Director, Talent Management

The Director, Talent Management role reports to the VP, Talent Management & Development for the McKesson Corporate Functions (HR, Legal, Technology, Strategy, Finance and Global Impact) and supports the full lifecycle delivery of the McKesson talent strategy: the identification, development and advancement of high performing talent. Specifically, the Director, Talent Management will be responsible for the planning and execution of talent review and succession, partnership in the selection and onboarding processes, assessment, coaching, and development planning.

This role will additionally partner with Enterprise Centers of Excellence (COEs), Human Resources Business partners (HRBPs), and people leaders to ensure a best-in-class employee experience for emerging through executive level talent.

Key Capabilities

• Process Manager: Can consistently execute talent production processes.
• Business Expert and Talent Strategist: Knows business well and contributes to talent strategies needed to enable business results.
• Talent Authority: Deeply understands aspirations, capabilities, and development actions of top talent.
• Trusted Advisor and Advocate: Contributes to key talent decisions through trust and credibility with HR Business Partners and leaders.

Additional Responsibilities

• Assess, coach, and develop (usually Director through Vice President level talent as identified by the functional unit) High Performing leaders through customized individual development plans focused on future role readiness. Serve as assessment/individual development planning coach for emerging High Potential talent within the function.

• Support planning and facilitation of talent review and succession discussions to identify successors for direct reports to Executive Leadership Team members (usually VPs and SVPs), ensuring inclusive selection processes. Support high level talent discussions for leaders and professionals deeper in the organization as necessitated by the function.

• Contribute to and support thefunctional unit'stalent strategy with a focus on building a diverse pipeline and building organizational capability.
  • Aggregate talent data and insights to contribute to functional talent strategy in alignment with Enterprise business and talent needs.
  • Support HRBP and people manager talent capability through delivery, consultation, and tools.

• Ensure best-in-class new leader experience through onboarding and assimilation activities for pipeline external hires and promotions

• Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure diverse selection approaches for direct-report to Executive Leadership Team leaders (and others as identified by thefunctional unitfor key top leaders in growth areas) through internal and external strategic pipelining, exploration of diversity pipelines, and success profile/interview design.

• Partner with HR/Talent and Business Leaders across North America and Europe to lead the program management efforts that ensure placement or proper next steps for expatriate talent working in various business areas throughout the McKesson enterprise.

• Collaborate with the Enterprise Talent and Succession Planning COE:
  • To co-architect Enterprise tools, approaches, and processes related to talent and succession, representing the voice of the business through feedback for the function.
  • To aggregate talent data to identifyfunctional nominees for High Potential development programs, assessment cohorts, and other developmental opportunities.
  • To present business case for requests for external executive coaching for High Potential leaders.

Minimum Job Qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent
• Typically requires 7+ years of relevant experience

Critical Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of experience within a complex and high-growth organization.
• 7-10 years of experience in Human Resources and/or Talent Management.
• Experience in building and consistently executing talent production processes in either a Talent Management or Human Resources strategic business partnership role.
• Experience conducting people leader assessments, coaching and high potential development planning in a large organization.
• Prior experience delivering on Talent Management strategies connected to business priorities to enable and reinforce diverse high potential leadership talent sourcing, development, and retention.

Preferred Skills

• Master's degree in Business, HR, Organizational Development, or similar field.
• Leadership coaching certification in Hogan assessment or other related assessments.
• HR Professional designation
• Consulting experience is a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Large percent of time performing computer-based work is required.
• Must be able to travel 20% of the time.

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.Qualified applicants will not be disqualified from consideration for employment based upon criminal history.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to McKessonTalentAcquisition@mckesson.com . Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

Current employees must apply through the internal career site.

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