Experience Lead, My Opportunities

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REQ ID: 102669

JOB TITLE: Experience Lead, My Opportunities

SALARY: Competitive

POSTING END DATE: 26th August 2022

LOCATION: Gaydon

We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.

What To Expect

This role sits in the People Experiences team, leading the My Opportunities Squad as part of the wider My Belonging team.

The role of Experience Lead, My Opportunities is to transform JLR’s Talent Management and Succession approach in support of creating a strong sense of belonging across the organisation by enabling career progression and talent development opportunities that help our people achieve their potential and career aspirations, whilst ensuring the business has the right talent capability to deliver its strategic objectives and deliver business impact.

In your role you’ll:

• Undertake Experience Lead role for My Opportunities squad, including leading the squad; transforming the global Talent and Succession Management strategy, plan and roadmap of products to support our culture; setting sprint goals and priorities, working with squad members to deliver priority outcomes, both for on-cycle and off-cycle capabilities
• Bring outside-in perspective, latest trends and benchmark information to identify best practice and initiatives and develop these concepts within the context of Jaguar Land Rover
• Develop strong external networks
• Review future approach to talent identification including model of potential, aligned to the JLR Behaviours – the Creators’ Code
• Onboarding and development of new Enterprise Leaders
• Development of Successors (including coaching provision)
• Drive effective practices through unity with the wider HR community and Talent Board Chairs
• Coordination and Facilitation of Talent Board 1
• Support Experience Lead, My Belonging with preparation for Talent Board 0
• Work with agility to ensure the achievement of planned outcomes
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure effective Change Management on priorities
• Represent the Company’s best interests and the employer brand and integrity when attending meetings and negotiating with external parties on a local and national level
• Apply working knowledge of key HR practices, best practice and industry knowledge when collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested
  
  

What You’ll Need

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential:

• Subject matter expert with strong experience in Talent and Succession Management
• Commercially astute with an ability to understand the business context that Talent Management supports
• The ability to combine the current business context and external best practice to deliver fit for purpose interventions
• The ability to build effective working relationships and work collaboratively with key stakeholders, internal colleagues and external suppliers
• Strong influencing skills
• Strong data and analytical skills
• Strong organisation skills
• General HR knowledge
  
  

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience of Agile mindset and methodology (including use of JIRA, Confluence etc)
• Advanced facilitation skills
• Qualified coach
• CIPD qualified
• Working knowledge of Success Factors
  
  

Personal Profile

Essential:

• An authentic leader who role models exemplary behaviours (Creators’ Code)
• Able to work independently, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver multiple priorities in a complex, highly demanding environment
• Able to combine a short-term, pragmatic focus with longer-term vision and planning
• A strategic thinker, able to envision the future and know how to get there
• An innovative thinker who is solutions oriented and who brings creative edge
• Ability to navigate effectively through complexity and ambiguity
• A change catalyst, able to influence and create the business case to gain buy-in for new initiatives
• Resilient, energetic and enthusiastic, able to deliver results under pressure, whilst responding constructively to challenging new ideas and inputs
• An individual who is able to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style
• An individual who is able to engage and influence a diverse range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, gaining trust, confidence and credibility quickly
• An excellent communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
• Able to manage a wide range of projects and deliver results under pressure
• Ability to identify and implement initiatives/improvements to drive the talent agenda
• Effective team player both within own team and across wider function
• Quick to learn, flexible and adaptive
  
  

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you will find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team. As well as the impressive benefits that all our employees receive (including a privilege car purchase scheme, competitive pension scheme and 26 days holiday entitlement), there are some additional benefits open to our Senior Managers. This includes access to our highly competitive Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme which provides two cars at extremely favourable cost compared to traditional company car lease schemes. In addition to the car scheme we provide private health cover (which includes travel insurance) and performance-related bonus schemes. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.