Talent & Development Lead

We’re partnering with a leading international organisation to appoint a Talent & Development Lead — a pivotal role focused on developing leadership capability, strengthening internal talent pipelines, and embedding a high-performance culture across a global, matrix business. This is a high-impact position at the heart of the organisation’s people strategy, with real influence over how talent is identified, developed, and retained. The OpportunityYou’ll take ownership of both talent management and leadership development, ensuring the business is equipped with the capability and bench strength to deliver on its long-term ambitions. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you’ll design and deliver initiatives that elevate performance, accelerate high-potential talent, and build future leaders. What You’ll Be Doing • Lead the talent and development strategy across the organisation • Build and manage succession pipelines for key and leadership roles • Design and deliver leadership development programmes • Identify and accelerate high-potential talent (HiPo programmes) • Own and evolve the performance management cycle, including calibration • Facilitate talent reviews and succession discussions with senior stakeholders • Use data and insights to drive talent and development decisions • Partner across a global organisation to ensure consistent, high-quality people practices What We’re Looking For • Experience in Talent Management, Learning & Development, or Organisational Development • A track record of delivering leadership development and talent initiatives • Exposure to succession planning and performance management frameworks • Strong stakeholder management — confident engaging and influencing senior leaders • A hands-on, delivery-focused approach with strategic capability • Experience with systems such as Workday or SuccessFactors is beneficial Why This Role? • High visibility role with direct exposure to senior leadership • Opportunity to shape the future leadership capability of the business • Broad remit across both talent and development • A chance to make a lasting impact in a growing, international organisation