Thomson Reuters - AVP - Talent Engagement

The AVP - Talent Engagement will play a critical role in how we engage our associates, drive change in the organization, and develop our talent; based on factors such as emerging opportunities, changing business needs, and individual career growth & advancement.

Job Responsibilities include:

- Translate organizational business plans into HR strategic and operating plans, Partner with the business leaders in developing and tracking execution of strategic HR plans and ensuring robust alignment with business priorities.

- Focus on organizational planning, develop and implement career pathways for employees and succession planning to build strong leadership pipeline.

- Coordination of employee diagnostics (engagement surveys, team assessments, exit interviews), analysis and action planning

- Lead interventions (like grievance resolution, disciplinary action, R&R and special projects) to enhance employee engagement

- Provide guidance and support around organizational design, talent management, change management, employee engagement, and talent analytics.

- Create and sustain effective employee relation programs and maintain a detailed understanding of accepted best practice employee relations programs and approaches.

- Spearhead various talent management and engagement projects/initiatives to support our efforts in shaping a culture of engagement in the organization and foster & maintain strong internal relationships with key HR and business leaders.

- Partner closely with business leaders to drive improvements in organizational capability by identifying root causes to issues, and recommending concrete solutions to address the issues.

- Succession Management: Manage the process for defining and ensuring a strong, diverse bench of internal candidates for key roles in tandem with the L&D team.

- Talent Analytics & Reporting: Define, develop and rollout monthly/quarterly/annual talent development metrics. Establish key success measures and deliver reports on effectiveness and desired outcomes

- Leading enterprise-wide initiatives, from conception and design through implementation, measurement and continuous improvement.

- Develop appropriate metrics and tracking mechanisms to drive accountability, measure results, and optimize the impact of the strategic talent management function, employee engagement and satisfaction across the organization.

- Manage the day-to-day activities for the Talent Engagement team including prioritizing work assignments and serving as an escalation point for critical issues, contacts, and requests.

- Scan the market for best practices in Organization Development. Identify, develop and foster relationships with industry thought leaders and partners to apply the best practices approach

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

Ideal candidates for this position should ably demonstrate the following:

- A track record of successfully designing and implementing strategic talent engagement programs and processes throughout a large, complex organization.

- Demonstrated success in strategic thinking and planning, innovation, and strong expertise in human resources management, leadership development, and organizational development.

- Proven success in developing and aligning talent engagement function, capabilities, and initiatives across different cultures, geographies and operating environments.

- A demonstrable history of success: consulting stakeholders, serving customers, and building relationships at the highest level with professionalism and discretion.

- Proven capability to engage and influence top management decisions.

- Firsthand experience in designing and implementing communications and engagement strategies in complex organizations and across diverse employee and leadership groups

- Exceptional project management and problem solving skills with a bias towards rolling up sleeves to get things done; ability to leverage junior resources and coach associates to achieve optimal results

- Exceptional presentation and facilitation skills with an ability to create buy-in and build credibility with senior leaders

- Collaborative, ability to build a network with current and future leaders & inspire and influence others to lead change

- Pragmatic, yet creative and innovative

- Action-oriented and resourceful

- A genuine passion for organizational development and driving change

- Experience in assessing global HR needs, benchmarking, and developing and implementing - best in class- strategies and programs

- The AVP- Talent Engagement reports to the Vice President - Human Resources and L&D

QUALIFICATION:

- Masters- degree in Human Resources

EXPERIENCE:

- 10 to 12 years professional work experience in HR/OD or Management Consulting

LOCATION:

- MUMBAI

REMUNERATION:

- Commensurate with industry standard

COMPANY PROFILE:

Pangea3, a Thomson Reuters business, is the global leader in legal outsourcing services. Pangea3's awards and industry recognition include:

- Recognized as LPO of the Year for 2009, 2010 and 2011 by the India Business Law Journal

- Recognized as Best Legal Process Outsourcing Provider 2011 & 2012 by the New York Law Journal

- Awarded LPO of the Year by India Business Law Journal for the last three years in a row (2009-2011)

- #1 LPO in the Black Book of Outsourcing

- Recipient of Excellence in Outsourcing award from Frost & Sullivan; and

- Recognized as the best managed company by Inc. Magazine

We are a high-growth, fast-paced, exciting group of lawyers, engineers, and business professionals working together to achieve excellence as a globally recognized legal services provider in the newest frontier of professional services outsourcing from India.

Pangea3 provides contract drafting and management, corporate governance and due diligence, corporate secretarial and compliance risk management services, document review, legal research, business and competitive intelligence services, litigation support services, intellectual property and patent litigation services to leading American and European multinational companies.

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 55,000 colleagues in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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