Director Talent Management

About the role

Responsibilities

• Design performance management processes for goal setting, reviews, calibration, and accountability.
• Establish succession plans for critical roles and strengthen leadership continuity.
• Identify capability gaps and develop targeted learning and development initiatives.
• Build frameworks to attract, develop, and retain high-performing employees.
• Assess talent and organisational capabilities with senior leaders and support workforce development.
• Establish processes for performance improvement, employee development, and offboarding.
• Develop scalable people practices aligned with business priorities and future growth.
• Partner with senior executives to translate business objectives into practical people strategies.
• Establish the function's processes, governance, and ways of working, with scope to build a team.

Candidate profile

• 10–15 years of relevant experience in People & Performance, Talent Management, Organisational Development, HR Transformation, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing performance management and talent development frameworks.
• Strong expertise in succession planning, talent assessment, capability gap analysis, and leadership development.
• Proven ability to partner with C-suite executives and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience building or scaling people processes in a startup, scale-up, or fast-growing organisation is highly desirable.
• Management consulting or HR transformation backgrounds with hands-on implementation experience are encouraged to apply.