Manager, Talent Operations & Portfolio

Red Bull; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Bull North America, Inc. is seeking a Manager, Talent Operations & Portfolio to build and maintain the operating infrastructure for Talent Operations and North American Talent teams.

The role focuses on post go-live stabilization of our HCM tool, portfolio visibility, governance, and scalable ways of working. The position leads training, communications, and enablement, with time spent standardizing processes, dashboards, and documentation while driving continuous improvement across Talent

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing cross-functional projects, portfolios, or operational initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
• Strong PM skills, including workback planning, milestone tracking, risk/issue management, launch readiness, and leadership reporting.
• Experience building or governing a project management platform used by multiple teams.
• Ability to translate complex work into operating rhythms, dashboards, documentation structures, and decision-ready updates.
• Experience creating process documentation, job aids, templates, and enablement materials.
• Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management, with influence without direct authority.
• Experience with HCM systems, HR data processes, employee lifecycle workflows or Talent Operations processes preferred.
• Experience working in a global subsidiary and/or highly matrixed, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a simplified portfolio view of major Talent initiatives across North America, including status, milestones, risks, decisions, dependencies, and key communication or adoption impacts.
• Prepare portfolio snapshots and leadership updates to inform progress, risks, priorities, and decisions.
• Establish lightweight project frameworks, templates, and scalable ways of working.
• Support goal setting, stakeholder mapping, communication planning, and risk tracking for project owners.
• Own internal communications and enablement materials on Talent processes and initiatives.
• Define and maintain Talent documentation standards, job aids, FAQs, and operating guides.
• Lead post go-live stabilization routines for HR systems and ensure governance and data accuracy.

Skills

Cross-functional project management

Stakeholder management

Workback planning

Milestone tracking

Launch readiness

Leadership reporting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field

Tools

Project management platform

Job description

The Manager, Talent Operations & Portfolio creates and maintains the operating infrastructure that helps Talent Operations (TO) and the broader North American Talent teams plan, track, communicate and continuously improve work across the Talent function. Initially, this role will focus on post go-live stabilization & hyper-care of our new HCM tool, portfolio visibility, project management standards, documentation governance and project ways of working. Over time, it will own the operating rhythms, knowledge management structure, tool governance, communications, and continuous improvement mechanisms needed to keep Talent work stable, scalable, and easy to navigate.

TALENT PORTFOLIO & PROJECT ENABLEMENT

Maintain a simplified portfolio view of major Talent initiatives across North America, including status, milestones, risks, decisions, dependencies, and key communication or adoption impacts.

Prepare clear portfolio snapshots and leadership updates that help Talent leaders understand progress, risks, priorities, and required decisions.

Establish and maintain lightweight project frameworks, templates, and ways of working that scale based on risk, complexity, and business impact.

Enable project owners on goal setting, stakeholder mapping, communication planning, workback planning, risk tracking, and launch readiness while reinforcing that functional owners remain accountable for delivery and outcomes.

Own internal communications, including employee and manager facing communications, and enablement material creation on major Talent processes, tools, and initiatives, partnering with internal Talent stakeholders as needed.

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & ADOPTION ENABLEMENT

Own the framework, standards, and organization of Talent documentation, including process documentation, job aids, FAQs, operating guides, ownership models, and version control.

Partner with functional leads and process owners to keep documentation current, usable, and aligned to how teams within Talent work.

Create role-based enablement materials, communication assets, and adoption resources in partnership with functional leads and project owners.

Maintain the structure for customer-facing SuccessFactors Employee Central (SFEC) content and shared Talent resources so materials are current, organized, and easy to find.

PROCESS GOVERNANCE & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Define and maintain core Talent operating processes, workflows, handoffs, and escalation paths across teams.

Identify recurring process breakdowns, inefficiencies, and stakeholder pain points, then translate them into a prioritized continuous improvement backlog.

Drive prioritization of improvement opportunities based on impact, urgency, risk, and effort.

Facilitate retrospectives and lessons learned for major Talent initiatives to improve future planning, execution, and change readiness.

Partner with TO leaders to improve consistency, efficiency and service delivery across the function.

SUCCESSFACTORS & TALENT DATA MANAGEMENT OPERATING GOVERNANCE

Lead coordination of post go-live HCM stabilization routines, including issue tracking, operating documentation, escalation paths, and visibility into recurring themes.

Partner with Talent Data Management (TDM) and other stakeholders to maintain data audit calendars, issue logs, remediation tracking, and clear ownership for critical data processes.

Support process clarity for data corrections, audits, reporting, and downstream issue resolution.

Ensure TO teams have the tools, guidance, and role clarity needed to operate effectively in SFEC, including crossover responsibilities between TDM and Talent Systems (TS) teams.

OPERATING SYSTEMS, TOOLS & REPORTING

Own the build-out, launch, and ongoing enablement of a Talent project management platform, ensuring the tool supports portfolio visibility, consistent tracking and clear ways of working across the Talent team.

Create and maintain standard board templates, required fields, status definitions, dashboards, and reporting views for major initiative tracking.

Drive adoption of the Talent project management platform and related operating tools through guidance, training, governance, and user support.

Maintain reporting views, resource hubs, and shared operating structures so leaders and teams can quickly understand priorities, progress, and ownership.

Manage global partnership and alignment on tracking, communications, and governance standards as needed.

Recommend improvements to tools, workflows, and reporting practices based on user feedback and operational needs.

• Extensive experience managing cross-functional projects, portfolios, or operational initiatives, ideally within HR, Talent/People Operations, Talent Acquisition, or a related corporate function.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field or equivalent experience.
• Strong project management skills, including workback planning, milestone tracking, risk and issue management, launch readiness, and leadership reporting.
• Experience building, launching or governing a project management platform, work management system, or shared operating tool used by multiple teams.
• Ability to translate complex work into clear operating rhythms, dashboards, documentation structures, and decision-ready updates.
• Experience creating process documentation, job aids, templates, and/or enablement materials that improve consistency and adoption.
• Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority and operate effectively in ambiguous or evolving environments.
• Experience with HCM systems, HR data processes, employee lifecycle workflows or Talent Operations processes preferred.
• Experience working in a global subsidiary and/or highly matrixed, fast-paced environment.

The base salary range for this position is $92,000 -138,000 + cash incentives. Actual salary offers may vary based on work experience. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified.

Our current Benefits include: Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans, 401k Match, Family Leave, PTO & Paid Holiday Schedule, Pet, Legal, and Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement (Benefits listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment and/or work location) Red Bull North America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other classification protected by Federal, state, or local law. We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

Red Bull North America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other classification protected by Federal, state, or local law. We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.