Sr. Director, Talent Management

About Ford

Ford's Always On Vision delivers a lifelong personalized and purposeful engagement everyday between the customer, their Vehicle, Ford, and their World to deliver the mobility each Ford customer needs to follow their dreams. To do this, we must deliver on Ford's brand promise, and delight the customer throughout their ownership experience. This means determining big bets, that will warrant major investments and ruthlessly assessing the capabilities required to continue earning the loyalty of Ford's customers today and to inspire the customers of tomorrow.

The Opportunity

The Senior Director, Talent Management Leader is accountable for budgets, performance, and results of the Talent Management team. The role will provide guidance and advice regarding various talent management matters that arise during business while ensuring compliance with relevant company HR policies, procedures, and programs. The role closely partners with senior HR leadership to address complex Talent opportunities and issues; and collaborates with various departments. The role also designs effective communication strategies and supports their implementation. The role has expertise in stakeholder and risk management, designing Talent management policies and standards in line with business priorities, and ensuring compliance further contributes to fostering a compliant and ethical work environment. The role has full management authority for staffing, performance, disciplinary action, pay decisions, team development, and other personnel actions.

What you’ll be able to do

• Leads the design and implementation of talent management programs including talent review, performance management, and succession planning.
• Defines a global strategy for talent related programs and processes that builds required talent and capabilities and ensures an outstanding employee experience.
• Partners with HR leadership and senior stakeholders to improve the alignment of business strategy and objectives with the talent management strategy, by ensuring that there is an alignment between the structure, strategy, people, rewards, and talent management processes of the organization.
• Partners with, engages, and manages agencies and vendors for development initiatives.
• Participates in the design of strategies for talent management programs. Leads the planning, execution, and administration of talent development systems, processes, and programs for leaders. Guides the identification of critical roles, program manages the talent review process, and delivers the tools and resources for talent review and succession planning process.
• Conducts projects which involve identifying innovative solutions for critical problems pertinent to talent management involving extensive stakeholder and risk analysis and evaluation of multiple alternatives and their business implications such as leadership development program design and implementation, culture transformation initiatives, talent assessment and succession planning and organizational restructuring and change management. Leads associated interactions and presentations with various internal departments/units to explain progress and recommendations as well as with external vendors/auditors/consultants to integrate solutions into an implementation plan.
• Leads the development of relevant standards, procedures, and reporting templates to ensure efficient and effective experiences. Monitors metrics around the efficiency and effectiveness of talent management programs to measure their success and provides advice/liaises with different departments to implement changes wherever necessary.
• Leads briefings and meetings in partnership with HR leadership on issues around succession planning for key leadership positions, employee engagement and retention strategies, diversity and inclusion initiatives, talent development, and career planning programs amongst other talent management problems. Provides coaching and guidance to HR and other cross-functional management on organizational growth and development.
• Develops departmental budgets, regularly monitors the same against actual performance for one or more locations and develops strategies to adjust courses of action in case of variance. Leads associated presentations with senior internal stakeholders.
• Establishes operating policies and procedures related to talent management programs in line with their interpretation of company-wide policies and procedures and sets protocols and SOPs around their update at periodic intervals to ensure compliance with relevant federal, state, and local laws, communicated effectively to stakeholders, and consistently enforced.
• Ensures the maintenance of accurate and confidential records and data related to talent management matters including succession planning information, organizational development interventions, career development plans, leadership development data etc. in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Performs talent management responsibilities including staffing, performance, discipline, pay decisions, team development, and other personnel actions.

Functional & Technical Knowledge 

The minimum requirements we seek

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree (preferred) in Human Resources, Organizational Development or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.
• Minimum 8 years of work experience with a Master’s degree or 10 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Talent and Organization Development or a related field.

Our preferred requirements

• Senior Professional in Human Resources (PHR) 
• Project Management Professional Certification 

Skills: 

• Leadership 
• Strategic Mindset 
• Interpersonal Communication   
• Problem Solving 
• Team Management 
• Project and Program Management 
• Talent Management
• Organizational Development
• Succession Planning
• Performance Management
• Training and Development
• Workforce Planning
• Change Management
• Leadership Development
• Learning Management Systems
• HR Information Systems                             

What you'll receive in return

As part of the Ford family,you’ll enjoy excellent compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation, and much more. You will experience a “Work from Anywhere” structureand the supportneeded to be successful in a remote environment. You’ll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Ford Motor Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment withoutregard to race, religion, color,age, sex, nationalorigin, sexual orientation, genderidentity, disability status or protected veteran status.