Head of Talent & Leadership (m/w/d)

BERNER pushing the limits – for those who dare more
Making a choice about your career and your employer is a choice about your future - a future where you will invest your passion and a large portion of your time, energy, and capacity.

Are you a visionary Global Leadership & Talent Specialist ready to drive innovation and lead our company to new heights? We are looking for a dynamic and experienced professional to join our team and make a significant impact. Join our team and contribute to our success!

INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Global Talent & Leadership Strategy:

• Develop, refine, and implement global leadership and talent strategies aligned with business requirements, organizational capabilities, and future workforce needs.

• Define global leadership capabilities and competency models, ensuring alignment with the company’s leadership framework across all levels.

Talent Processes, Succession & Assessment:

• Design, deploy, and continuously improve global succession planning frameworks, key-position risk processes, and talent identification methodologies.

• Lead and govern assessment frameworks (e.g., ACs for MD level and selected leadership profiles), ensuring consistent application and quality of execution globally.

• Support business and local operations in maintaining an accurate view of talent performance and potential (e.g., via 15-box or similar matrices).

Partnering with HRBPs, MDs & Regional HR:

• Act as a strategic advisor to MDs and HR Business Partners, enabling effective talent decisions and leadership capability building.

• Partner with local HR teams to translate global frameworks into actionable local processes, ensuring adoption and compliance without losing local relevance.

• Track, support, and ensure execution of development actions and career moves for key talent groups.

Leadership & Talent Development Programs:

• Implement future-oriented leadership and top-talent development programs, including global career management and performance management processes.

• Accompany and coach management participants throughout global leadership development journeys.

Learning Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience:

• Contribute to building a strong learning culture by developing and rolling out global engagement initiatives and employee experience programs.

• Support local operations in running local engagement activities aligned with global principles.

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Digitalization of Talent:

• Identify opportunities for digitalizing talent processes, and development concepts.

• Coordinate business needs for digital solutions with global functional owners.

• Governance, Standards & Workday Enablement

• Define and implement global governance standards for career management, competency assessment, job design, and career pathing.

• Ensure global alignment and effective deployment of performance management processes in Workday across regions and businesses.

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Talent Acquisition Alignment (Selective Scope):

• Align job and career management processes with recruiting target profiles.

• Coordinate with local HR and business stakeholders to support execution of local employer branding and talent acquisition initiatives within the global strategy.

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The BERNER Group as employer, dare to differentiate ourselves and provide every employee the opportunity to and enable them to dare to be more. Together, we push our own limits and contribute to shape a better tomorrow.