Talent & Performance Architect

St. James's Place; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Generous Pension Scheme

EV salary sacrifice scheme

Job summary

St. James's Place is seeking a Talent & Performance Lead to shape talent, succession, and performance practices across the organisation. You will translate strategy into governance, workforce readiness and capability improvements in collaboration with senior leaders and People teams.

You'll lead talent frameworks, governance, and analytics to drive enterprise-wide talent insights and partner with People Partners to deliver organisational impact and sustainable performance across SJP.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Talent Management, Organisational Development, Learning & Development, or a related People discipline.
• Experience designing and implementing talent, succession planning and performance management frameworks.
• Proven ability to influence and build credibility with senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting people data and translating insights into actions.
• Experience leading organisation-wide talent review and succession planning processes.
• Strong project and change management skills, with the ability to deliver multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including presenting recommendations to senior audiences.
• Experience developing solutions that improve organisational capability and workforce readiness.
• Ability to work collaboratively across People teams and business functions.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders, People Partners and specialist teams to develop talent, succession, capability and performance approaches.
• Design, implement and continuously improve talent frameworks, career pathways and internal mobility.
• Support governance and data reporting for talent reviews and succession planning.
• Develop organisational capability assessment tools and diagnostics with workforce insights.
• Analyse performance trends and advise on improving manager capability and coaching in the flow of work.
• Design enterprise talent reporting and provide insights for leadership and governance forums.

Skills

Talent management

Organisational development

Learning & development

Stakeholder influence

Analytical skills

Education

Degree-level qualification

Tools

Talent analytics tools

Talent technology platforms

Job description

St. James's Place is seeking a Talent & Performance Lead to shape talent, succession, and performance practices across the organisation. You will translate strategy into governance, workforce readiness and capability improvements in collaboration with senior leaders and People teams.

You'll lead talent frameworks, governance, and analytics to drive enterprise-wide talent insights and partner with People Partners to deliver organisational impact and sustainable performance across SJP.