Global Emerging Talent Programme Manager

Global Emerging Talent Programme Manager

Derby/Kings Place

Maternity Cover (6 months)

What you will be doing:

We are looking for a Global Emerging Talent and Development Manager to lead a team and take ownership for designing our enterprise-wide graduate, intern, apprenticeship, HiPo and future pipeline programmes. This leadership role is part of our global emerging talent team and is responsible for the design of our end-to-end leaner journey. You’ll be partnering with our Head Talent Management, Head Office team and Business leaders to ensure fit for purpose programmes focusing on all aspects of the life cycle including programme design, consistency of experience (candidate and business) improvements, efficiencies, and benchmarking.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the effective global programme design of emerging talent including, work experience, graduate, intern and apprenticeship HiPo and insights programmes, owning frameworks, metrics and compliance
• Ensure the talent programmes deliver business requirements aligned to critical skill need and strategic workforce planning.
• Own the approach for ensuring the business is ready to receive emerging talent individuals including effective line manager and mentor training.
• Ownership and management of central processes, policies, toolkits and other documentation relating to early careers programmes and their implementation/ embedding.
• Responsible for driving an effective programme governance model including managing feedback and programme effectiveness
• Analyse and measure the effectiveness of programmes, implementing data-driven improvements to optimise outcomes and track ROI
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to early career development
• Supporting emerging talent operational managers with the implementation and running of in country programmes driving high quality and consistency.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location.  It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement.  As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference.  These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Capability in designing, delivering and evaluating talent programmes, interventions and strategies.
• Strong project management and delivery experience
• Experience of launching large scale change / programmes
• Creative ability to translate strategy / requirements into tangible outputs
• Interest in researching and engaging with talent development trends, including delivery methods
• Analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data and metrics to drive decision-making and process improvements.
• Understanding of employment laws, regulations, and diversity/inclusion best practices.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, matrix working and influence at all organisational levels.
• Experience in partnering with 3rd parties to enable operational delivery against strategy
• Ability to lead teams, drive change, and advocate for continuous improvement in capability development.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and responding to changing business needs.
• Persistent, adaptable, accountable and outcome focussed

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. 

The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Level C.

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role.

We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.

Grade: Level C

Closing Date: 25/07/25

Recruiter: [email protected]