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Talent Development Program Manager
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Talent Development Program Manager – London/Hybrid
Daily rate: £400 - £500
Duration: 12-month
Start: ASAP
Hybrid: 2 – 3 days
My client is looking for a proactive, creative Talent Development Program Manager to own end-to-end delivery of scaled talent development programs across the EMEA region (20+ countries; ~5,000 employees). This is a 12-month secondment-cover position based in London with the potential to convert to a permanent role for the right candidate.
Key responsibilities
- End-to-end program management: Plan, coordinate and deliver global and regional talent development programs and events (logistics, vendor/event agency management, venues, scheduling).
- Stakeholder management: Partner with Talent Development partners, HR business partners, change management teams, senior leaders and global teams to align program objectives and delivery.
- Experience design: Support creation and optimization of the learner experience across program touchpoints (communications, onboarding into programs, session design, follow-up).
- Communications & marketing: Build and execute comms plans to drive awareness and attendance; manage internal promotion of programs.
- Measurement & reporting: Define success metrics, track attendance/engagement, evaluate program impact and communicate results to stakeholders.
- Process excellence: Implement and improve systems, processes and operational standards (e.g., registration, budgeting, vendor processes, LMS workflows).
- Tools & technology: Operate existing learning tools and be comfortable experimenting with AI-driven development approaches; identify opportunities for tooling improvements.
- Budgeting & commercial: Manage program budgets, forecast needs and raise budget discussions for exceptional hires or requirements.
- Multi-tasking & autonomy: Juggle multiple concurrent programs and priorities, work independently and move quickly in a dispersed team.
- Additional: Support ad-hoc requests, contribute to talent reviews/top talent programs when required.
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Working Model
- Team is dispersed; ability to work autonomously and manage remote stakeholders is essential.
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Must-have
- Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in talent development, learning & development, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated experience managing scaled programs across multiple stakeholder groups in a complex/matrixed organization.
- Strong project management skills with experience coordinating events, vendors and multi-stakeholder delivery.
- Excellent stakeholder and senior-leader facing communication skills.
- Proven ability to design and improve learner experiences (communications, engagement strategies, post-program measurement).
- Comfortable with learning technologies and with using AI tools or a demonstrated curiosity to adopt AI in learning approaches.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities with tight timelines.
- Based in (or able to work from) London.
Nice-to-have
- Experience with an LMS administration and common L&D technology tools.
- Experience in designing supportive processes and operational improvements.
- Prior experience in a global matrix organization or with cross-regional program rollouts.
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