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JobsOhio · 4 days ago

Talent Strategy Manager

Columbus, OH

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

JobsOhio is a private, nonprofit corporation focused on driving job creation and investment in Ohio. The Talent Strategy Manager will play a crucial role in developing and executing talent strategies, analyzing talent pipeline trends, and fostering partnerships to support JobsOhio's economic development mission.

Non-profit Organization Management

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Strategic Talent Initiative Development & Execution

Inform, build, and execute talent strategies

Analyze emerging talent pipeline trends, assess the need for implementing statewide and regional strategies related to trends, and make solution recommendations

Utilize data intelligence along with company and provider / partner insights to inform the talent strategy design and operating models. Simplify and articulate these insights for clear communication to both internal and external stakeholders (public and private sector), ensuring key messages are effectively conveyed

Utilize an agile mindset to iterate, learn, evolve strategies to meet dynamic employer demand in a changing labor market and economy

Manage initiatives from inception through development, piloting, scaling, and monitoring

Demonstrate strong project management skills, including but not limited to: project artifact creation, management and (Gantt charts, project plans, risk logs, decision logs)

Utilize a continuous improvement mindset to develop program processes and iterate for efficiencies

Identify constraints impacting the talent pipeline and develop creative solutions to address these constraints

Identify and manage creative funding solutions to achieve the talent team goals

Apply 'return on investment' and 'cost/benefit' principles to the initial design and iteration of talent initiatives

Understand public and private workforce funding streams and be effective in using multiple sources to fund solutions

Draft Agreements and Statements of Work that indicate partner and vendor accountability, mitigate risk, and encourage positive performance and results

Management and oversight of contract lifecycle, from initial draft to execution

Manage vendor and partner relationships, ensuring accountability and optimizing performance

Collaborate with Talent Operations team for agreement processing and lifecycle management

Workforce and Talent Ecosystem Advisor

Cross collaborative team member

Must work collaboratively with team members; sectors, projects, marketing, regional JobsOhio Network partners

Inform teams around data trends, workforce activities, best practices

Gather insights, perspectives, and intelligence from internal team members (e.g. sector leads, projects team, research), utilizing their expertise and learnings from company engagement to identify talent constraints and drive strategies

Prepare and deliver reports and presentations for internal and external audiences

Support the identification of synergies across the talent strategy portfolio and / or project related services and associated communication and change management plans

Stay attuned to global, national, and state trends, as well as best known practices and case studies in order to inform JobsOhio’s talent strategies

Identify and build strong relationships with public and private-sector providers & partners, such as training/education providers, OhioMeansJobs system, community-based organizations, and industry associations

Ensure mutually beneficial partner relationships are built and nurtured with education, workforce, and industry stakeholders

Ensure appropriate level of communication, knowledge sharing and support are based on the team and organization goals and objectives

Ensure workforce and talent resources with potential to benefit JobsOhio sector companies and economic development are documented, catalogued and communicated across JobsOhio and JobsOhio Network Partners

Consult and provide input into Talent Acquisition Services incentives offered as part of economic development projects

Provide subject matter expertise regarding training, learning, and development

Assist in the development and delivery of training and learning opportunities for Talent Team members, enhancing team knowledge and proficiency in navigating and leveraging these programs with JobsOhio sector companies and workforce/education partners

Execute efforts to ensure the successful integration of companies making major strategic investments in Ohio (i.e. 'Megaprojects) into the local and statewide workforce education/system. Ensure strong, productive relationships are built with client HR and talent acquisition leaders, aligning and connecting them with workforce and education resources across Ohio and the specific regions of their facilities

Use effective communication strategies to ensure the value of these mutually beneficial relationships are understood by all parties

Assist with internal consulting support, lend knowledge and skills to support efficiencies in areas such as process improvement and project management. Facilitate efficient discussions and organize information to help simplify complex situations

Qualification

Talent strategy developmentData analysisProject managementStakeholder communicationContinuous improvementVendor managementWorkforce funding knowledgeCollaborationPresentation skillsRelationship building

Required