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Talent Management and Development Lead

Job Description:

Talent Management and Development Lead

Location: UK office / Hybrid (Salford Quays, Angel Court, Leeds, or Brighton)

Fixed Term Contract:12 months

We make health happen

At Bupa, our purpose is to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world. As a Talent and Executive Recruitment Manager, you will play a crucial role in driving our talent strategy, ensuring we attract, nurture, develop, and retain the best talent across our organisation. Your work will directly contribute to our mission by building a strong leadership pipeline and fostering a culture of continuous development and growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive Talent Management:Implement talent management disciplines and the annual Unstoppable Talent process across the organisation. Work with leaders to define and shape talent priorities and equip line managers to have development conversations.

• Develop Talent Programmes:Lead the delivery of talent programmes and initiatives that address our talent and diversity business needs.

• Succession Planning:Create and govern the succession planning process at ExCO-1 level, working closely with business partners.

• Upskill Managers:Develop materials and ensure they are accessible to upskill managers in having talent conversations.

• Talent Reporting:Improve talent reporting by designing a dashboard to track talent and recruitment KPIs.

• Executive Resourcing:Oversee all Executive Resourcing delivery up to board level, ensuring quality talent acquisition in a timely and cost-effective manner.

• Channel Partner Management:Manage relationships and performance of channel partners servicing multiple business lines.

• Value-Added Services:Deliver services such as market intelligence, competitor mapping, strategic talent pooling, assessment tools, and diversity initiatives.

• Stakeholder Relationships:Establish and maintain trusted relationships with key stakeholders.

• Thought Leadership:Bring thought leadership to the talent and recruitment agenda, shaping our approach to talent in response to changing strategic goals.

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Experience:Proven experience in leading and implementing end-to-end talent strategy, talent management processes, and talent development programmes in large-scale, multinational organisations.

• Knowledge:Deep knowledge of market developments and best practices in leadership development and talent management.

• Succession Planning:Expertise in creating and executing succession planning processes at ExCO-1 level.

• Diversity Initiatives:Experience in developing and delivering talent programmes that support diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Data Insight:Ability to collate and draw insights from data in a leadership, talent, or learning context.

• Talent Management Tools:Proficiency in using talent management tools/systems such as Workday.

• Commercial Acumen:Ability to apply a commercial lens and understand the ROI of leadership and talent activities.

• Executive Recruitment:Understanding of the executive recruitment landscape.

Desirable:

• CIPD and/or coaching qualification, recent experience leading an Executive Talent Acquisition function, experience in a hybrid environment, and the ability to leverage an external network for talent insights.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

• Bupa medical insurance for you and your family as a benefit in kind

• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

• Free health assessment for you and your spouse

• Target bonus of 25% based on individual and company performance

• Company car allowance

• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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About Us

Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world . We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.

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