Skills, Capability

7 days ago

London Area, United Kingdom Elliott Scott - HR search & recruitment Full time £120,000 - £190,000 per year

The Role & Company

We are looking for a Skills, Capability & Performance Lead to shape how we build skills, strengthen leadership and enable high performance across a fast-paced, global organisation. This role is ideal for someone who prefers simplicity over complexity and can turn strategy into practical tools, frameworks and development experiences that people actually use.

Key Responsibilities

  • Translate people and skills data into clear, actionable insights.
  • Identify critical skills for today and the future, highlighting gaps and priorities.
  • Improve role clarity and mobility pathways across regions.
  • Design simple, scalable capability-building solutions for leaders, managers and teams.
  • Create learning pathways that help people build the right skills at the right time.
  • Equip HR Business Partners with practical tools, frameworks and guidance.
  • Partner with leaders to define the capabilities each function needs to excel.
  • Evolve learning tools and resources to make development faster and more integrated into everyday work.
  • Strengthen performance routines through lightweight, user-friendly tools.
  • Build technology-enabled development solutions that support real work and improve manager confidence with People processes.

About You

  • Commercial, outcome-focused and experienced in connecting development to performance.
  • Practical, iterative and comfortable testing and improving quickly.
  • Collaborative, low-ego and effective at influencing without hierarchy.
  • Adaptable and confident operating in evolving, fast-moving environments.
  • Curious about technology and future-focused in how capability is built.

Skills & Experience

  • Experience designing and delivering capability-building programmes.
  • Background in skills or capability development in a digital, modern or global environment.
  • Expertise in skill frameworks, capability models, role architecture or talent pathways.
  • Strong understanding of digital learning and performance-enablement technology.
  • Ability to simplify complexity into usable, scalable frameworks.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills.

Desirable

  • Experience in high-growth tech, digital, SaaS or product-led environments.
  • Knowledge of leadership development, OD or performance management.

Success Measures (12–18 Months)

  • Stronger manager capability and performance outcomes.
  • Skills architecture embedded across key functions.
  • Clear, accessible career pathways integrated into key people processes.
  • Function-specific capability models delivered in partnership with HRBPs.
  • Improved internal mobility, readiness and capability depth.
  • Higher clarity, development and leadership confidence metrics.

How to apply

If you are interested in discussing this role further, please apply for the position or contact Kirstin Hunt at (Job code

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