Learning & Talent Management Lead

Overall purpose:

The Learning, Talent & Management (L&TM) Lead will manage the delivery of learning, leadership and talent initiatives across the region, leading a team of learning professionals and ensuring development programmes are implemented effectively to support business and people priorities.

Responsibilities/ Tasks:

• Business Partnering & L&TM Planning

• Act as the primary point of contact for L&TM activities within the region, working with business leaders to understand and support learning, leadership and talent development requirements.

• Represent L&TM at regional leadership forums and key stakeholder meetings, providing insight and recommendations aligned to business objectives.

• Act as the interface between regional leadership and the broader L&TM function, ensuring alignment with global priorities and effective navigation of the wider L&TM agenda.

• Support implementation of the People and L&TM roadmap within the region, ensuring learning and talent initiatives are fit for purpose and effectively delivered.

Programme Leadership & Delivery

• Lead and programme manage the delivery of externally delivered programmes for example Management Essentials, Leadership Coaching and ILM.

• Lead and programme manage internally delivered programmes for example Contract Management for UK audiences, ensuring quality, impact and alignment to business needs.

• Provide practical learning support and development resources to address identified business needs.

• Design and facilitate learning opportunities where appropriate, ensuring delivery supports agreed business outcomes and development priorities.

Talent & Early Careers

• Oversee and support Next Generation programmes, including Apprenticeship and Graduate pathways, ensuring positive participant experience and alignment with talent requirements.

• Ensure delivery of Talent Management processes across the region, supporting succession planning, career development and organisational capability growth.

Leadership & Team Management

• Manage and support the UK Learning, Talent Management and Next Generation team.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and customer focus across the team.

• Lead by example and role model behaviours that are consistent with CBRE RISE values.

Governance, Quality & Performance

• Ensure compliance with all relevant accreditation, governance and quality standards across learning and talent programmes.

• Prepare and share programme performance reports, metrics and key updates with stakeholders to support decision-making.

• Monitor programme performance, analyse learning and talent data and in partnership with stakeholders identify opportunities for continuous improvement and/or to meet evolving business requirements and support organisational goals and future capability requirements.

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with business leaders, People teams and external partners to enable effective delivery of learning and talent initiatives

• Partner with Communications teams to ensure employees are aware of learning and development opportunities, events and resources.

• Manage relationships with external learning providers and vendors to ensure high-quality delivery and value for investment.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5 - 8 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.

• Experience managing large-scale programmes with multiple stakeholders.

• Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

• Excellent project and programme management skills.

• Strong organisational and planning capability.

• Experience analysing performance data and producing executive reports.

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and operational leaders.

• Strong budget management experience

• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.

• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

Desirable

• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.

• Experience managing and developing teams to deliver operational objectives and service outcomes.

• Experience within Facilities Management, Property Management, Engineering or Built Environment sectors.

• Experience managing apprenticeship, graduate and early career programmes.