Senior Manager Talent

Position: Senior Manager - Performance & Talent
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Experience Level: Advanced Term Type:
Permanent Fulltime:
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Performance & Talent Development Location Text:
Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Northampton, London The role“This is a hands-on senior role, requiring the postholder to move confidently between developing strategy, designing solutions and supporting practical implementation.”This is a key role within the Performance & Talent Development team, responsible for shaping and delivering the firm's talent and performance agenda.

Working closely with business leaders, HR colleagues and the wider People Directorate, the role will help build a high-performing, future-ready workforce by strengthening talent pipelines, developing future leaders, supporting career progression and embedding a culture of meaningful performance conversations.

The role combines strategic thinking with practical delivery, designing solutions that support both current business priorities and future workforce needs.

Core Responsibilities Performance & High-Performance Culture Lead the ongoing development of the firm's performance framework and annual performance processes.

Drive a culture of high-quality performance conversations, continuous feedback and accountability.

Use insight and feedback to evaluate effectiveness and continuously improve the employee experience and business impact of performance initiatives.

Talent Management & Succession Planning Lead the firm's approach to talent identification, talent reviews and succession planning.

Partner with HR Business Partners and senior leaders to build strong talent pipelines for critical roles.

Analyse talent trends and identify priority actions to strengthen organisational capability and future readiness.

Talent, Leadership & Career Development Design and deliver talent and career development programmes that support growth, progression and succession.

Work with business leaders and HR teams to identify capability priorities and create targeted development interventions.

Evaluate programme impact and continuously enhance content, participation and outcomes.

Promotions & Career Progression Support and continuously improve promotion processes, including Partner promotions.

Ensure processes are fair, transparent, inclusive and aligned to business needs.

Provide insight and recommendations to support effective promotion decisions and talent development.

Future Skills & Workforce Capability Identify emerging capability requirements and future skills needed to support the firm's strategy.

Partner with Emerging Talent, HR Business Partners and business leaders to develop interventions that build future capability and support career growth.

Support the development of talent strategies for key populations, including emerging talent pathways.

Supporting Responsibilities These responsibilities are important to the role and are delivered through collaboration and influence across the wider People function.

Workforce Planning Partner with Finance, HR Business Partners and business leaders to support workforce planning activities.

Contribute talent and capability insights that inform future workforce decisions and organisational planning.

Talent Analytics & Insight Use people data and talent insights to inform decision making and identify organisational priorities.

Develop meaningful measures and dashboards that help leaders understand talent trends and risks.

Translate data into practical recommendations and actions.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Ensure talent, succession, promotion and performance approaches support the firm's inclusion objectives.

Partner with DE&I colleagues to identify opportunities to improve representation and progression outcomes.

Change & Adoption Support the successful implementation of talent and performance initiatives through effective communication, engagement and change management.

Develop practical guidance, resources and toolkits that help leaders and employees adopt new approaches.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement Bring external insight and leading practice into the firm's talent and performance agenda.

Champion innovation and continuous improvement to ensure approaches remain…