Head of Talent Management & Workforce Readiness

London Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

In this role you will lead AXIS’s talent management and workforce readiness agenda to ensure the organization has the leadership, skills, and capabilities to deliver priorities today and in the future. You’ll establish frameworks and governance for performance, succession, and development, shaping leadership pipelines and workforce decisions. You’ll translate business strategy into talent priorities, assess gaps, and drive targeted investments and actions. This position offers an opportunity to influence strategy, enable growth, and advance a data-driven, collaborative HR agenda.

Pay / Benefits

medical plans for you and your family
health and wellness programs
retirement plans
tuition reimbursement
paid vacation
comprehensive benefits package

Responsibilities

Lead core talent management processes (goal setting, performance management, talent reviews, assessments, succession planning, development planning)
Establish governance and frameworks to enable high-quality talent decisions and stronger leadership pipelines
Lead workforce readiness efforts by identifying required leadership, skills, and capabilities
Assess workforce gaps and determine actions to build, buy, borrow, reskill, redeploy, or automate capabilities
Identify development needs through performance, talent, succession, assessment, and workforce planning insights
Partner with Head of Learning to address leadership, skill, and capability gaps through development programs and investments
Collaborate with business leaders, HR Partners, COO organization, and transformation teams to assess workforce impact of strategy, technology, AI, and operating changes
Translate changes into recommendations for skills, roles, mobility, succession, and talent investments
Leverage talent data, workforce intelligence, assessments, and market insights to provide risk-aware, actionable recommendations to senior leaders
Monitor health and effectiveness of talent and workforce practices and drive continuous improvement
Lead and develop Talent Operations & HR Business Analyst; manage external partners; drive adoption of practices across HR and the business
May assume additional duties relevant to the role

Key requirements

Deep expertise in talent management (performance, talent reviews, assessments, succession, development planning)
Ability to translate strategy into talent priorities and workforce readiness
Influence senior leaders using talent data and business insights
Experience creating practical governance frameworks for enterprise-wide consistency
Ability to assess complex issues, identify risks, and turn findings into actions
Change leadership, prioritization, and adoption of organization-wide initiatives
People leadership—leading a team and managing external partners
Maintaining discretion with sensitive talent information