We have been entrusted with recruiting the future Head of Learning & Talent Development for one of our major clients.

The succesfull candidate will play a key role in developing and implementing the Learning and Talent Development (LTD) strategy for the Tech and Operations business lines.

As a knowledgeable and experienced HR executive, comfortable working with senior management, you will play a key role in supporting the business objectives. You will build a strategy that seeks to further improve leadership capability, performance, employee upskilling to support growth and mobility, inclusion, and the unique employee value proposition. You will actively contribute to retaining, developing and leveraging talents using effective initiatives.

Main responsibilities :

Defining and implementing the learning and talent and development strategy through collaboration with, and coordination of, key stakeholders
Developing employee skills through a solid and forward-looking learning and development (L&D) offering as well as mentoring and coaching programs
Implement hard-skill upskilling programs (GenAI, prompt engineering, data literacy, …)
Enhancing leadership capabilities
Coordinating the talent management process, working with the HR team and senior management to identify and train successors for key roles, high potential talent and participants for key talent development programs
Coordinating the performance management process (improving the feedback culture as well as the link between performance and rewards)
Collaborating with colleagues from across the Group to advance the HR and learning and talent agenda, actively participating in the LTD community of expertise, and contributing to matters of expertise and co-led projects
Monitoring the learning budgets and reporting to management
Defining and monitoring KPIs to track progress

Profile:

At least 10 years’ experience in a similar role
Experience in talent management practices (talent reviews, succession planning and analytics)
Knowledge of the financial service industry and/or technology industry
Technical familiarity: knowledge of GenAI landscape, data engineering; proven experience running technical upskilling programs
Certification in other related disciplines is an advantage, such as executive coaching, high-performing teams, strategic planning, psychometrics, change management, etc.
Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
A collaborative leader and team player
Ability to work both strategically and operationally
Proactive, service- and results-oriented, with a positive and collaborative personality
International experience and a track record of people management
Eager to work in a multicultural environment where your organisational skills and growth mindset will be valued
Fluency in both French and English required; German would be an advantage
Must be resident in Switzerland

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that we will contact only the candidates who have been selected.

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