Description
We’re Salesforce, the Customer Company, inspiring the future of business with AI+ Data +CRM. Leading with our core values, we help companies across every industry blaze new trails and connect with customers in a whole new way. And, we empower you to be a Trailblazer, too — driving your performance and career growth, charting new paths, and improving the state of the world. If you believe in business as the greatest platform for change and in companies doing well and doing good – you’ve come to the right place. The India Director, Talent Management role serves as a critical thought partner to the Vice President (VP) Employee Success Business Partner (ESBP), and business leadership and the India market. The role will partner to develop and drive a long-range talent agenda, and integrate key company talent initiatives into a powerful system aligned to the business needs. With a data-driven approach, the Director straddles big picture strategy and large-scale operational effectiveness to drive the right talent outcomes to deliver business value across the region.This role reports directly to the VP Employee Success Business Partner, closely aligns to the Head of Talent Management and works across various teams in Employee Success (ES) and beyond to ensure accountable, aligned collaboration and impact.
This Includes
Using deep and broad business understanding and insights to provide strategic guidance on long term talent priorities
Partnering with the ESBPs to drive executive talent management strategy, including critical role succession planning, talent planning and movement, org and role design, and talent engagement.
Identifying organizational capability gaps and make recommendations
Business alignment on talent programs- promotions, talent reviews, succession, etc. and support roll out and execution of programs.
Crafting a network of cross-ES and beyond relationships to ensure visibility and voice in company talent priorities and programs
Developing forums to ensure that ESBPs and the business are aware of and activated on company talent priorities
Partnering with the head of Talent Management to influence, evolve, and co-create global talent solutions for the sales organization.
Connecting Talent Management partners globally to ensure information is moving across the system effectively
Serving as a Talent Management subject matter expert; provide leadership in the area of strategy alignment and deployment, needs assessments, retention, development, and succession pipeline
Working with the broader Talent Centers of Excellence (COEs) to surface insights that drive more targeted development programs and direct team engagements
Required Qualifications
A transformational talent leader with a proven track record of building strong relationships and providing guidance to a growing organization in a complex industry
Confident and humble and have used these skills to effectively learn from and influence senior team members and leaders
Talent Management, Organizational Development Effectiveness and HR Business Partner experience at a large, fast paced, complex, global Company with a proven history of success in leading change and influencing others
Ability to contract with multiple business clients to identify and prioritize work
Ability to analyze data from Talent Management processes to identify weaknesses and blocks within a talent pipeline
Change management expertise at the individual, team and organizational level
Experience in coaching senior stakeholders, and certifications to assess / diagnose few succession related development programs & offerings.
Program management experience and willingness to drive both the strategic and operational aspects of a program
Partners effectively across multiple functions
Preferred Qualifications
15 plus years of experience in the industry in ES (HR), COE’s & in Talent space.
Enabling & leading hyper-growth industries and talent charter for a large entity.
Exposure to a highly matrixed organization and partnering with a wide range of stakeholders
Practical experience providing formal/informal executive coaching and development in all areas of leadership
Utilization of Workday Talent Management tools and practices to help business achieve TM objectives
Understanding of leadership competencies and changing demands within a leadership pipeline