Senior Manager, Talent Management

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Key Responsibilities

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  Strategic Planning: Build the overall enterprise talent management roadmap in partnership with HRBPs; drive integration and coordination across all recurring and new talent management initiatives for an optimal employee experience
• 2
  Innovation: Leverage external and internal research, creativity, and recent AI and technology developments to drive experimentation and new approaches
• 3
  Program Design & Development : Leverage talent management expertise and apply design thinking to improve talent management programs at Dropbox . This includes developing proposals for high-level concepts and detailed program design
• 4
  Program M anagement & Execution : Lead talent management projects and initiatives from planning to delivery. Includes developing and executing detailed project plans with cross-functional stakeholders to drive positive, measurable talent outcomes and results
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  Cross-Functional Partnership : Build collaborative and effective relationships with cross-functional partners across the People (HR) tea m to drive execution in a distributed work environment
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  Change management: Influence and drive alignment with cross-functional stakeholders using thoughtful change management approaches and tactics. Develop clear, high-impact communications in order to drive understanding and action from leaders, managers, and employees
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  Technology: Interface with the People Technology team to improve the effectiveness and experience of our processes through tech innovation, tool enhancements, and new AI capabilities
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  Talent Data Insights: Work with the People Analytics team to understand external and internal talent trends and data and measure the effectiveness of talent management programs to inform future recommendations. Design a efficient, cohesive approach to measurement across the talent management team
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  People Management: Own people management for direct reports, including onboarding, performance management, and growth planning, while providing ongoing coaching, mentoring, and feedback to support individual development and engagement

Requirements

• University degree (BA/BS)
• 8 + years of experience in talent management or organizational development at a global, dynamic company and/or a leading management consulting firm.
• A minimum of 2 years of direct people management experience
• Experience in performance management in addition to other areas of talent management: talent reviews, succession planning, workforce planning , career frameworks and pathways, skills inventories and internal mobility, ideally within Workday
• Strong critical-thinking and decision-making skills. You take a consultative and data-driven analytical approach to solving complex problems
• Ability to flex between “big picture” strategic planning and “in the weeds” program execution excellence
• Deep project management and execution experience and with an extraordinary eye for detail and exceptional data skills
• E xceptional written and verbal communication skills with strong executive presence ; you are skilled in packaging and present ing complex analysis and recommendations clearly
• Experience with talent management tools and Workday, and frequent use of AI to scale personal productivity and improve workflows
• Ability to treat employee experience as a product, applying product management and design thinking to understand needs, prototype solutions, and drive execution through strong project management and data-driven iteration.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools in the flow of work. Candidates with a pre-existing comfort level & familiarity using AI to enhance productivity are strongly preferred.
• Strong MS Excel and GSuite skills (GSheets, Google Slides)
• A dvanced degree such as an M.A. in Organization Behavior or Psychology is a plus
• Strong experience in running talent processes, especially performance management, for multiple years, in multiple companies
• You have hands-on and deep experience with performance management in Workday and Tableau
• SaaS/Tech industry experience

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