Senior/ Talent Development & Learning Manager
Job Description The Talent Development & Learning Manager leads the Company's talent, leadership development and organisation effectiveness agenda, ensuring the workforce capabilities required to deliver current and future business objectives. Working closely with senior leaders, the role drives enterprise-wide frameworks for job architecture, succession planning, performance management, career development and capability building. The position plays a critical role in strengthening organisational effectiveness, accelerating leadership readiness and cultivating a high-performance, growth-oriented culture. Key Role Responsibilities Organisation Effectiveness & Workforce Capability Lead the design and evolution of the Company's organisation effectiveness framework, ensuring structures, roles and capabilities support business strategy, growth, agility and productivity. Enhance and implement a global job architecture, competency framework and career pathways aligned to business needs, personally leading the rollout plan, senior stakeholder engagement and implementation across the business. Partner with leaders to assess future workforce capability requirements, identify gaps and drive targeted capability-building initiatives. Talent Management & Leadership Development Develop and lead the Company's talent management strategy, including talent reviews, succession planning and leadership pipeline development, partnering with senior leaders to identify, develop and retain high-potential talent and successors for critical roles. Lead enterprise-wide leadership development programmes that strengthen leadership capability and support long-term business growth. Learning & Capability Development Define and execute the Company's learning and capability strategy to build technical, leadership and behavioural capabilities. Oversee the learning portfolio and budget, ensuring alignment with business priorities and measurable organisational impact. Establish frameworks to assess capability gaps, evaluate programme effectiveness and foster a culture of continuous learning. Use AI-enabled tools and approaches to improve HR and learning productivity, personalise the learning experience and strengthen capability development at scale. Performance & Career Development Own and continuously enhance the Company's performance management and career development frameworks. Lead calibration and talent review processes to support consistent and objective performance assessment. Develop and govern promotion frameworks that are fair, transparent and aligned with capability and business requirements. Analyse talent and performance outcomes to drive continuous improvement. Culture, Change & Strategic Programmes Lead initiatives that strengthen organisational culture, employee engagement and change readiness. Partner with Corporate Communications and business leaders to support the adoption of key people and organisational initiatives. Lead strategic HR and organisational effectiveness programmes from strategy through disciplined execution, ensuring strong governance, project management, stakeholder alignment and measurable outcomes. Prepare Board and Executive Committee papers, presentations and updates on talent, capability and organisational effectiveness initiatives. Work closely with the CHRO and senior leaders on strategic HR, organisational and business projects, providing trusted subject matter expertise, sound judgement and practical delivery support.
Qualifications and Experience required Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Organisation Development or a related discipline. Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in Talent Management, Leadership Development, Learning & Development, Organisation Effectiveness and Change Management within multinational organisations. Exceptional consulting skills, with the ability to diagnose complex organisational issues, develop practical recommendations and influence outcomes. Proven experience designing and implementing talent, leadership and capability frameworks at an enterprise level. Strong understanding of succession planning, workforce capability, organisational design and leadership development practices. Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with senior executives, facilitate complex discussions and communicate ideas clearly and persuasively through high-quality papers and presentations for Executive Committee, Board and other senior stakeholder audiences. Experience leveraging workforce data, analytics and market insights to drive strategic decision-making. Experience implementing or enhancing HR technology platforms, ideally including HRIS, talent management or learning systems.
Person Specification Strategic, enterprise-oriented thinker with strong commercial awareness, analytical judgement and the ability to translate priorities into practical execution. Highly collaborative, with the leadership presence and credibility to influence senior stakeholders and drive outcomes without direct authority. Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving and globally diverse environment. Mature and level-headed, with sound judgement and a highly professional approach. Data-driven and evidence-based, using insight and analysis to shape recommendations, measure impact and support decision-making.
Role Opportunity This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop skills and responsibility within a growing and successful commodity trading business. JERA Global Markets is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. We are an equal opportunities employer and value the diversity of our workforce.