Division Talent, Leadership Development & Performance Lead

Paddington is the preferred location for this role. Applicants from other locations would be considered but not guaranteed, Talent Strategy

• Own the divisional talent strategy in service of business priorities and growth ambitions, including organisation capabilities, leadership and strategic talent pipelines; ensure the right level of alignment and differentiation to the Petcare Talent strategy
• Coach the Leadership Team to role model desired talent behaviours; balancing short-term business delivery with long-term leadership pipeline health, creating individual accountability with an enterprise mindset and together creating a high performance and development culture across the division.

Succession & Leadership Development

• Embed a systemic approach that concentrates efforts and investment on the roles and capabilities that create disproportionate value for the division and drives leader capability and accountability.
• Identify critical leadership and value-creating roles; partner with leaders to build sustainable succession pipelines over multiple time horizons with required risk mitigation plans
• Identify high-potential leaders through evidence-based insights; shape divisional approach to creating insightful development plans that accelerate readiness, orchestrating relevant development and career pathways
• Drive talent reviews, calibration processes and strategic deployment decisions across the division (regions and functions).

Talent Analytics & Workforce Intelligence

• In partnership with People Data & Analytics, develop and leverage talent insights (organisational health indicators, performance data, succession strength, leadership pipeline sustainability, talent risk) to inform workforce and leadership decisions

Transformation

• Design, lead and implement the talent workstream for Division-wide transformation programs
• Anticipate future leadership and capability requirements arising from business strategy and transformation and develop plans to strengthen org readiness

Performance & Accountability

• Own the divisional performance management philosophy and processes; ensure performance systems reinforce the behaviours, accountability and execution discipline required to win.
• Strengthen quality of performance discussions, calibration and differentiation.

Petcare Talent Leadership

• Contribute to the Petcare Talent Strategy and build the right level of alignment and differentiation in the division talent strategy
• Systematically prepare the next generation of Petcare leaders through orchestration of relevant enterprise career experiences for prioritized talent groups; driving effective ways of working and role modelling an enterprise mindset
• Drive identified cross-division talent priorities in North America in partnership with regional leadership
• Own the performance management philosophy for Petcare, providing expertise on how to use talent and performance data to drive a high-performance culture, accountability and continuous development.

• Deep experience in talent strategy, capability, succession, leadership development, performance management and organisational health
• Experience in digitizing talent systems and embedding data-led talent intelligence
• Business insight and credibility, ideally via HR Business Partner experience
• Experience in a global business supporting large-scale organisational transformation and embedding talent, placement and performance principles through change.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders with evidence-based recommendations and balance immediate business needs with long-term leadership capability.

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we’re 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.