Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
The Talent Development Associate will play a central role in designing, managing, and delivering high-impact development programming that helps our people build the skills, capabilities, and experiences needed to grow and perform across the firm. This role partners closely with the Talent function, HCM leadership, divisional stakeholders, external vendors, and program participants to translate firm and talent priorities into practical, differentiated learning experiences. Sitting at the intersection of people development strategy, content design, stakeholder engagement, communications, measurement, and program execution, the role requires strong project management, clear communication, sound judgment, and the ability to move seamlessly between strategic planning and detailed delivery. The Associate will help shape development experiences that support employees at key moments in their careers, including leadership development, skill-building programs, coaching, peer learning, speaker-led sessions, and related firmwide talent initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
- Support the design and evolution of firmwide development experiences that help employees build critical skills, strengthen leadership capabilities, and grow across the firm
- Translate firm priorities, leadership expectations, participant feedback, and stakeholder input into clear program objectives, learning journeys, session designs, and practical deliverables
- Develop program strategy materials, agenda concepts, speaker briefs, session objectives, pre-read materials, manager toolkits, participant communications, and discussion guides
- Partner with Talent colleagues, business leaders, program alumni, and external partners to shape relevant, commercial, and practical content
- Continuously refine programming based on survey insights, participant feedback, manager input, business priorities, and lessons learned
- Manage end-to-end execution of development programs including nominations, launch, engagement, sessions, coaching, follow-up, and closeout
- Build and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, trackers, rosters, workback schedules, and decision logs across multiple concurrent workstreams
- Coordinate complex logistics across regions including participant experience, travel planning, briefing sessions, speaker holds, vendor timelines, venue needs, materials production, and day-of delivery
- Prepare and facilitate program briefings, participant sessions, manager calls, alumni panels, and stakeholder updates
- Anticipate risks, dependencies, and decision points; escalate thoughtfully and keep stakeholders aligned
- Serve as a trusted coordination point across key stakeholder groups
- Draft polished, audience-specific communications for participants, managers, leaders, speakers, internal reviewers, and partners
- Prepare stakeholder materials including strategy decks, briefing notes, talking points, decision memos, meeting agendas, program updates, and leadership summaries
- Support leader and external speaker engagement including outreach materials, calendar holds, session framing, moderator planning, and briefing preparation
- Navigate sensitive stakeholder dynamics with discretion, clarity, and sound judgment
- Design participant, manager, and stakeholder surveys to assess program needs, experience, learning outcomes, and behavioral impact
- Analyze survey results, qualitative feedback, participation data, and program outcomes to identify themes, insights, and opportunities for improvement
- Translate feedback and impact data into concise narratives, recommendations, slide content, and program uplifts
- Maintain organized program records, data sources, impact trackers, and materials repositories
- Use insights from prior cohorts to strengthen program design, participant experience, manager engagement, and stakeholder reporting

Experience
Approximately 5-6 years of experience in talent development, leadership development, learning, human capital strategy, program management, or a related field. Proven ability to manage detailed workplans, competing priorities, and multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

About you
- Strong project management skills with rigor and follow-through
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of drafting polished materials for diverse audiences
- Comfortable operating with leaders, managers, participants, and cross-functional partners, including sensitive or high-visibility interactions requiring professionalism and discretion
- Ability to synthesize complex inputs, feedback, and data into clear insights, recommendations, and practical actions
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work across strategy, content, logistics, and communications
- Demonstrated discretion and professionalism in handling leader engagement, participant information, and sensitive program decisions
- Agility to move comfortably between strategic thinking and detailed execution, adapting quickly as priorities evolve

Qualifications
Relevant experience and skills as outlined above; formal qualifications are not explicitly required but a background in human capital management, organizational development, or related disciplines is advantageous.