Senior Director – Talent Management
Wauwatosa, WI - USA
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Job Summary
The Senior Director Talent Management (Human Resources) serves as the global leader for Talent Management responsible for optimizing and governing enterprise-wide talent strategies programs and practices that enable scalable growth operational excellence leadership capability and a high-performing inclusive culture across all regions. This role partners closely with the VP - People & Culture senior-level stakeholders and other functions of People & Culture (TM Business Partners Talent Acquisition Rewards and Operations to ensure a cohesive and future-ready people strategy that meets the evolving needs of the business.
Location: United States. Applicants must have the right to live and work in the US.
Work setup: Remote - Monday to Friday. While this role primarily operates within Central or Eastern US Time Zones it is part of a global team. As such candidates should be comfortable with occasional schedule flexibility to collaborate with colleagues across different regions and time zones.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain strategic enterprise partnerships with senior leaders to understand business priorities workforce challenges and long-range talent needs.
- Identify future-focused opportunities where Talent Management can accelerate business performance; maintain deep expertise in global talent culture leadership and workforce trends.
- Advise senior leadership on the people impact of strategic decisions organizational risks and recommended approaches for successful implementation.
- Lead global data and insight generationtranslate talent metrics trends and analytics into actionable recommendations that address system-wide opportunities.
- Ensure consistent and high-quality People & Culture support across all business-aligned portfolios by providing strategic direction governance and escalation guidance to TM Directors and P&C partners.
- Partner with Internal Talent Acquisition Workforce Planning and senior leaders to anticipate capability gaps support resourcing decisions and shape talent pipelines across the business.
- Oversee and enhance enterprise-wide performance management practices; drive interventions that elevate leadership capability and reinforce a high-performance culture.
- Lead the global talent review and succession planning framework; evaluate pipeline strength future business needs and readiness for critical roles.
- Guide senior leaders in identifying retention risks and developing targeted data-driven retention strategies for key talent.
- Govern the global employee experience strategy leveraging engagement data feedback and experience insights to improve culture inclusion and retention.
- Lead the enterprise survey strategy and feedback mechanisms; ensure insights translate to sustained action and measurable improvements.
- Provide oversight and strategic alignment for internal communications related to talent programs organizational changes and people initiatives.
- Champion a learning culture by identifying capability gaps and partnering with Talent Development to shape leadership and employee development offerings.
- Provide coaching and thought partnership to senior leadership teams; strengthen managerial capability and embed a culture of accountability and continuous feedback.
- Serve as a mentor and advisor to TM professionals globally supporting the development of future P&C leadership talent.
- Provide strategic guidance on high-risk or complex employee relations matters ensuring fair consistent and low-risk outcomes aligned with global policy and legal standards.
- Monitor organizational health indicators to identify patterns risks and opportunities requiring systemic or structural interventions.
- Oversee the review and modernization of policies and talent programs to ensure consistency compliance and alignment with evolving legislation.
- Partner with Legal to assess global regulatory changes and drive necessary updates to policies processes and people practices.
- Serve as a global ambassador for DEIB; embed inclusion equity and belonging across all talent programs decision processes and leadership behaviors.
- Identify enterprise-wide opportunities to advance DEIB commitments and ensure TM programs promote fairness and equitable outcomes.
- Model allyship and mentor others in inclusive leadership practices; cultivate a culture where all employees can thrive.
- Lead organizational change management strategy for major initiatives; ensure alignment communication and adoption with minimal disruption.
- Guide organizational design and transformation efforts ensuring structures roles and capabilities support business strategies.
- Assess compensation rewards and recognition practices in partnership with Rewards; benchmark against market trends and provide strategic recommendations.
- Provide counsel to senior leaders on compensation equity and engagement drivers to support strong talent and retention outcomes.
- Lead develop and inspire a global business-aligned Talent Management team; build a high-performing collaborative and future-ready function.
- Drive team capability and ensure TM partners are positioned as trusted strategic advisors to their aligned business units.
- Serve as a key member of the People & Culture leadership team and act as a senior TM representative in global senior leadership forums.
- Oversee global onboarding strategy to ensure consistent engaging and scalable practices that support new hire success.
- Partner with Payroll HR Operations and aligned P&C teams to ensure accurate data compliant processes and smooth operations across the employee lifecycle.
- Review offboarding practices to identify trends risks and opportunities for culture or process improvement.
- Analyze talent and workforce data to identify enterprise trends; take action or escalate to senior leadership as appropriate.
- Ensure the TM organization adheres to global policies compliance requirements and operational excellence standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
The Senior Director - Talent Management will lead a team of Managers (Senior) Talent Management Business Partners and/or Talent Management Generalists providing guidance conducting performance reviews and supporting professional growth.
Qualifications :
Position Requirements
Education:
- Bachelors degree strongly preferred. High School Diploma or equivalent required.
Experience:
- 8-10 years of HR experience.
- Prior experience as a HR generalist proficient in business partnering.
- Experience in global employment best practices.
- Experience managing a HR team.
- Experience in change management driving employee engagement and managing employee relations cases.
- Proven experience of building strong relationships with key stakeholders at a senior level.
Exposure:
- Relationship building.
- Influencing and collaboration.
- Comfortable with ambiguity.
- Conflict resolution.
- Coaching and feedback.
- Problem solving implementing practical solutions.
- Understands culture and how to influence.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
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