Role purpose: Orchestrate the enterprise rhythm of business for cyclical people programs (e.g., performance, talent review, succession, compensation, engagement actions), ensuring globally consistent execution, strong governance, and a low-friction experience for leaders and Executive Business Partners.
Key accountabilities:
- Global program management: Build integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, and stakeholder engagement for each cycle; manage RAID logs and drive timely closure of actions.
- Governance & controls: Establish clear inputs/outputs, decision points, and escalation paths; ensure auditability and adherence to global standards.
- Stakeholder coordination: Coordinate COEs (Talent, Total Rewards, People Analytics, HR Ops) and regional HR partners to align timelines and deliverables.
- Enablement & communications: Create leader/HR enablement packs, FAQs, toolkits, and comms; ensure consistent messaging and adoption.
- Reusable toolkits: Build and maintain playbooks, templates, and standards that scale Business Partner ways of working across regions.
- Cycle execution excellence: Track progress, completion rates, and quality signals; identify bottlenecks and implement improvements for the next cycle.
- Continuous improvement: Standardise templates, automate reminders/updates, and reduce cycle time while improving leader experience including through AI tools.
- Forum enablement: Prepare discussion guides, decision logs, action trackers, and post-forum summaries for talent and planning forums.
Required capabilities & experience:
- 5+ years program/project delivery experience in HR, People Operations, consulting, PMO, or transformation (enterprise/cyclical programs preferred).
- Demonstrated experience running annual/semi-annual cycles across multiple stakeholder groups and geographies.
- Strong planning discipline, attention to detail, and ability to drive outcomes without formal authority.
- Excellent written communication and ability to create practical toolkits and enablement materials.
- Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, AI tools and Canva; familiarity with Workday or other HRIS processes is an advantage.
