Manager with focus on Talent Management and 'Skill Based' Consulting

Our People Consulting business enables organizations to effectively harness their people agenda as part of an integrated business strategy. We create competitive advantage by helping organizations get the right people, with the right capabilities, in the right place, for the right cost, doing the right things.

Within People Consulting, this role sits within the Learning, Leadership and Talent Team and focuses on enabling organizations to adopt skill-based approaches and create seamless end-to-end skill experiences for their workforce.

The opportunity:

• Highly motivated, multicultural team where you can expect new challenges every day that will allow you to build on your knowledge and expertise
• Diverse team which deeply believes in teaming, trust and respect
• Outstanding career opportunities through ambitious project work, a strong EY network as well as transparent performance-based recognition and progression system

Your key responsibilities:

In this role, you will help us build out our solution offering on skill-based talent management by supporting clients in:

• Developing compelling business cases outlining the benefits of skill-based approaches to talent management, tailored to the unique needs and goals of each client.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to articulate the value proposition of skill-based strategies in driving organizational performance, innovation, and competitiveness.
• Formulating skill strategies aligned with organizational objectives, taking into account current capabilities, future needs, and industry trends.
• Designing implementation roadmaps for the adoption of skill-based approaches that span the entire talent lifecycle.
• Utilizing data-driven insights to pinpoint future skills or critical skill gaps, and developing tailored plans to build those future skills or bridge skill gaps.
• Evaluating and recommending skill management technologies and platforms that support the organization's talent strategy and facilitate skill identification, tracking, and development.
• Supporting the implementation and integration of skill-based technology solutions
• Developing change management strategies to drive adoption of skill-based approaches and measure success.

You may also work on broader topics across strategic talent management and transformation projects.

Skills and attributes for success. To qualify for the role you must have:

• Relevant consulting or industry experience in skill-based talent management, strategic workforce planning, capability building, future job roles and skills, HR data and analytics, culture or leadership transformation
• Experience insetting-up and roll-out of initiatives and programs covering skill-based talent management, strategic workforce planning, or future skills and job roles
• Experience in transformation projects, skill management, competency development and future oriented talent topics
• Fluency in English, with German / Swiss German and French highly beneficial

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience of implementing talent marketplaces or other skill technologies
• Experience in business development and talent innovation
• Solid project management and presentation skills, agile work experience, and a client-oriented attitude
• Strong team player mentality to proactively drive solutions within highly motivated and diverse teams across functions, countries and regions
• Creativity and out of the box thinking to foster creative ideas and contribute to the overall EY People Consulting strategy

What we offer

• Internationalmulti-culturalteam of highly motivated professionals
• Continuous personal development with a steep learning curve – a system of trainings, mentoring, counselling and on-the-job learning
• Modern working environment and equipment, fostering mobile working flexibility
• Transparent performance-based recognition and progression system
• Acquire a fully accredited corporate MBA (EY Tech MBA) from Hult International Business School, whilst working with EY, completely free*

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. Make the next step and apply for this positiononline. For further information please contact our recruitment team (Write an email/ +41 58 286 33 66).

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* exception of EY contractors, interns and alumni.