Our purpose in Talent Management is to enable business growth by delivering a steady stream of ready-now, diverse, and global leaders who will shape the future of Medtronic. Just like the businesses we support, we aspire to be progressive, innovative, strategic and global. We are not just executors of required talent processes; we represent the Voice of our Customers in the design and delivery of world-class talent solutions. We do this by aligning the business strategies against our talent and co-designing talent strategies to build our succession pipelines, accelerate talent readiness, increase inclusion & diversity and retain top talent. We deliver our talent solutions through strong talent mastery, performance enablement, and culture stewardship. We hope you’ll consider joining our team and growing your career with us!

As a Talent Management Consultant, you will be an integral part of the Global Talent and Leadership Development Center of Expertise (COE). You will be responsible for the successful deployment of talent management solutions and services to business leaders, managers and employees. You will form a strong consulting partnership with HR Business Partners and senior business leaders to understand the business strategy and translate it to a localized talent strategy, effectively assessing and determining critical talent needs, helping shape COE-developed programs, and applying expert delivery.

We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader —that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.

This position can reside in any US office location or work remote.

A Day in the Life

BRINGING TALENT MANAGEMENT TO LIFE

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

Talent Mastery

• Act as strategic partner to senior leaders and HR Business Partners to proactively diagnose organizational, talent and culture needs.
• Play an active role in serving as a backup for the TMD when needed to represent broader organizational needs.
• Create, influence and lead impactful talent strategies that enable business success. 
• Enable objective differentiation of talent based on capabilities, potential, behaviors and aspirations.
• Translation of business needs to the on-going talent assessment and outcomes including talent development, placement and succession.
• Ensure retention of critical talent pools, domain expertise, and continuity of our leadership and diverse talent pipelines. 
• Identify, differentiate and calibrate future leaders of the organization.
• Create and refine succession plans, identify development actions to accelerate successor readiness, and identify internal & external talent needs.
• Design content for and facilitate quarterly talent and diversity conversations with leadership teams, reviewing the talent strategy and priorities, as well as progress on key measures.
• Accelerate slating, onboarding and development of Vice Presidents through identifying internal and external talent, onboarding, clarifying expectations, supporting executive development planning and providing ongoing strategic consultation.
• Consult, coach/mentor and share talent management & leadership development best practices.

Enterprise Performance Enablement

• Facilitate leadership team discussions to translate annual business priorities and leadership behaviors that drive clarity and accelerate performance.
• Enable rigorous enterprise performance management process through strategic consultation to consistently and objectively evaluate employee performance.
• Equip and enable people leaders to have frequent, transparent, effective and inclusive performance & career development conversations.
• Advise and consult on career development for all strategies and localization approach.
• Provide peer coaching and mentor colleagues in TM.

Culture Steward

• Champion and embed the Medtronic Cultural Norms to Act Boldly, Compete to Win, Move with Speed and Decisiveness, Foster Belonging and Deliver Results the Right Way.
• Enable an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workforce, identifying gaps in female and ethnically diverse representation, defining mitigating actions including attracting, retaining, developing and promoting female and ethnically diverse talent, and embedding these actions in the talent strategy.
• Drive senior business leader engagement and accountability as owners of Medtronic’s inclusion and diversity efforts in part through effective facilitation of quarterly diversity reviews.
• Partner closely with Global Talent and Leadership Development COE to design programs and tools that meet the unique needs of the business, and deploy targeted solutions as needed (i.e. assessment, coaching, talent acquisition, analytics, etc.), incorporating the Medtronic Cultural Norms.
• Leverage the Organizational Health Survey to measure engagement gaps and define mitigating actions to be embedded in the talent strategy.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 10+ years of Human Resources experience (Talent Management, Change Management or Organization Development/Effectiveness consulting is equivalent to HR experience), OR Advanced Degree and 8+ years of experience

Nice to Have

• Master’s degree (I/O Psychology, MBA, or MA Human Resources)
• Subject matter expertise and facilitation experience in talent planning, performance management, talent review and succession planning, competency modeling/role profiling, and culture, inclusion and diversity strategy implementation for a global, matrixed organization
• Project management experience with ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience in program/process design, as well as process improvement 
• Change Management or Organization Development/Effectiveness experience
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic, proactive consultation to senior leaders
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication skills
• Experience taking data analytics and turning into insights / action plans
• Solid understanding of external talent landscape and best practices
• Experience with HR systems such as Workday
• Highly proficient with Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to travel up to 25%

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

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