Talent Assessment Consultant

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Your Impact

The primary purpose of this role is to lead talent initiatives to support Lowe's business objectives, as part of the global talent management function. This position collaborates with all talent management functions, including career management, performance development, organizational effectiveness, talent assessment, talent and succession planning, and leadership development. This role provides expert consultation to HR and business leaders related to the use of assessments for purposes of employee selection, placement, performance management, talent assessment and succession planning, and individual and team development.

This includes leading large scale, cross-functional assessment initiatives that have major financial and operational impact at the enterprise.

Your Impact

The primary purpose of this role is to lead talent initiatives to support Lowe's business objectives, as part of the global talent management function. This position collaborates with all talent management functions, including career management, performance development, organizational effectiveness, talent assessment, talent and succession planning, and leadership development. This role provides expert consultation to HR and business leaders related to the use of assessments for purposes of employee selection, placement, performance management, talent assessment and succession planning, and individual and team development.

This includes leading large scale, cross-functional assessment initiatives that have major financial and operational impact at the enterprise.

This role manages assessment for selection (pre-employment) and assessment for development (in-role, leader, high-potential, and teams) projects from early negotiation/contracting to measurement and evaluation, conducting discovery, developing the strategy, designing solutions, and delivering on key objectives. This role leads multiple, large assessment projects simultaneously, which often includes managing the work of vendors. This role also provides ongoing direction and coaching to junior team members and plays a key role as a thought leader on the assessment team and in establishing and maintaining standards and best practices for assessment in the organization.

What You Will Do

• Consults with clients at all across the organization, including business leaders and HR Business Partners, to identify needs and design assessment solutions that support enterprise talent goals while minimizing organizational risk
• Manages highly complex, enterprise projects and/or programs that involve consultation with the most senior leaders in the organization and deliverables that have significant business and operational impact
• Leads the process of identifying and onboarding vendor partners; manages vendor partners, ensuring products are of high quality and address established requirements, and that an exceptional of customer service is provided
• Provides coaching and mentoring to junior team members, with a focus on developing business understanding and consulting skills
• Designs and implements valid, defensible, and sustainable assessment tools and processes (for purposes of selection, placement, development, performance management, and succession) that align with Lowe’s talent management strategy and support specific client needs
• Consults on organizational design and organizational effectiveness, to include (but not limited to) change management, structure redesign, and job role architecture
• Builds (or oversees the development of) tools (e.g., structured interviews, performance evaluations, personality and cognitive tests, knowledge and aptitude tests, work samples, assessment center exercises, etc.) that target roles across all lines of business and range from senior executive to high volume hourly
• Designs and conducts small and large-scale job analysis studies to support the development of role architectures, job descriptions, enterprise competency models and/or assessment…