Talent & Performance Manager (80-100%)

About the Role   

As the Talent & Performance Manager, you will contribute to Swiss Re's strategic objectives through transformational talent-focused initiatives. You will be a VP-level individual contributor working with a team to implement a refreshed talent strategy that will help Swiss Re unlock the potential of our people while also empowering them to continuously develop and grow. You will help lift our performance by strengthening feedback and bringing in further rigour in how we manage performance and enable career development. 

You will be part of a team who is accountable for succession planning, talent assessments, performance management, high potential management and career development efforts impacting 14,000 people. Success in this role requires a strong knowledge of talent management practices and the ability to collaborate with colleagues from around the world in a fast-moving environment. You must be resourceful, curious and able to adapt to change in an open and flexible way. 

Key responsibilities:

• As a subject matter expert, you will work closely with the Head of Talent & Performance and team to design and implement key aspects of the refreshed talent strategy 

• You will be an accountable expert for the re-design of our enterprise-wide career growth approach with a specific focus on bringing internal opportunities and skills transparency to life through technology such as a 'talent marketplace' and a common skills taxonomy 

• You will help to implement the best talent solutions to support a seamless experience for our people 

• You will help to influence and guide our leadership and our colleagues in HR, into supporting and executing the talent strategy and group standards 

• As an expert, you will also work closely with our broader team to create, re-design, standardize and continually improve talent- and performance-related processes, standards, controls, and practices, while designing impactful solutions based on the best practices in the industry  

About the Team 

Human Resources at Swiss Re is here to unlock the potential of our employees and to help bring our company vision - to make the work more resilient- to life. We partner with line managers and all employees by working as one integrated team to enable the delivery of sustainable business performance through people and foster a culture of performance where clear expectations result in accountability for outcomes.  We strive to enable Swiss Re to offer an environment where employees find purpose and can perform at their best thanks to an attractive, flexible, and inclusive work environment which adapts strategically to changing needs. 

We're Talent, Culture, and Inclusion (TCI), a part of Group Human Resources at Swiss Re. We're the strategic consulting, design, and transformation arm of HR. We leverage thought leadership and the latest research to design and enhance our people and culture strategy and own a connected suite of processes and solutions as a lean, friendly, diverse, and global team.  

About You 

As an experienced consultant and expert who has led or been part of lean HR CoEs (centers of expertise) you're a naturally execution oriented professional. Developing innovative people practices stimulates you, and you are great with prioritization and quick in delivering results. In addition, you're a confident communicator who can engage with senior leadership in person, in writing, and via online meetings. 

Essentials

• Minimum 7 years of experience in global HR CoEs, with a strong background in topics such as career development, performance management, talent management, learning, organisational development etc. 

• Ability to navigate a global organisation, and quickly build relationships within the team and beyond, with significant stakeholder management experience 

• Strong language skills – top-notch written (and spoken) English is a requirement 

• Experience taking topics from ideation to executive proposals to a functioning strategy at pace, and guiding its implementation across a global organisation 

• A sound understanding of progressive talent and performance management trends, and technology supporting and driving them 

• A background in collaboratively working with and influencing global teams of HR Partners, SMEs, IT, etc., while having little to no direct reports 

• Excellent presentation skills (authoring and presenting) are a major plus 

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