Talent Management, Performance Specialist

About Astellas:
At Astellas we offer an inspiring place to work and a chance to make your mark in doing good for others.

Our expertise, science and technology make us a pharma company, our open and progressive culture is what makes us Astellas. It’s a culture of doing good for others and contributing to a sustainable society.

Delivering meaningful differences for patients is our driving force. We all have a significant opportunity to make that difference, working locally in the areas we know best, whilst drawing inspiration from the different insights and expertise we have access to globally and from our innovative, external partners.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword, it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

Our ethos is underpinned by the Astellas Way, comprising five core values: patient focus; ownership; results; openness and integrity.

We are proud to offer an inclusive and respectful working environment that fosters collaboration and ownership. Our aspiration is to bring the best minds together, to provide them with world-leading tools and resources and a unique structure that fosters real agility and entrepreneurial spirit.

About This Job:
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Talent Management/Performance Specialist to join our Global Talent Management Centre of Excellence (CoE).

Reporting to the Director Talent, Performance & Change Management, this is a new role where you will be able to utilize your current experience in Talent Management, performance, tools, analytics, and data to support the global CoE team in delivering new enterprise-wide performance initiatives.

You will contribute to the design and execution of a common global approach to the three areas of Talent Management, Performance Management and Change, helping develop best practice methodology, tools, and global guidance. Your experience in building KPIs and ability to generate meaningful analysis of data and insights will enable program owners to share this at an enterprise level.

As this role evolves, you will also contribute to the ongoing efforts to automate talent and performance management processes through leveraging technology and systems.

As part of the global team, you will work with a team of Project Managers across regions as required, giving you access to different cultures and challenges.

Key activities are noted below:

- Customize communications/tools, working with the CoE Partners in the execution of developing strong succession plans and actions.
- Support the global 360 survey process, Global Talent Reviews, Succession Planning, Development and Career Planning for VPs and above
- Enhance the development of tools, methodology and global guidelines to implement and sustain a common global performance management process
- Build KPIs, extract key data to generate meaningful analysis and insights. Contribute to the automation/enhancement of systems, co-ordinate the design and delivery of training
- Contribute to project teams to align technology and systems (Success Factors) to the needs of the process. Builds toolkits and training in alignment with Global Program Owners

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

- Experience in developing and deploying Talent Management practices and/or training.
- Evidence of working in a global matrix organization across different cultures.
- Demonstrated self-motivation with the ability to work independently
- Attention to detail, able to analyze/storyboard Insights and data for reporting
- Strong problem solving skills/initiative to achieve successful outcomes
- Well organized and evidence of good project management skills
- Excellent Excel with evidence of utilizing other tools for reporting

Education/Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree, HR Qualification, or equivalent

Additional Information:

- Please note this role does not cover Talent Acquisition or Recruitment
- This is a permanent full-time position based in the UK

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

**Job Type**: Permanent

Work Location: In person