Senior Specialist, Executive Talent Management

This is a highimpact role for someone who wants to build enterpriselevel talent infrastructure influence senior leaders and see their work directly improve succession development readiness and inclusion across a global organization. You will have the opportunity to simplify complexity elevate decision quality and leave a lasting mark on how Vanguard grows and develops its most critical leaders.

You will be part of the Global Talent Management Center of Excellence partnering closely with HR Business Partners Leadership Development Culture Inclusion & Engagement and Executive Talent Acquisition - giving you broad exposure influence and the ability to drive change at scale.

In this role you will design integrate and execute executive talent practices that leaders trust and use - moving the organization from episodic reviews to disciplined ongoing talent decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Shape enterprise impact by evolving succession planning talent review assessment executive development and mobility into a cohesive forwardlooking talent approach that improves clarity objectivity and decision quality.
• Build what lasts by designing simple scalable executive talent frameworks and standards that work across businesses and geographies while supporting enterprise consistency and inclusion.
• Modernize how work gets done by leveraging technology data and automation to reduce friction improve insight and enable fairer more transparent decisions.
• Be close to the work through handson execution of succession and contingency planning for businesscritical rolesto identify risk uncover opportunity and close gaps through development mobility retention and external pipelines.
• Elevate assessment and potential identification by helping define enterprise talent standards and assessment approaches that inform succession development and movement of senior talent.
• Connect strategy to development by partnering with Leadership Development to ensure executive development investments are tightly aligned to succession priorities and rolecritical capabilities.
• Influence the full talent ecosystem by partnering with Executive Talent Acquisition HR Business Partners and external experts to align success profiles workforce planning insights and internal and external pipelines.
• Prove value through insight by evaluating the impact of talent programs using meaningful data and translating insights into continuous improvement and sustained enterprise value.

What It Takes to Succeed: You are someone who thrives in complex environments can move between strategy and execution and enjoys turning ambiguity into clear usable solutions.

Qualifications:

• 8 years of experience in talent management organizational strategy consulting or a related field. Human capital consulting experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience designing integrating and scaling executive talent processes (e.g. succession planning talent review assessment)
• Strong ability to simplify and improve processes through practical valuefocused enhancements
• Experience enabling talent processes through technology data and automation
• Success designing global talent frameworks that balance enterprise consistency with local relevance
• Proven experience closing executive talent gaps through development mobility coaching and external hiring
• Strong change management skills in complex matrixed organizations
• Ability to partner effectively across HR COEs HR Business Partners Leadership Development Culture Inclusion & Engagement and senior leaders
• Datadriven mindset with the ability to translate insights into action
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.

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About Vanguard

At Vanguard we dont just have a missionwere on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning collaboration and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.