Sr Director People & Talent NA

Job Description:

What are we looking for

• 10 years of progressive experience in Human Resources with a focus on talent management organizational development and strategic business partnership.

• Demonstrated ability to improve leadership pipeline strength and succession plan readiness with a proven track record of developing and advancing key talent.

• Experience in driving and measuring improvements in employee engagement inclusion and overall organizational culture with the ability to show quantifiable positive changes.

• A history of implementing talent and performance management programs that result in measurable improvements in individual and team performance.

• Proven success in adapting and implementing global HR frameworks to a regional level achieving high adoption and effectiveness rates.

• A track record of developing and executing people strategies that have a clear and measurable impact on business performance and growth.

What will be your key responsibilities

• Partner with regional leadership to shape and deliver the people agenda aligned to business strategy and growth priorities.

• Translate global people frameworks into practical high-impact regional execution.

• Provide insight on workforce trends organizational health and talent risks to inform decision-making.

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders strengthening leadership effectiveness and team performance.

• Embed a performance-driven inclusive culture that reinforces business priorities and values.

• Activate enterprise-wide initiatives (e.g. engagement survey EVP inclusion strategies) in ways that resonate locally.

• Drive actions that improve engagement belonging and Associate experience across key moments that matter.

• Ensure consistency of experience across markets while allowing for regional nuance.

• Lead regional talent planning including critical roles succession pipelines and risk mitigation.

• Partner with global COEs to apply talent frameworks with rigor and consistency.

• Strengthen internal pipelines through proactive talent moves development and external market insights and through connection and visibility to cross-region division and global function talent plans.

• Enable high-quality talent reviews and ensure follow-through on actions.

• Embed a high-performance culture through clear expectations strong goal-setting and ongoing feedback.

• Coach leaders to elevate performance conversations accountability and outcomes.

• Drive leadership capability building aligned to future business needs.

• Support consistent application of performance management practices across the region.

• Identify priority capability gaps and partner with global teams to deploy targeted scalable learning solutions.

• Enable always-on development with a strong emphasis on line manager capability.

• Ensure learning is practical business-linked and drives measurable impact.

• Act as a bridge across global regional and market teams enabling alignment and co-creation.

• Ensure clarity of roles across COEs regions and markets balancing scale with local ownership.

• Drive simplicity effectiveness and adoption of people processes.

What can you expect from Mars

• Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.

• Join a purpose driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.

• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below however base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge skills and total compensation package for this position will include variable pay medical and dental benefits participation in 401k plan and paid time off of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.