Head of Learning & Talent Development

We have been entrusted with recruiting the future Head of Learning & Talent Development for one of our major clients.The succesfull candidate will play a key role in developing and implementing the Learning and Talent Development (LTD) strategy for the Tech and Operations business lines.As a knowledgeable and experienced HR executive, comfortable working with senior management, you will play a key role in supporting the business objectives. You will build a strategy that seeks to further improve leadership capability, performance, employee upskilling to support growth and mobility, inclusion, and the unique employee value proposition. You will actively contribute to retaining, developing and leveraging talents using effective initiatives.Main responsibilities :Defining and implementing the learning and talent and development strategy through collaboration with, and coordination of, key stakeholdersDeveloping employee skills through a solid and forward-looking learning and development (L&D) offering as well as mentoring and coaching programsImplement hard-skill upskilling programs (GenAI, prompt engineering, data literacy, …)Enhancing leadership capabilitiesCoordinating the talent management process, working with the HR team and senior management to identify and train successors for key roles, high potential talent and participants for key talent development programsCoordinating the performance management process (improving the feedback culture as well as the link between performance and rewards)Collaborating with colleagues from across the Group to advance the HR and learning and talent agenda, actively participating in the LTD community of expertise, and contributing to matters of expertise and co-led projectsMonitoring the learning budgets and reporting to managementDefining and monitoring KPIs to track progressProfile:At least 10 years’ experience in a similar roleExperience in talent management practices (talent reviews, succession planning and analytics)Knowledge of the financial service industry and/or technology industryTechnical familiarity: knowledge of GenAI landscape, data engineering; proven experience running technical upskilling programsCertification in other related disciplines is an advantage, such as executive coaching, high-performing teams, strategic planning, psychometrics, change management, etc.Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as strong stakeholder management and influencing skillsA collaborative leader and team playerAbility to work both strategically and operationallyProactive, service- and results-oriented, with a positive and collaborative personalityInternational experience and a track record of people managementEager to work in a multicultural environment where your organisational skills and growth mindset will be valuedFluency in both French and English required; German would be an advantageMust be resident in SwitzerlandDue to the volume of applications we receive, we regret that we will contact only the candidates who have been selected.