Talent Project Manager

Publicis Groupe UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe UK is seeking a senior Talent Coordinator to support the Global Chief Talent Officer, delivering high-quality decks and materials and driving cross-functional initiatives end to end. The role focuses on substantive project and reporting work with particular emphasis on detailed presentation materials.

You will build talent analytics, coordinate with Talent teams and ExCo, and ensure smooth leadership rhythms and timely updates for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years' relevant experience in a fast-paced or senior support environment.
• Proactive, can-do attitude with willingness to contribute wherever needed.
• Highly responsive with ability to handle quick turnarounds and shifting priorities.
• Confident with data and reporting tools such as Excel and Power BI, comfortable handling large datasets.
• Strong written and verbal communication, capable of preparing materials for senior stakeholders.
• Excellent attention to detail; essential for high-stakes materials.
• Confident PowerPoint skills and a good eye for slide design, able to build decks from scratch or refine them.
• Strong prioritisation and organisational skills, able to manage multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and interpret Talent reporting, dashboards and key people analytics for visibility of trends and priorities.
• Support workforce planning, benchmarking, OKR tracking and Talent cycles with timely insights and materials.
• Create high-quality, ExCo-ready decks, briefing packs and agendas; ensure accuracy and clarity of materials.
• Own and drive cross-functional Talent initiatives from framing to delivery.
• Represent the Global Chief Talent Officer’s priorities in meetings and provide clear updates and decisions.
• Manage the operating rhythm of the Talent leadership team, including agendas and action tracking.
• Coordinate with Global TA and Talent Partner leads to align timelines, inputs and materials.
• Plan and coordinate Talent team off-sites and leadership sessions, including logistics and follow-ups.
• Draft team updates and communications translating priorities into clear messages.

Skills

Data reporting

Excel

Power BI

PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Written communication

Organisational skills

Discretion

Synthesis

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Company Description

Within Publicis Groupe’s Intelligent Creativity business, we specialize in bringing creative ideas to life, and to consumers. By combining 100 years of craft excellence with 6,000 experts across 52 locations of the world’s biggest studio network, we leverage the industry’s richest data, through the power of agentic AI, to radically redefine content production with Intelligent Content. We intuitively deliver this through Marcel Make, the world’s first Intelligent Content agent. The result? Predictively performing content that unlocks business growth in unprecedented ways. No more guesswork. No more waste.

Just content that works, working a lot harder.

Overview

This is a newly scoped role sitting within the Talent team reporting directly to the Global Chief Talent Officer. This role combines coordination, supports across core HR/People analytics and a trusted extension of the Talent function (TA and HR), owning the leadership rhythm, cross-functional initiatives and outward-facing materials, alongside a strong analytical backbone.

The role provides senior coordination support to the Global Chief Talent Officer; representing their priorities and updates in meetings they are unable to attend and owning cross-functional initiatives end to end. This is focused on substantive project and reporting support, with particular emphasis on high-quality powerpoint decks and materials produced with real attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and interpret Talent reporting, dashboards and key people analytics to give the Global Chief Talent Officer and leadership clear visibility of trends, risks and priorities across the function.

• Support workforce planning, benchmarking, OKR tracking and annual Talent cycles by preparing timely insights, updates and materials for leadership and ExCo.

• Create high-quality, ExCo-ready decks, briefing packs, reports, agendas and other outward-facing materials, ensuring accuracy, clarity, consistency and a strong standard of presentation.

• Own and drive cross-functional Talent initiatives on behalf of the Global Chief Talent Officer, from initial framing through to delivery, keeping workstreams aligned and progressing against agreed outcomes.

• Represent the Global Chief Talent Officer’s priorities in meetings and forums they are unable to attend, providing clear updates, capturing decisions and escalating risks, dependencies or issues where needed.

• Manage the operating rhythm of the Talent leadership team, including setting agendas, preparing inputs, tracking actions between meetings and ensuring follow-through across key priorities.

• Help prioritise the Global Chief Talent Officer’s time by identifying what requires their attention, what can be progressed on their behalf and where decisions or intervention are needed.

• Coordinate closely with Global TA, Talent Partner leads and other Talent functions to align timelines, inputs and materials, identifying gaps, overlaps or dependencies across workstreams.

• Plan and coordinate Talent team off-sites and key leadership sessions, including logistics, agendas, materials and follow-up actions.

• Draft team updates and communications relating to Talent initiatives, translating complex or evolving priorities into clear messages for review before wider distribution.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years' relevant experience in a fast-paced or senior support environment

• A proactive, can-do attitude, happy to get stuck in wherever needed

• Highly responsive, comfortable with quick turnarounds and shifting priorities

• Confident with data and reporting tools such as Excel and Power BI, comfortable handling large datasets

• Strong written and verbal communication, comfortable preparing materials for senior stakeholders

• Excellent attention to detail; this is a non-negotiable given the seniority of the materials produced

• Confident PowerPoint skills and a strong eye for clear, well-structured slide design, equally comfortable building decks from scratch and refining them

• Strong prioritisation and organisational skills, able to manage multiple work-streams at once

• Comfortable working closely across a small team, building trust and credibility quickly

• Handles highly confidential and sensitive information with absolute discretion

• Strong stakeholder judgement, able to represent a senior leader's priorities accurately and with discretion

• Able to synthesise competing or ambiguous priorities into a clear, actionable plan

Additional Information

Diversity and inclusion is a core part of who we are at Publicis Production. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture that encourages, celebrates and supports our wonderfully diverse employee group – whatever their age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity. Diversity and inclusion doesn’t just fuel our creativity and innovation, it brings us closer to our people and audiences. We will continue to strive to create a culture and environment where everyone feels empowered and more importantly comfortable enough to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and for candidates in our application process. If you need assistance or adjustment due to a disability, please contact us.