Talent Management & Skills Partner

Asos; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount

Employee sample sales

25 days annual leave + extra day

Performance related bonus

Private medical care scheme

personalised learning opportunities

Job summary

ASOS is seeking a Talent Management & Skills Partner to lead a skills-based talent strategy across the business and evolve performance management, talent review and succession planning. You will support the business and ASOSers to grow and excel.

You will use Workday and people analytics to identify trends, shape capability pipelines, and drive inclusive talent practices in partnership with the Talent & Culture team. 3 days a week in the office reinforces collaboration and speed.

Qualifications

• Experience with skills-based talent practices (building skills frameworks, assessing capability, designing skills-based development).
• Strong understanding of performance management, talent review or succession planning in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence at all levels.
• Experience using people data and analytics to identify insights for decision making.

Responsibilities

• Drive a skills-based approach to talent and capability and roll out a common skills language and profiles across ASOS.
• Partner with leaders to identify priority skills, assess capability gaps, and contribute to workforce plans and capability pipelines.
• Develop skills-based development pathways, resources and guidance for ASOSers to grow their capabilities and careers.
• Enhance internal mobility and career pathways, supporting internal opportunities marketplace pilots.
• Oversee performance management cycles and calibrations to ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Support talent reviews and succession planning, identifying top talent and embedding inclusive practices.
• Leverage talent data to identify trends, track progress and inform people decisions.

Skills

Skills-based talent practices

Tools

Workday

Job description

Job Description

This is a significant role with ASOS-wide impact, shaping the capability, performance and success of our business. As Talent Management & Skills Partner, you'll deliver our skills-based approach to talent, evolve performance management and strengthen talent review and succession planning, supporting the business and every ASOSer to grow and excel.

The Details

• Driving a skills-based approach to talent and capability, including the roll-out of a common skills language and skills profiles across ASOS.
• Working with leaders to identify the priority skills and capabilities the business needs now and in the future, assessing capability gaps and contributing to workforce plans and capability pipelines.
• Developing skills-based development pathways, resources and guidance that help ASOSers grow their capabilities and careers.
• Enhancing internal mobility and career pathways to retain talent and enable employee growth, including supporting the pilot of an internal opportunity marketplace.
• Evolving our approach to performance management and career development and overseeing the annual performance cycle.
• Coordinating and supporting calibration sessions to ensure high-performance ratings are consistent and fair across functions.
• Designing and continually improving manager guidance, FAQs, toolkits and calibration resources that support a consistent, high-quality performance cycle.
• Strengthening talent review and succession planning processes, including supporting the identification of top talent.
• Leveraging talent insights, performance and workforce data to identify trends, track progress and inform people and business decisions.
• Supporting the roll-out of the ASOS Talent Philosophy and embedding our values, behaviours and inclusive talent practices into performance, talent review, succession and promotion processes.
• Partnering with the Talent & Culture team, People Partners and leaders across the business, and coaching managers to hold effective performance, talent and career conversations.
• Using Workday, people data and AI tools to simplify processes and report on progress.
• Supporting our culture by championing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.

We believe being together in person helps us move faster, connect more deeply, and achieve more as a team. That’s why our approach to working together includes spending at least 3 days a week in the office. It’s a rhythm that speeds up decision‑making, helps ASOSers learn from each other more quickly, and builds the kind of culture where people can grow, create, and succeed.

Qualifications

About You

• Experience of skills-based talent practices, such as building skills frameworks, assessing capability or designing skills-based development.
• Experience delivering performance management, talent review or succession planning processes within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of talent and performance management best practice.
• Proven project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge at all levels.
• Experience using people data and analytics to identify insights and inform decisions.
• Strong understanding of DE&I principles, with a commitment to fair, evidence-based decision-making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including creating clear guidance and toolkits.
• A collaborative working style that reflects our values.
• Experience with Workday or similar HR systems.

Additional Information

BeneFITS’

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• Employee sample sales
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
• Performance related bonus
• Private medical care scheme
• Opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences that enable you to thrive and excel in your role.