The Talent Consultant plays a critical role in driving the execution and delivery of Global Talent Management (TM) initiatives by managing integrated project plans timelines dependencies and risks across multiple concurrent global programs. The role ensures structured execution clarity of roles and responsibilities and strong alignment across regions and stakeholders while also providing both project management and consulting support bringing structure to complexity proposing solutions clarifying responsibilities and maintaining project discipline. The Talent Consultant has the authority to propose timelines challenge scope changes and proactively escalate risks to leaders.

The ideal candidate is proactive detailoriented highly organized and comfortable working with data. They excel at synthesizing information driving momentum and enabling better decisionmaking across complex crossfunctional work.

This role is a hybrid global role based in Hong Kong which requires flexibility in working hours.

Position Responsibilities

Project Coordination & Tracking

• Own the planning coordination and tracking of Talent Management initiatives across all phases (discovery design development activation execution).

• Maintain and manage integrated project schedules milestones risks RAID logs action logs and documentation.

• Track dependencies and drive timely progress by following up with stakeholders and ensuring decisions move forward.

• Prepare and facilitate project meetings including agendas summaries and actionable next steps with clear owners and deadlines.

• Apply Global TMs project management framework including governance routines stagegates and structured reporting.

Team & Stakeholder Alignment

• Document project workflows roles responsibilities and governance expectations to maintain clarity across workstreams.

• Coordinate crossteam communication and ensure stakeholders (regional HR enterprise partners senior leaders) receive relevant timely information.

• Drive momentum by following up with senior stakeholders and escalating misalignment or risks as needed.

• Facilitate tradeoff discussions with stakeholders on scope timing resourcing and prioritization.

Tools Processes & Reporting

• Lead the use maintenance and continuous improvement of project management tools dashboards trackers and templates.

• Prepare presentations status updates and reporting for senior leaders regional partners and TM governance forums.

• Strengthen and evolve ways of working to enhance project discipline efficiency and consistency across the TM function.

• Maintain organized versioncontrolled project documentation and shared team resources.

Data Insights & Recommendations

• Partner closely with the Analytics team to secure the highquality data required for talent reporting analysis and governance.

• Collaborate with Analytics to develop simple dashboards insights and summaries that support leadership decisionmaking.

• Work with Analytics to synthesize patterns risks and insights into recommendations that inform Talent Management strategy and execution.

• Ensure data accuracy consistency and auditable version control across all project materials by coordinating with the Analytics team on data standards and processes.

Operational & Governance Support

• Partner with People & Culture CoE teams and enterprise groups to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy and regulatory requirements.

• Support budget management resource planning and financial tracking for TM initiatives.

• Own internal compliance audit processes and governance documentation for TM programs.

• Identify and champion opportunities to simplify processes and enhance operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in project coordination program support HR operations or a similar role.

• Strong organizational and timemanagement skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities.

• High attention to detail and ability to bring structure to ambiguous or fastmoving work.

• Comfortable working with data (Excel/Sheets basic analysis dashboards).

• Excellent communication and stakeholdermanagement skills including the ability to influence without formal authority.

• Proactive resourceful and solutionoriented mindset.

• Familiarity with HR or Talent Management concepts is a plus.

• Experience with project management tools (e.g. Smartsheet) is an advantage.

Success Measures

• Predictable timely delivery of TM initiatives with fewer escalations and reduced rework.

• Clear ownership governance and decision pathways across all projects.

• Strong stakeholder feedback on clarity responsiveness and partnership.

• Accurate reliable data and insights that meaningfully support leadership decisions.

• Demonstrated improvements in project discipline efficiency and ways of working across Talent Management.

Career Growth Opportunities

This role provides exposure to our global PeopleComms strategy enterpriselevel programs and senior leadership. It can be a pathway into talent management and People & Comms leadership roles across our global Centers of Excellence.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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