Mondi AG
Global Leadership Development Manager
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Global Leadership Development Manager
Location: Preferred in Vienna; applications from Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain, Slovakia, Croatia, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom are welcome, provided candidates are willing and able to travel.
Purpose of the Role
The Global Leadership Development Manager is responsible for designing, delivering, and continuously improving an integrated, enterprise-wide leadership development and assessment strategy that:
- Builds a robust leadership pipeline aligned to Mondi’s long-term business strategy
- Ensures high-quality design, delivery, and facilitation of leadership development experiences
- Establishes global standards while allowing regional flexibility
- Supports leadership capability, succession strength, and cultural innovation across all markets and leadership levels
- Shapes Mondi’s global coaching and mentoring ecosystem
- Drives effective change management methodologies
This role requires a balanced focus on both strategy and execution.
Core Responsibilities
- Define and own a global leadership philosophy and competency framework, aligned to business strategy, values, and future capability needs
- Translate strategic priorities into clear leadership standards and behaviours across:
- Executive, senior
- Mid-level, and emerging leaders
- Design, scale, and continuously evolve a global portfolio of leadership development solutions, leveraging learning innovation and integrating across the HR value chain (from talent identification to succession and performance)
- Lead global leadership assessment and succession approaches, ensuring data-driven decisions for development, promotion, and bench strength
- Establish leadership capability metrics and insights to track:
- Impact, readiness
- Diversity outcomes, and ROI
- Embed inclusive, values-based leadership behaviours and strengthen leadership capability during major transformations and change
- Set global governance, standards, and external partnerships while enabling regions with clear frameworks and local flexibility
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Requirements
Experience
- 12+ years’ experience in leadership development, talent, or organisational development within large, complex, multinational environments
- Proven ability to design, scale, and deliver global leadership development portfolios, rooted in the 70/20/10 learning approach
- Strong expertise in:
- Executive assessment
- Succession planning
- High-potential development
- Hands-on facilitator with experience delivering impactful leadership programmes and experiential learning across regions and seniority levels
- Credible, trusted advisor to leaders and HR partners, skilled at challenging and influencing at all seniority levels
- Deep knowledge of:
- Leadership theory
- Adult learning
- Assessment methodologies
- Psychometrics (applied pragmatically to business needs)
- Strategic, commercially astute systems thinker with global mindset
- Comfortable leading in ambiguity and change
- Preferred: Experience in manufacturing background with exposure to Lean and Integrated Working Systems (IWS)
- Experience working internationally
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Languages
- Proficient in written and spoken English
- Highly preferred: German; advantageous: other languages
Education
- Degree in:
- Psychology
- HR
- Business
- Or related field (Master’s preferred)
- Desirable:
- Accreditation in recognised psychometric and assessment tools
- Executive coaching qualification
About Mondi
We empower our people to reach their full potential, fostering a culture that drives performance through passion. Our strength lies in diversity and inclusion—a value we uphold for a global team of 24,000+ in 30+ countries.
Our Commitment to Inclusivity
- Dedicated to creating a team that reflects the diversity of our global workplace
- Encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups, including:
- Women
- Visible minorities
- LGBTQI+ individuals
- People with disabilities
- Open to all talents: Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we welcome your application. Intention-driven candidates are equally valued as experienced professionals.
Facilitating Access
If you need accommodations during recruitment, please contact the listed contact person.
How to Apply
Only CVs uploaded onto our online career platform will be considered. After applying, follow these steps:
- Redirect to the recruiting platform—create an account and activate via the provided link.
- If the email is missing, check your spam folder or add no-reply@mondigroup.com to your safe list/address book.
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