Talent Strategy Manager

Position Title: Talent Strategy Manager

Level: Bachelor's Degree

Job Location: Main Office - Columbus, OH 43215

Position Type: Full Time

Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

Job Shift: Day

Description

About Jobs Ohio

Jobs Ohio is a private, nonprofit corporation designed to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio through business attraction, retention and expansion efforts. Economic development is about creating a place where companies can thrive and individuals can enjoy a higher standard of living. Jobs Ohio plays a leading role in economic development and serves as a catalyst to accelerate growth by investing in communities, helping Ohio's businesses expand and attracting new companies to the state - all contributing to job creation, greater payrolls, and more investment.

Summary of Position

Jobs Ohio has developed a strong portfolio of strategies to strengthen talent in the state by importing skilled workers, increasing production of graduates in in-demand skills, training (upskill/reskill) workers, and increasing connections between employers and jobseekers.

As a member of Jobs Ohio's Talent Team, the Talent Strategy Manager will be integral to ensure statewide strategies and economic development project delivery stay interconnected. The Talent Strategy Manager will be responsible for identifying and defining the highest talent needs, documenting gaps that may exist in the talent ecosystem, and recommending support and partnerships that can further Jobs Ohio's economic development mission.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strategic Talent Initiative Development & Execution
  • Inform, build, and execute talent strategies
    • Analyze emerging talent pipeline trends, assess the need for implementing statewide and regional strategies related to trends, and make solution recommendations
  • Utilize data intelligence along with company and provider / partner insights to inform the talent strategy design and operating models. Simplify and articulate these insights for clear communication to both internal and external stakeholders (public and private sector), ensuring key messages are effectively conveyed.
  • Utilize an agile mindset to iterate, learn, evolve strategies to meet dynamic employer demand in a changing labor market and economy
  • Manage initiatives from inception through development, piloting, scaling, and monitoring
    • Demonstrate strong project management skills, including but not limited to: project artifact creation, management and (Gantt charts, project plans, risk logs, decision logs)
    • Utilize a continuous improvement mindset to develop program processes and iterate for efficiencies
  • Identify constraints impacting the talent pipeline and develop creative solutions to address these constraints
  • Identify and manage creative funding solutions to achieve the talent team goals
    • Apply "return on investment" and "cost/benefit" principles to the initial design and iteration of talent initiatives
    • Understand public and private workforce funding streams and be effective in using multiple sources to fund solutions
  • Draft Agreements and Statements of Work that indicate partner and vendor accountability, mitigate risk, and encourage positive performance and results
    • Management and oversight of contract lifecycle, from initial draft to execution
    • Manage vendor and partner relationships, ensuring accountability and optimizing performance
    • Collaborate with Talent Operations team for agreement processing and lifecycle management

• Workforce and Talent Ecosystem Advisor
  • Cross collaborative team member
    • Must work collaboratively with team members; sectors, projects, marketing, regional Jobs Ohio Network partners
    • Inform teams around data trends, workforce activities, best practices
    • Gather insights, perspectives, and intelligence from internal team members (e.g. sector leads, projects team, research), utilizing their expertise and learnings from company engagement to identify talent constraints and drive strategies
    • Prepare and deliver reports and presentations for internal and external audiences
    • Support the identification of synergies across the talent strategy portfolio and / or project related services and associated communication and change management plans
  • Stay attuned to global, national, and state trends, as well as best known practices and case studies in order to inform Jobs Ohio's talent strategies
  • Identify and build strong relationships with public and private-sector providers & partners, such as training/education providers, Ohio Means Jobs  system, community-based organizations, and industry associations
    • Ensure mutually beneficial partner relationships are built and nurtured with education, workforce, and industry stakeholders
    • Ensure appropriate level of communication, knowledge sharing and support are based on the team and organization goals and objectives.
    • Ensure workforce and talent resources with potential to benefit Jobs Ohio sector companies and economic development are documented, catalogued and communicated across Jobs Ohio…