Emerging Talent Delivery Lead (Germany & Poland)

Rolls-Royce plc; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce plc in Kraków, Poland, is seeking an Emerging Talent Delivery Lead with a focus on German-language projects. This full-time, hybrid role will drive end-to-end delivery of emerging talent programmes across Poland, Germany, and the UK, working with internal teams and outsourced providers to ensure consistent learner lifecycles and governance compliance.

You will coordinate with business stakeholders, support onboarding and programme delivery, and help optimize processes while ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience in early careers / emerging talent delivery including graduate programmes.
• Understanding of end-to-end talent lifecycle processes across recruitment, onboarding and programme delivery.
• Strong stakeholder coordination and communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail.
• Problem-solving and continuous improvement capability.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day delivery for emerging talent, including BAU recruitment processes, onboarding, programme delivery and offboarding for UK & Poland.
• Deliver BAU activity across recruitment, onboarding, programme delivery and offboarding.
• Ensure consistent execution of the learner lifecycle across UK and Poland.
• Coordinate programme milestones including induction, graduation, feedback cycles and engagement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate learner data and support reporting requirements.

Job description

Emerging Talent Delivery Lead with German Full time / Hybrid Cracow, Poland

Why join Rolls-Royce? At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Launched in March 2025, the Kraków R-R Global Capability Centre represents an exciting new chapter in the growth of Rolls-Royce Group Business Services. Designed to support global operations and employee services, the Centre is rapidly evolving into a key hub for enabling operational efficiency and strengthening global business processes. With a fast-growing team, it delivers exceptional services across finance, procurement, HR, Data Analytics and Service Management. This is a place where your expertise can drive real impact – enhancing operational excellence, shaping streamlined global processes and contributing directly to the long-term success of one of the world’s most respected engineering companies.

Join us and be part of building something exceptional. We are looking for an emerging talent operational lead who wants to drive forward our award-winning emerging talent programmes at Rolls‑Royce. In this role will be part of our UK & European team taking responsibility for elements of our operational delivery for Poland, Germany and UK. This includes partnering with our businesses and outsourced providers to deliver a ‘One Rolls‑Royce’ end to end service. This role is a critical delivery role within our new emerging talent structure ensuring successful operational delivery of our growth across Poland, Germany and UK. This role reports into Germany & Poland Delivery Manager.

What you will be doing:

• Support the day-to-day delivery for the emerging talent including BAU recruitment processes, onboarding, programme delivery & offboarding for both UK & Poland.
• Deliver BAU activity across recruitment, onboarding, programme delivery and offboarding.
• Ensure consistent execution of the learner lifecycle across UK and Poland.
• Act as a key operational contact for business stakeholders and suppliers for programme delivery activities such as placements, performance reviews and feedback.
• Support the execution of programmes in line with governance frameworks, compliance requirements and local legislation.
• Coordinate programme milestones including induction, graduation, feedback cycles and engagement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate learner data and support reporting requirements.
• Work closely with outsourced providers (e.g. graduate services, training providers).
• Support supplier performance management, issue resolution and continuous improvement.
• Drive efficiencies across the delivery model and supplier landscape.
• Oversee delivery of central learning and mandatory training.
• Own allocation of Career Coaches and buddy networks (for example emerging talent association).
• Lead delivery for Poland-based emerging talent hiring and programmes and remotely support the UK team (with some annual travel).
• Support attraction activity including partnerships, awards and pipeline programmes.
• Attend careers events, celebration events, engagement activities and external conferences as required.
• Identify and implement improvements across processes, systems and learner experience.
• Challenge our suppliers to deliver best in class experiences whilst driving effective and efficient process developments.
• Own local technology improvements working closely with the global change and experience team.
• Ensure all activity aligns with local labour laws, policies and internal controls.

Who are we looking for?

• Experience in early careers / emerging talent delivery including graduate programmes
• Understanding of end-to-end talent lifecycle processes across recruitment, onboarding and programme delivery
• Strong stakeholder coordination and communication
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail
• Problem-solving and continuous improvement capability