Talent Density and Growth Partner

Title: Talent Density & Growth Partner
Location(s): London
Hours: Full-time

Working Pattern:
Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

About this opportunity

We're looking for an experienced Talent Partner to join our Group Talent team, partnering closely with senior business leaders and HR Directors to shape and deliver a high-impact talent agenda. This is a strategically important role focused on strengthening leadership pipelines, succession planning, talent mobility and future workforce capability. You'll connect business needs with the full breadth of Group Talent expertise, helping leaders make informed decisions that build talent density and organisational performance. If you're passionate about developing exceptional talent and influencing at the highest levels, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact across the Group.

What you'll be doing

• Create and deliver a commercially grounded talent plan aligned to Group priorities and the specific needs of the business area.
• Drive a culture of career development and skills mobility, crafting and delivering talent management solutions that align with business area needs.
• Understand hiring needs and strengthen leadership pipelines from Next Gen through to C-Suite through targeted career pathways, development, coaching and team effectiveness interventions.
• Identify pivotal roles, capabilities and future skills, working across Centres of Expertise to design plans for building, buying or developing them.
• Represent the needs of the aligned business unit within the Culture, Leadership and Talent team, ensuring broader propositions reflect local business priorities and talent requirements.
• Work with People Partners to build a clear view of talent demand and supply, bringing external perspective and identifying actions to strengthen talent density.
• Develop deep insight into executive bench strength, leadership potential and priority talent cohorts across the senior leadership population.
• Provide targeted coaching and support for individuals on leadership development programmes, ensuring development aligns to business ambition and future leadership needs.
• Broker enterprise-wide talent movement and strengthen diverse succession pipelines for pivotal roles.
• Support leaders to make evidence-based decisions regarding capability, performance and potential.
• Use market, business and external talent insights to shape how the Group attracts, develops, mobilises and retains key talent.
• Deploy Group-wide talent development programmes that improve performance, accelerate skills and build future leadership readiness.
• Sponsor and deliver local talent initiatives that create measurable impact against strategic business goals.
• Partner with Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Team Effectiveness, Skills, Leadership and Coaching teams to strengthen leadership capability and bench strength.
• Use talent intelligence and external benchmarking to create clear insight on leadership capability, succession planning and talent density.
• Track and evaluate the impact of talent interventions, promoting continuous improvement and evidence-based decision making.
• Translate complex talent data into practical insight for senior leaders, HR Directors and People Partners.
• Support talent programme nominations, assessments and internal mobility opportunities for high-potential colleagues.#

Why join us?

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're shaping finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.

What we're looking for

Essential requirements

• Significant experience in talent management, talent development, succession planning or leadership development within a large, complex organisation.
• Expertise in partnering with senior business leaders, HR Directors and executive stakeholders to design and deliver strategic talent solutions.
• Proven expertise in succession planning, talent density strategies, leadership pipelines and global talent mobility programmes.
• Experience coaching senior leaders and conducting psychometric assessment debriefs to support leadership and career development.
• Strong analytical capability with experience interpreting talent data, workforce insights and external benchmarks to influence business decisions.

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience within Financial Services or a similarly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of executive assessment methodologies and high-potential talent identification programmes.
• Experience leading cross-functional talent initiatives involving Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Skills, Leadership and Talent Acquisition teams.

This is a place for you…

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion, supporting our customers, colleagues and communities. We are committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and have a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition, through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers - just let us know what you need.

Ready to make an impact?

Apply today and help shape the future leadership capability, talent strategy and workforce strength of one of the UK's leading organisations. We'd love to hear from you.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
• If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch!