Senior Specialist - Talent Programs

Job description

The Senior Specialist - Talent Programs supports delivery, development, and continuous improvement of the PlayPath Development Program. Coordinates key program activities, contributes to program design and materials, and helps create a positive participant experience. Works closely with the Program Lead, HR teams, business stakeholders, and participants to ensure effective delivery, capture feedback, drive improvement, and support future engineering talent development. Coordinates schedules, rotations, meetings, materials, communications, and logistics. Maintains accurate trackers, files, participant records, and program documents. Follows up with business teams and participants to keep actions, placements, and development milestones on track. Supports participant onboarding, touchpoints, mentoring sessions, engagement activities, and day‑to‑day queries. Tracks participation, completion, feedback, and common issues. Shares insights and improvement ideas. Supports development of content, templates, tools, evaluation forms, and participant materials. Prepares status updates, data summaries, and evaluation inputs for manager review. Uses feedback and data to recommend practical improvements. Coordinates with HRBPs, Capability & Learning, Talent Management, external providers, and business contacts. Supports governance steps, approvals, criteria, documentation, and reporting. Escalates risks, delays, gaps, and decisions to the program manager. Translates priorities into clear tasks, assigns work, and tracks progress against targets. Supports performance through regular check‑ins, feedback, coaching, and escalation. Builds team capability and engagement through communication, recognition, on‑the‑job development, and onboarding support

Requirements

• 5 - 7 years of experience in a relevant industry
• experience in program management or career program delivery
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or equivalent from a recognized university
• strong working knowledge of engineering and development environments and how technical teams operate
• experience supporting and delivering structured learning or talent development programs including rotations, assessments, development plans, mentoring, and progress tracking

Skills