Talent Management Lead

Rotork1; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotork is seeking a Talent Management Lead to shape and execute the organization's workforce strategy across regions, partnering with business leaders to design talent solutions, workforce planning, and early career pipelines while aligning with future business needs.

This role goes beyond traditional recruiting, focusing on strategic planning, vendor management, and data-driven insights to strengthen organizational capability and ensure a sustainable, future-ready workforce.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Talent Management, HR, and Workforce Planning.
• Experience managing strategic and operational recruitment.
• Experience managing or partnering with vendors.
• Exposure to early careers or talent development.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute the workforce strategy in partnership with business leaders.
• Develop and implement talent solutions aligned with business needs.
• Lead strategic workforce planning and early careers pipelines.
• Oversee external talent partnerships and advisory to hiring managers.
• Embed diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring processes.

Skills

Talent Management

HR Experience

Workforce Planning

Vendor Management

Early Careers Exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

What you will do

The Talent Management Lead plays a critical role in shaping and executing the organization's workforce strategy. Partnering closely with business leaders, this position develops and implements innovative talent solutions that align with current and future business needs. Beyond traditional recruiting, the role focuses on strategic workforce planning, building and managing early career talent pipelines, overseeing external talent partnerships, and leading talent initiatives that strengthen organizational capability and ensure a sustainable, future-ready workforce.

**Please note that this is not a Talent Acquisition position.

Strategic Workforce Planning

• Partner with senior stakeholders to develop and execute short- and long-term workforce plans aligned to business strategy and growth objectives
• Analyze talent data, market trends, and internal capability gaps to provide insight-driven hiring strategies
• Build proactive talent pipelines for critical roles and emerging skill areas
• Support organizational design and future-of-work initiatives

Talent Acquisition Delivery (Strategic & Operational)

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for critical and/or complex roles, ensuring a high-quality, inclusive candidate experience
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring managers and support candidate experience and hiring efficiency improvements
• Drive innovative sourcing strategies leveraging market intelligence and digital tools
• Embed diversity, equity, and inclusion principles across hiring processes

Early Careers, Talent Pipeline Development and Talent Programs & Projects

• Partner with local teams and the Early Careers Lead to design and manage regionally early career programs
• Build relationships with universities and external communities
• Create structured development pathways for early talent
• Partner internally to ensure meaningful development experiences
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional talent initiatives whilst driving adoption of tools and processes

Partner Management

• Lead and embed the regional implementation of our TA model
• Ensure delivery against regional SLAs, KPIs, and improvement plans
• Act as key regional contact for Agencies & provide governance

Data, Insights & Continuous Improvement

• Leverage analytics to track hiring metrics and provide insights and recommendations
• Champion continuous improvement

Recruitment and Talent Management Experience and Qualifications

• Significant experience in Talent Management, HR, and Workforce Planning
• Experience managing strategic and operational recruitment
• Experience managing or partnering with vendors
• Exposure to early careers or talent development
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Rotork is the market-leading global flow control and instrumentation company, helping our customers manage the flow or liquids, gases and powders across many industries worldwide.

Our purpose is Keeping the World Flowing for Future Generations.

For over sixty years, the world has relied on us to create the things that keep everything moving. From oil and gas to water and shipping, pharmaceuticals and food- these are the flows on which our modern world depends.

Today we're respected and admired for our people, performance and products. Our success flows from our commitment to engineering excellence, and that's what we will always pursue, safely and sustainably.

Rotork is going through an exciting period of change and growth, building on our existing market success. It's a great time to join us and make an impact in shaping the future of our business.

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