Talent Development Partner

Wood Mackenzie; United States; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wood Mackenzie seeks a Talent Development Lead to partner with leaders, design development solutions, and drive capability building across functions. The role focuses on aligning learning with business strategy, succession planning, and leveraging data to inform decisions.

You will collaborate with Strategic HRBP, SMEs and external partners to deliver impactful learning experiences and sustain business performance across a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Experience in talent management and succession planning.
• Designing engaging learning experiences with measurable impact.
• Ability to analyse data and translate into action.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic talent development aligned to business goals.
• Design, source and implement learning solutions across functions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and external partners to deliver programmes.
• Promote AI-enabled learning and manage capability-building initiatives.
• Monitor impact using data and report outcomes with evidence.

Skills

Talent management

Succession planning

Learning design

Skills taxonomy

Data analysis

Evidence-based decision making

Change and performance consulting

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation & coaching

AI learning ecosystems

Project management

Tools

LMS

Job description

Wood Mackenzie is the global leader in analytics, insights and proprietary data across the entire energy and natural resources landscape. For over 50 years our work has guided the decisions of the world’s most influential energy producers, utilities companies, financial institutions and governments. Now, with the world’s energy system more complex and interconnected than ever before, sector‑specific views are no longer enough. That’s why we’ve redefined what’s possible with Intelligence Connected. By fusing our unparalleled proprietary data with the sharpest analytical minds, all supercharged by Synoptic AI, we deliver a clear, interconnected view of the entire value chain. Our trusted team of 2,700 experts across 30 countries breaks siloes and connects industries, markets and regions across the globe. This empowers our customers to identify risk sooner, spot opportunities faster and recalibrate strategy with confidence – whether planning days, weeks, months or decades ahead.

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Role Purpose

The Talent Development Lead enables colleagues to build the capabilities required to deliver sustainable business performance. Acting as the primary talent development partner for an assigned function or segment, the role works closely with Strategic HR Business Partners and business leaders to identify capability priorities, shape development solutions and drive measurable organisational outcomes. Using talent insights, learning needs analysis, succession planning data and engagement feedback, the role determines priority capability gaps and designs, sources and delivers solutions that support business objectives. The role collaborates with subject matter experts, the wider Talent Development team and external partners to deliver impactful learning experiences and development programmes.

What You'll Do

• Strategic Talent Development
• Serve as the primary talent development partner for assigned business areas.
• Align development priorities with business strategy and workforce needs.
• Conduct learning needs analysis and use talent insights to inform interventions.
• Support succession planning, career mobility and talent movement activities.
• Learning & Capability Building
• Design, source and implement learning solutions that address capability requirements.
• Deliver and facilitate learning interventions that support business performance.
• Lead implementation of Manager Fundamentals and other manager development initiatives.
• Promote AI capability building and support adoption of AI‑enabled ways of working.
• Stakeholder & Programme Management
• Build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders.
• Drive accountability for agreed development actions and commitments.
• Manage external suppliers and subject matter experts where required.
• Ensure learning resources and learning management system content remain relevant, accessible and current.
• Measurement & Continuous Improvement
• Monitor programme effectiveness and business impact.
• Use evidence and data to evaluate outcomes and inform decisions.
• Report progress and results using measurable performance indicators rather than activity metrics alone.
• Deliver and facilitate learning sessions that support business performance.

Key Relationships

• Function and Segment Leadership Teams
• Strategic HR Business Partners
• Talent Development Team
• Subject Matter Experts
• External Learning Vendors and Partners

Skills & Experience

• Talent management and succession planning expertise
• Learning experience design
• Skills architecture and taxonomy knowledge
• Data analysis and evidence‑based decision making
• Behaviour change and performance consulting
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Facilitation and coaching capability
• AI fluency and understanding of AI learning ecosystems
• Strong project and programme management experience

About You

• Commercially aware and able to connect talent development activity to business outcomes.
• Confident working with data to identify priorities and measure impact.
• Able to influence senior stakeholders constructively and effectively.
• Curious about emerging technologies and continuous learning.
• Comfortable operating across matrixed and global environments.

Working Arrangements

We are a hybrid working company and the successful applicant will be expected to be physically present in the office at least 2 days per week to foster and contribute to a collaborative environment, but this may be subject to change in the future. Due to the global nature of the team, a degree of flexible working will be required to accommodate different time zones.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting the best people regardless of their race, colour, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability or protected veteran status. You can find out more about your rights under the law at www.eeoc.gov

Deliverables (Internal Only)

• Stakeholder feedback at mid-year and year-end.
• Learning interventions with evidence of contribution to business results.
• Talent mobility and talent moves within the assigned function or segment.
• LMS usage and engagement measures.
• Learning session delivery, feedback and engagement measures.
• Evidence of succession planning activity and outcomes.

We are ...

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.