achieve desired results.
• Experience with building or delivering the following: Talent Planning, Organizational Development, Training Needs Assessment, Talent Reviews and Succession, Organizational Design, Leadership Development, Career Mapping, Onboarding Effectiveness, Internal Talent Mobility, Change Management, Coaching, Team Effectiveness, Talent Assessment, Performance Management, Diversity and Inclusion Programs, enterprise- wide learning and leadership development programs.
• Experience successfully crafting talent strategies to close development and capability gaps
• Ability to influence collaborators at all levels in the organization
• Strong analytical skills with ability to use data to tell a story and provide insights
• Proven success driving initiatives to completion while ensuring adoption
• Experience using HR technology and talent platforms (Workday, LinkedIn Learning)

In-Office Collaboration

We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full time

Worker Sub Type

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Job Family Group

Unclassifieds Working at Columbia Threadneedle Investments you'll find growth and career opportunities across all of our businesses.

We're intentionally built to help you succeed. Our reach is expansive with a global team of 2,300 people working together. Our capability is diverse with more than 550 investment professionals sharing global perspectives across all major asset classes and markets. Our clients have access to a broad array of investment strategies, and we have the capability to create bespoke solutions matched to clients' specific requirements. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our enterprise businesses — Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities.

Columbia Threadneedle is a people business, and we recognise that our success is due to our talented people, who bring diversity of thought, complementary skills and capabilities. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and performance-based culture where everyone can belong, grow, contribute and realise their potential.

We appreciate that work-life balance is an important factor for many when considering their next move so please discuss any flexible working requirements directly with your recruiter.