Talent Management Program Lead, Americas

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Hartford, CT | Stamford, CT | NYC, NY | Exton, PA

As a key member of the Talent Management team, the Talent Management Program Lead will own, design, and deliver high‑impact development programs that build the skills, capabilities, and career pathways for our organization’s talent. This includes early‑career and internal development cohorts as well as responsibility for broader talent‑management touchpoints like new hire orientation and onboarding. The role combines program ownership, stakeholder partnership, skills‑based talent strategy, and flawless operational execution to ensure that participants in these programs are ready to step into business‑critical roles and that we build and maintain a pipeline of talent.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Program Design, Delivery & Management:
  Design, launch and maintain structured development programs (both internal and external) with clearly defined learning journeys, skill‑development milestones, mentorship & coaching, and assessment points.
• Oversee all Phases of Program Lifecycle:
  Plan recruitment/selection strategy (in partnership with Talent Acquisition), onboarding, participant progress, course completion, transitions into roles, and program off‑boarding.
• Measurement and Continuous Improvement:
  Embed key metrics and KPIs to ensure program success and improvement opportunities through participant and stakeholder feedback, skill attainment, role readiness.
• Own End to End Program Specifics:
  Maintain all program communications, budgets and vendor relationships (if applicable) and ensure high engagement and quality of experience for all program participants.
• Contribute to the New Hire
  
  Experience:
  
  Participate in the delivery of new hire orientation and leadership connection sessions to ensure new employees receive an excellent and consistent onboarding experience.
• Enhance Technical Onboarding Journey:
  Work alongside HRBPs, Global colleagues, and Business Leaders to enhance and design an improved technical onboarding journey for all new hires to ensure every colleague is skilled in key business areas allowing faster proficiency amongst individual roles.
• Build a Future‑Ready Workforce:
  Serve as a subject‑matter partner in our organization’s skills‑based talent management framework. Define and map required role skills, identify skill gaps, work with learning & development and business leaders to close gaps, and ensure the programs contribute to building future capability.
• Data & Analytics:
  Establish metrics, feedback, and analysis to evaluate program effectiveness, identify gaps, make improvements, and present outcomes to leadership.

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Demonstrated experience (or transferable skills) in program & project management. Able to manage multiple concurrent cohorts/programs, timelines, budgets, stakeholder groups, and deliverables with execution and discipline.
• Familiarity with a skills‑based talent mindset in mapping role‑skills, tracking development against skills frameworks, and measuring outcomes in terms of capability readiness rather than purely tenure or training hours.
• Experience working with cross‑functional stakeholders (HR, business units, training, Talent Acquisition) and delivering in a business‑facing environment.
• Ability to build relationships with business unit leaders, hiring managers, HR/Talent Acquisition. Influences without direct authority; translates business needs into program design.
• Effective communicator and facilitator: able to engage across all levels (early career participants, business leaders, senior executives) in a clear, credible way.
• Highly organized, detail‑oriented and execution‑oriented.
• Collaborative team member, but also able to own and drive key programs.

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