Walgreens · 4 days ago
Principal, Talent Management Strategy
Walgreens is a global leader in retail and wholesale pharmacy, dedicated to championing the health and wellbeing of communities across America. The Principal, Talent Management Strategy is responsible for leading the strategic planning, design, and implementation of talent programs that define and select top talent, while fostering a high-performance culture across the organization.
Consumer GoodsHealth CarePharmaceuticalRetail
Responsibilities
Leads design and strategy work for talent management projects in collaboration with internal stakeholders such as Talent Management Consultants, Principal of Talent Management Delivery, HR Business Partners, etc. to ensure best-in-class, efficient and value-add program development and implementation
Makes recommendations to update and improve current strategies in the development of talent programs
Researches and benchmarks best practices in Talent Management and recommends solutions that support Company business needs and culture
Partners with Principal Talent Management Delivery to ensure translation of talent strategy into practice
Builds talent programs that effectively drive more continuous management of talent through rich dialogue, feedback and coaching
Effectively partners and leverages HR partners to drive value in talent programs; helps the business leverage data to drive results
Leads the analyses of talent metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of more complex programs and to sustain the momentum of talent management initiatives
Develops and mentors less senior staff through on-boarding, open communication, project work and development opportunities; leverages strengths of Talent Management Consultants to build effective strategy and design
Collaborates with global HR partners to drive synergies in talent processes across the globe; primary emphasis on designing and implementing shared performance management process
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and at least 2 years experience in performance management, succession planning, engagement, competency modeling and/or selection and assessment, OR high school/GED and at least 5 years of experience in performance management, succession planning, engagement, workforce planning and/or selection and assessment
Experience benchmarking and evaluating Talent Management practices through external and internal research
Experience developing Talent Management strategies aligned to business needs
Experience with performance management and succession systems, such as Cornerstone
Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates
Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives)
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font)
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling)
Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns)
At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership
Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)
Preferred
Master's degree or Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Experience leading the design and implementation of assessments, including job analysis
Company
Walgreens
Walgreens is a pharmacy, health, and wellness service center that offers trained infusion nurses and pharmacists to treat patients. It is a sub-organization of Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25MKey Investors
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
2024-07-23Grant· $25M
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