Senior Leadership & Talent Development Specialist (m/f/d)

Company Description

We were founded by Axel Springer in 2018 as a 100 percent owned company and combine the digital activities and participations in real estate, car and generalist classifieds in Germany 🇩🇪 (Immowelt, Neuraum, Homeday), France 🇫🇷 (Meilleurs Agents, Groupe SeLoger), Belgium 🇧🇪 (Immoweb) and Israel 🇮🇱 (Yad2), making us one of the world’s biggest digital classified players. 

We also hold Axel Springer’s minority participation in companies such as Purplebricks and Zumper. Our vision is to serve consumers in their important decisions in life and to simplify not only the search for a new property or car but to also provide additional services in adjacent markets.

We are the leading PropTech platform in Europe. If you’ve ever rented or purchased a property then you may have used one of our classified portals. This is a great time to join us to help elevate our AVIV brands.

This is an exciting time to join us in our ambition to become Europe’s leading PropTech business - helping us unlock everyone’s perfect place!

The main mission of the team is to develop the necessary talent for reaching AVIV ambitions & to unlock the career aspirations of AVIVers within the company. 

This role will focus on growing leadership capabilities and foster Impactful Leadership @AVIV. From designing to delivering programs, from assessing leadership development initiatives to creating strategies for growth, while ensuring alignment between leadership practices and organizational, business goals. This role sits in the Learning & Talent Management Center of Excellence, reporting into the Head of.

Proficiency in ENGLISH is a must-have criteria.

This job is based in Berlin, also open for candidates in Paris.

Job Description

Main areas of responsibility & ownership

• Develop, execute, and track leadership & organization development programs, ensuring a high return on investment through data-driven insights.
• Design and facilitate leadership workshops, interactions on topics relevant for AVIV transformation, scaling and business goals
• Build programs and interventions to help leaders navigate organizational changes, cultural shifts, and aligning teams with new goals.
• Integrate inclusive leadership practices that support diverse teams 
• Continuously audit and improve current leadership development practices, aligning them with the organization’s cultural pillars and company objectives.
• Oversee internal and external coaching services, ensuring high-quality development support across the organization.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams, senior leaders, and executives to drive leadership development, learning and culture initiatives.
• Manage budgets and resources effectively to optimize the delivery of leadership and culture development initiatives.
• Stay informed about industry trends and best practices in leadership development, organizational development & learning, to bring innovative ideas to enhance internal programs.
• In the long run, you can expect to design and implement 360-degree feedback, succession planning, behavioral assessments and other development programs and processes to support leadership growth and organizational improvement.

Qualifications

Who we are looking for

• A business-minded and passionate professional, with an educational background in Business Psychology (or related). You should have a diverse and extensive exposure to complex business environments while driving Leadership & Organizational Development programs and processes.
• Certification in executive coaching, leadership assessment tools (e.g., Insights, DISC, Hogan, etc), or change management is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in leadership development, talent management, or organizational development.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing leadership training and coaching programs.
• You will be very successful in this role if you constantly demonstrate results orientation, systemic thinking, attention to details, excellent communication skills and deep understanding of both organizational dynamics and individual development needs.
• Business Acumen: Understanding of business strategy to align leadership development initiatives with organizational goals.
• Strong Communication and Facilitation Skills to effectively deliver training and engage participants.
• Knowledge of Leadership frameworks
• Cultural Awareness: Sensitivity to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring leadership programs are inclusive and regionally relevant.
• Proficiency in French or German represents an advantage
• Last but not least, our organization is dynamic and our ambitions are high; therefore you need to be comfortable in acting fast, sharp and flexible!

Additional Information

What we offer you

• Working with a great international team and full ownership from day one.
• An amazing office environment, and location in the heart of Berlin, Brussels or Paris
• The freedom to tell us which tools you need to be successful in your job so we can set you up to make it happen.

Next steps

Unlock your perfect job with us today and make an application. The recruitment process includes:

• Cultural fit interview (recruiter)
• Development expertise interview (hiring manager)
• Business case interview (business stakeholders & hiring manager)
• Executive interview (CPO)

At Aviv, we are an equal opportunities employer and an organisation where everyone is welcomed to be their authentic selves. We strongly encourage individuals with visible and non visible disabilities, all educational backgrounds, people from minority backgrounds, those from the LGBTQIA+ community and parents and carers to apply. If you need reasonable adjustments at any point in the application or interview process, or wish to discuss part time or flexible working requirements, please let us know.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example - she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).