Director - Talent Development
Why is working in Talent at LinkedIn so unique? We like to say working in Talent at LinkedIn is the most meta-Talent job there is - we hire and develop the people who envision the products that power and change the profession of recruiting and talent. Our Global Talent Organization’s (GTO) vision is to “empower our people to do the best work of their careers” and help our customers do the same.
We are looking for a Senior Director, Talent Development to lead the learning, skills enablement, and organizational development functions for LinkedIn for the EMEA and Latin American region (EMEAL). This role will lead a transformational learning team based in Dublin and London, providing internal client consultation, assessment of people and organizational learning needs while evaluating, creating, and implementing people development strategies to meet LinkedIn’s growth.
The ideal candidate will have a track record in L&D, talent management and/or OD and has implemented learning design and large-scale programs for internal addressable market above 10,000 employees. The individual should have a keen understanding of effective learning design methodology, L&D capabilities, and has demonstrated success in introducing and implementing scalable programs to meet priority learning and talent development needs across a fast-paced, fast growing organization.
Reporting into the VP, Talent Development, this person will lead the design, development and delivery of learning programs and experiences to enable growth for our employees, enabling our people managers to be successful and growing high performing teams. This role can be based in either Dublin or London, depending on which location the applicant is currently residing.
Key skills required as a platform for success within this role include:
Inspiring leadership
Strategy – Engage and deliver
Consultative
Deep learning design
Responsibilities:
- As a key member of the Talent Development leadership team, the individual will contribute to the overall talent development strategy for LinkedIn
- Demonstrate values-driven leadership and build an inclusive and empowering team culture. Coach and grow team members who are based in EMEAL
- Own the EMEAL organization learning and development strategy & processes aimed at enabling a skilled workforce of the future
- Practice a consultative approach in partnership with business leaders and HRBP teams to drive effective skills transformation, career development and organization development in region
- Support the team in the design and delivery of customized talent and organizational development, leadership and learning solutions to senior leaders of global lines of business and functions that are EMEAL based
- Collaborate and partner with Regional Talent Development Senior Directors in APAC and North America (peers) on function-wide initiatives and special projects
- Responsible for establishing the KPI’s to evaluate the impact and success of talent development programs and adjust strategy based on insights
Basic Qualifications:
- 12+ years experience in L&D, OD and / or HR
- 8+ years people management experience within global matrix environments
- Experience creating and implementing programs focused on career development, skills, engagement and retention