Talent & Performance Program Manager

Rituals; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rituals in Amsterdam is seeking a Talent & Performance Program Manager to shape and scale a high-performing organization. You will translate ambitions into practical frameworks, tools, and programs across our global office and retail populations.

Reporting to the Head of Talent & Performance, you will connect performance, talent review, succession and leadership readiness into one coherent way of working.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in Talent Management, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Organizational Development or related field.
• Experience designing and implementing performance, talent review, succession or leadership pipeline practices in a complex, international environment.
• Understanding retail, consumer or operational environments where people decisions directly impact business performance.
• Ability to translate data into clear insights, risks and actions.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve talent, performance and succession practices for our global office and retail populations.
• Build clear frameworks for performance calibration, talent identification and leadership pipelines.
• Equip HR and business leaders with practical tools, training and guidance to apply talent and performance practices.
• Turn talent and performance data into insights, risks, opportunities and recommendations for leaders.
• Use Workday or similar HR systems to improve visibility, consistency and decision-making.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development to connect succession needs, internal mobility, external pipelines and targeted development.
• Support governance, calibration and execution of talent, performance and succession cycles across markets and functions.
• Help make high performance, talent readiness and succession depth more visible and actionable.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Workday experience

AI and automation

Leadership collaboration

Tools

Workday

Job description

As Talent & Performance Program Manager, you will help shape how Ritualsbuildsandgrowsa high-performing organization at scale. You will translate our talent and performance ambitions into practical frameworks, tools, and programs that enhance performance clarity, strengthen talent pipelines, and support people-related decisions across our global office and retail populations.

Reporting to the Head of Talent & Performance, you willconnect performance,talentreview,successionandleadership readinessinto one coherent way of working. Your work will help leadersidentifyhigh performance, accelerate talent, plansuccession,and make better decisions across markets and functions.

Based in ourKeizersgrachtHead Office in Amsterdam, you willbe part of the Talent & Performance teamwithin Talent, Leadership & Learning. You willpartnerwith HR Business Partners, Heads of HR, Talent Acquisition,Learning & Development,HRTechand Automationto turninsightsinto solutionsthat helpRitualsraise performance andgrowtalentfrom within.

This is a role for someone whocan bringstructure to complexpeopletopics,influencein adynamicorganization andcreatesolutions that are practical,scalableand easy to apply.

In this role, you will:

Design and improve talent, performance and succession practices for our global office and retail populations.

Build clear frameworks for performance calibration, talentidentificationand leadership pipelines in key roles.

Equip HR and business leaders with practical tools,trainingand guidance to apply talent and performance practices consistently.

Turn talent and performance data into insights, risks,opportunitiesand recommendations leaders can act on.

Use Workday,AIand automation to improve visibility, simplifyprocessesand enable better performance and talent decisions.

Partner with Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development to connect succession needs, internal mobility, externalpipelinesand targeted development.

Support governance, calibration and execution of talent, performance and succession cycles across markets and functions.

Help make high performance, talentreadinessand succession depth more visible,differentiatedand actionable.

Qualifications

Weare looking foran experienced talentand performanceprofessionalwho combinesbusiness understanding, analyticalthinkingand strong program management skills. Youknowhow to designscalablepractices that help leaders raise performance,identifytalentandbuildsuccessiondepthin a fast-moving international environment.

You enjoy turning complexpeoplechallenges into clear frameworks, actionableinsightsand pragmatic solutions. Whethersupporting performance calibration,developing leadership pipelines or translating data into recommendations, you bringstructuredthinking and a hands-on approach.

We are not looking for apurelycorporate profile. Weneed someone whostaysclose to the business, understands operationalrealitiesand can translate performanceand talentpractices into solutions that work for managers and teams on the ground.

To be successful in this role, you:

Bring 5–8 years of experience in Talent Management, Performance Management, Succession Planning, OrganizationalDevelopmentora relatedfield.

Have designed and implemented performance, talent review,successionor leadership pipeline practices in a complex, international organization.

Understand retail,consumeror another operational, people-intensive environment wherepeopledecisions directlyimpactbusiness performance.

Translate performance and talent data into clear insights, risks,recommendationsand actions.

Know how to use Workday or similar HR systems to improve visibility,consistencyand decision-making.

Are comfortable using AI,automationand analytics tools to simplify processes and scale practices.

Build practical frameworks,programsand tools that create consistency without adding unnecessary complexity.

Influence and partner effectively with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Learning &Developmentand business leaders.

Facilitate performance calibration, talentreviewand succession conversations with confidence.

Combine structure and attention to detail with a strong understanding of the bigger organizational picture.

Additional Information

At Rituals, we are committed to care for everyone and strive to create a diverse workplace where all employees belong and have equal opportunities to succeed. Read more about our commitment here https://careers.rituals.com/en-NL/work-with-heart-and-soul/diversity-and-inclusion/. We believe in the value of in-person collaboration and teamwork. Therefore, we workpredominantly from the office.

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