Global Head of Talent

Job Title:

Global Head of Talent Department:
Human Resources

Location:

Sheffield Working Pattern:
Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office

Contract Type:
Full time, permanent

Salary: £75,000 - £90,000

Tes is a global Edtech leader, on a mission to empower schools and educators to deliver impactful, inspiring learning experiences worldwide. We understand the unique challenges faced by schools, and our ecosystem is specifically designed to address these needs head-on. Role overview

Working with the Chief People Officer you will shape and deliver a global talent strategy spanning attraction, development, succession, performance and workforce capability, helping the business attract, develop and retain exceptional talent to drive organisational success through its people.

You will partner closely with senior leaders across the organisation, combining strategic talent management expertise with practical operational delivery. As well as shaping talent and capability priorities, you will design, facilitate and evaluate talent development initiatives that build capability, strengthen performance and support organisational growth.

Leading a small global team across the UK and Australia, you will create clear priorities, drive excellence in delivery and ensure talent initiatives deliver measurable business impact.

Key Responsibilities Supported by the Chief People Officer and partnering with the wider executive team, shape, lead and deliver an integrated global talent strategy that supports business growth, workforce plans and future capability needs.

Establish and embed talent practices and frameworks that enable attraction, development, performance and succession across the organisation.

Work closely with senior leaders and HR partners to identify critical capability requirements, assess current and future skills gaps, and develop succession plans, career pathways, high-potential programmes and capability frameworks to build sustainable talent pipelines for key roles.

Drive a culture of ownership of continuous learning and development by identifying learning needs and designing, sourcing, facilitating and evaluating practical learning, leadership and capability programmes that build confidence, performance and commercial impact.

Strengthen inclusive talent acquisition, including employer brand, sourcing, assessment, candidate experience, ATS optimisation and agency partnerships.

Lead, coach and develop the global talent team (acquisition and development), creating an environment where people are clear on priorities, supported to perform and encouraged to grow.

Manage talent budgets, suppliers and partnerships to ensure activity is focused, aligned to business value and resources are allocated effectively and efficiently to support talent management strategies.

Use insight, metrics and evaluation to monitor progress, improve decision-making, demonstrate the impact of talent, hiring and development activity, and drive continuous improvement.

Manage and optimise HR technology solutions to support talent management strategies and streamline talent management processes.

What will you need to succeed?

Skills, Knowledge and Experience Senior experience in talent management, HR or a related field combined with recent relevant leadership experience, ideally in a growing or evolving global SaaS / tech organisation.

Strong understanding of talent management best practice, including talent acquisition, development, succession, performance and workforce capability planning.

Proven ability to translate business strategy into practical talent and capability plans that support organisational growth.

The ability to think strategically while staying close to operational delivery, including programme design, facilitation…