Talent & Performance Specialist

Talent & Performance Specialist

Because we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.

People & Culture at Primark

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

What You’ll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best. Let’s talk lifestyle:
Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

What You’ll Do as a Talent & Performance Specialist

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

- Support Strategic Talent Initiatives: You’ll help shape and deliver a progressive talent and performance strategy aligned to Primark’s 2030 goals, embedding best practices across performance management, talent mapping, and succession planning.
- Deliver Global Projects: You’ll manage multiple end-to-end talent and performance initiatives across global business areas, ensuring smooth execution and measurable impact.
- Create Tools & Resources: You’ll develop and continuously improve tools, templates, and guidance materials that support effective performance and talent conversations across the business.
- Enable Technology & Operations: You’ll partner with P&C Operations and tech teams to ensure talent and performance processes are efficient, tech-enabled, and scalable.
- Drive Engagement & Capability: You’ll lead global engagement activities and capability-building efforts to embed ownership of performance and talent processes, including talent reviews and succession planning.
- Generate Insight & Continuous Improvement: You’ll manage data collection and analytics to generate actionable insights, while staying close to market trends to continuously improve Primark’s talent and performance practices.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued - so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

- Relevant Experience in Fast-Paced Environments: You’ll bring experience working in dynamic, global organisations—ideally with a background in retail—and a strong understanding of how to deliver talent and performance initiatives at scale.
- Specialist Knowledge in Talent & Performance: You’ll have 5+ years’ experience in talent, P&C, or L&D roles, with direct involvement in leading performance and talent management processes.
- Data & Systems Proficiency: You’ll be confident working with data, analytics, and people systems (experience with Workday is a plus), using insights to inform decisions and drive improvements.
- Strong Project Management Skills: You’ll be an experienced project manager, capable of overseeing multiple workstreams simultaneously while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
- Global Perspective & Relationship Building: You’ll understand how to roll out global programmes with sensitivity to local and cultural differences and have a proven ability to build effective relationships across all levels.
- Resilient & Results-Focused: You’ll thrive in a fast-changing environment, able to manage competing priorities, communicate clearly, and deliver results with confidence and agility.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist.

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