At Vertiv, we’re on a mission to empower the people that will power the future. From a simple swipe to life-changing medicines, from push notifications to generative AI. We design, manufacture, and service the products and solutions that keep the world connected. With $6.9 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach spanning nearly 70 countries, we are uniquely positioned to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.
The Senior Manager, Performance Management & Talent Systems is a critical member of Vertiv's Talent Management Center of Excellence (CoE), serving as the enterprise owner of end-to-end performance management process design, standardization, and technology enablement. This role drives consistency in how Vertiv assesses and develops talent across all global regions, partnering closely with HRBPs, talent management partners, and technology teams to embed scalable, data-driven performance practices throughout Vertiv. This is an exciting new role that will help design and implement new ways to engage with and utilize technology in support of the performance management process.
Responsibilities:
- Design, standardize, and own end-to-end performance management processes across the global enterprise
- Ensure consistency in people review outcomes, calibration, and talent decisions across all regions and business units
- Establish and maintain global performance management timelines, templates, communication standards, and toolkits. Lead global training for HRBP community
- Enable and optimize performance management systems including Oracle HCM, AI-assisted tools, UX enhancements, and people review platforms
- Define enterprise reporting standards and analytics frameworks to measure performance management effectiveness
- Partner with Talent Operations on governance forums, decision tracking, and enterprise line-of-sight reporting
- Collaborate with the HRBP community on process execution, change adoption, and continuous improvement
- Facilitate Talent Council engagement on performance outcomes, quality audits, and feedback frameworks
- Coordinate with external performance management expertise and vendors as required
- Champion a culture of high performance, continuous feedback, and manager accountability across the enterprise
Qualifications:
- Preferred Experience: Minimum of 8 years in performance management process design and implementation in a global, matrixed organization
- HR Technology: Expertise in global HR systems including Oracle HCM, HRIS platforms, and AI/ML applications
- Change Management: Proven ability to drive adoption of complex process and technology changes across diverse stakeholder groups
- Analytics & Reporting: Strong data analytics, reporting, and business intelligence skills; ability to translate data into actionable insights
- Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to lead through influence without direct authority in a complex matrix environment
- Project Management: Excellence in managing multiple concurrent initiatives; strong planning, prioritization, and delivery skills
- Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to present to senior leaders and executive audiences
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; advanced degree or HR certifications preferred
If YOU are the person we are looking for, feel free to apply and let's start drafting your future career in a healthy and growing environment!
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
- Customer Focus
- Operational Excellence
- High-Performance Culture
- Innovation
- Financial Strength
OUR BEHAVIORS
- Own It
- Act With Urgency
- Foster a Customer-First Mindset
- Think Big and Execute
- Lead by Example
- Drive Continuous Improvement
- Learn and Seek Out Development
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About the Team
Skills Required
- Minimum of 8 years in performance management process design and implementation in a global, matrixed organization
- Expertise in global HR systems including Oracle HCM, HRIS platforms, and AI/ML applications
- Proven ability to drive adoption of complex process and technology changes across diverse stakeholder groups (Change Management)
- Strong data analytics, reporting, and business intelligence skills; translate data into actionable insights
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence without direct authority in a complex matrix environment
- Excellence in managing multiple concurrent initiatives; strong planning, prioritization, and delivery skills (Project Management)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to present to senior leaders and executive audiences
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
- Advanced degree or HR certifications
Vertiv Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vertiv and has not been reviewed or approved by Vertiv.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with standard medical, dental, and vision plans plus wellness and mental-health resources. Core offerings also include disability and life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid holidays and PTO typical of large employers, and many U.S. salaried roles feature flexible or "unlimited" PTO approaches. These programs are part of a structured, global total rewards framework.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair at start for many office-based, engineering, and field service roles, and total compensation packages are viewed as stable. In some hourly manufacturing settings, overtime opportunities help boost overall earnings.
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What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
