About this Opportunity
Join us as our Talent Growth Lead, where you'll be responsible for supporting the assessment and development of our key talent populations by applying your strong coaching and facilitation skills to support individual development interventions.
There is also a need for key ownership of the Bank’s TSquared Talent Development Programmes, which are integral to our Executive Development and future leadership strategy, focused on designing, implementing and measuring the impact of our high potential leader development initiatives.
This role is critical to supporting our high potential development and future leadership strategy, focused on working with the business, talent segments and high potential individuals to develop critical talent and feed into the Executive Talent Review (ETR) process and selection and nominations for talent development activities.
Key accountabilities:
Co-own the TSquared Talent Development Programmes, including design and implementation, working with Learning and Leadership and business areas to design and deliver Group programmes.
Maintain and clearly communicate Talent Programme Guidelines across Talent Growth, People Partners and business areas
Work with Talent Growth Leads and Talent Density & Growth partners to champion Talent Programmes, supporting nominations, selection and programme measurement
Responsibility for engaging the various business areas to determine their talent development needs and to support the Head of Talent Growth in designing and implementing of aligned talent programmes.
Measuring and maintaining engagement with business areas to ensure compliance with TSquared Talent Guidelines and ensuring programme impact and interconnectedness with Group Programmes.
Supporting team development within respective business areas, applying sound talent management and development principles and liaising with Team Development function to ensure alignment.
Individual coaching support provided to high potential talent within specific business area, liaising with People Partners and PDs to maintain open lines of communication and engagement.
Lead the identification and rollout of Talent Marketplace technology, supporting People Partners and Talent Growth teams to build capability and maximise its impact
Ongoing career development support for non-Executive colleagues throughout the business, working with Career function to align efforts.
Act as an ambassador for the Talent Density & Growth Team, working with People Directors and the business to raise awareness and support talent activities.
Specific focus on deepening relationships with high potentials and integrating our services and products across the business.
Work collaboratively with high touch assessment team to manage the cross-collaborative work, including nominations and selection onto key talent programmes.
Regular and direct contact with high potential individuals, coaching and facilitating their career development plans, implementing proactive support to retain and engage them into the future.
Maintain awareness of individual’s professional considerations to act as the broker for high potential individuals in talent calibrations and conversations, including succession planning, ETRs, nominations for talent programmes, mobility and retention conversations.
Oversee the nomination and calibration processes for talent processes and activity for non-Executive colleagues partnering within a specific business area.
Facilitate the implementation of the talent management strategy, ensuring alignment with company goals and addressing specific needs of a business areas, aligned to the demand plans of our business.
Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, you will partner closely with the business to understand future workforce needs and deliver high‑quality talent solutions that support long‑term capability, diversity, and organisational performance.
Drive a culture of career development and skills mobility, crafting and delivering talent management solutions that align with business area needs.
Track and support the progress of colleagues identified for accelerated career development through coaching and broad advocacy activities.
Deeply understand the talent, strategic workforce plan and capability required within the aligned business area, recognising individual strengths and potential, encouraging the growth and integration of all talent pipelines, including youth and next generation talent.
Work with the People Platform to manage talent data across segments and business units.
Maintain awareness of talent metrics and insight data to create business unit/cohort/segment analysis and planning and to feed into strategic workforce planning and OD activities as required.
Infuse fresh, external perspectives into talent management strategy and approach, being well networked based on respective business area to enable benchmarking.
Why Lloyds Banking Group
If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
What you'll need
Skilled and experienced talent management professional, with a deep developmental focus to support individual and team growth.
Knowledge and experience of talent development, including strong pedagogical skill to design programmatic support.
Content creation expert, either designing materials independently, or experience of working with SMEs to design and deliver key content.
Knowledge and experience of talent development, including strong individual coaching and skill to support individual talent growth.
Knowledge and experience of succession planning and how to build talent pools/pipelines at a global level.
Individual leadership coaching skills, with psychometric assessment experience to deliver ongoing career development support and manage individual leadership psychometric debrief conversations.
Credibility and influencing ability to engage at most senior levels of P&P and the Bank.
Talent data expertise to read, analyse and interpret data and translate it for the business and People Partners.
Dedicated, adept at managing multiple priorities while staying focused on objectives, and able to navigate seamlessly between the strategic and hands-on nature of the role.
Resilient and adaptable, capable of delivering results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
About working for us
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re 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 a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.
We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with 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.
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. We’d love to hear from you.
