Senior Talent Management Program Manager

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a senior leader to design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise talent management programs across the organization. The role focuses on talent planning, succession, development, and workforce decision-making at scale.

You will drive adoption, lead change initiatives, and partner with HR, finance, and strategy leaders to ensure equity, inclusion, and impact across the employee lifecycle. A data-driven mindset and Workday proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of HR experience, including talent management or organizational development.
• Advanced degree with 5+ years of experience is preferred.
• Past experience leading enterprise Talent Management programs and strategies.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and executive-level advisory skills.
• Experience with HR systems such as Workday and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and execution of AI-enabled talent management systems and processes.
• Oversee end-to-end enterprise talent programs, governance, and stakeholder engagement.
• Drive large-scale talent process implementations and change management initiatives.
• Leverage data insights and benchmarking to inform talent strategy and improvements.
• Optimize Workday to streamline core talent management activities.

Skills

Talent management strategy

Change management

Program/Project management

Data analysis

Workday proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Workday

PowerPoint

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of AI-enabled talent management systems that support talent planning, succession, career development, and workforce decision-making.
• Manage (end to end ownership) enterprise talent programs, planning cycles, governance, communications, and stakeholder engagement.
• Lead large-scale implementations of talent processes, systems, and technology solutions.
• Drive adoption through change management, training, leader enablement, and communication strategies.
• Ensure talent processes are scalable, efficient, and integrated across the employee lifecycle.
• Develop and lead Medtronic's enterprise talent management strategy, roadmap, and operational plan to ensure talent capabilities and processes are in place to attract, retain, and develop talent and enable business priorities.
• Own capability development, drive continuous improvement, and deploy enterprise solutions and resources for the following talent programs: Performance Management, Organizational Talent Planning & Succession, Redeployment, and Engagement.
• Engage, align, and communicate with key stakeholders at various levels across the organization, including but not limited to: employee listening groups, ERGs, HR Business Partners, HR, Finance, and Strategy leaders, and ExCom.
• Key enabler of Medtronic's ID&E goals by ensuring equity and removing bias in talent practices and systems.
• Leverage internal data and insights and external benchmarking to inform long-range Talent Management strategy and simplify core talent practices (e.g. ID&E data, engagement survey results, employee listening activities, external councils and networks)
• Optimize Workday to enable and simplify all core talent management processes.
• Role Model, champion and embed the Medtronic Mindset to Act Boldly, Compete to Win, Move with Speed and Decisiveness, Foster Belonging and Deliver Results the Right Way.
• Ensure an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workforce, identifying gaps in female and ethnically diverse representation, defining mitigating actions including attracting, retaining, developing and promoting female and ethnically diverse talent, and embedding these actions in the talent strategy.
• Partner with Global Inclusion, Diversity and Equity partner to drive senior business leader engagement and accountability as owners of Medtronic’s inclusion and diversity efforts.
• Partner closely with Global Talent and Leadership Development COE to design programs and tools that meet the unique needs of the business, and deploy targeted solutions as needed (i.e., assessment, coaching, talent acquisition, analytics, etc.), incorporating the Medtronic Mindset.
• Leverage the Organizational Health Survey to measure engagement gaps and define mitigating actions to be embedded in the talent strategy.
• Proactively address opportunities within your team and the Global Talent Management COE.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 7+ years of Human Resources experience (Talent Management, Change Management or Organization Development/Effectiveness consulting is equivalent to HR experience)
• An Advanced Degree and 5+ years of experience
• Past experience leading enterprise Talent Management programs and strategies
• Subject matter expertise and facilitation experience in talent planning, performance management, talent review and succession planning, competency modeling/role profiling, and culture, inclusion and diversity strategy implementation for a global, matrixed organization
• Extensive program/project management experience with ability to independently manage multiple priorities
• Experience in program/process design, as well as continuous improvement
• Change Management or Organization Development/Effectiveness experience
• Demonstrated ability to influence and provide strategic, proactive consultation to senior leaders
• Demonstrated excellence in written, verbal and visual communication skills
• Experience analyzing data and turning into insights/action plans
• Strong understanding of external talent landscape and best practices
• Experience with HR systems such as Workday, highly proficient in PowerPoint
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading enterprise talent management strategies, including talent planning, performance management and inclusion and diversity initiatives. Proficient in leveraging data insights to drive continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement across the organization.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Talent Management Strategy
• Change Management
• Program/Project Management
• Data Analysis
• Workday Proficiency

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Talent Planning
• Performance Management
• Succession Planning
• Competency Modeling
• Organizational Development
• Continuous Improvement
• Program Design

Soft Skills

• Influencing Senior Leaders
• Communication Skills
• Stakeholder Engagement

Industry Keywords

• Inclusion and Diversity
• Employee Lifecycle
• Global Talent Management
• HR Systems
• Engagement Survey

Tools & Technologies

• Workday
• PowerPoint