Talent Development Program Manager (f/m/d)

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

The Talent Development Program Manager sits at the center of the program management, working with T&OD, HR, Business Platforms/Functions leadership, and participants.  It requires strong customer focus and stakeholder relationship management skills to ensure program delivery according to the quality, timelines and cost needs while also aligning with the Leadership Framework of Lonza and supporting the growth of talent pipelines for critical positions in the organization.

The role reports to the Global Head Talent Management and Development and also works closely with other program leads to ensure alignment across the T&OD offerings. As part of the Talent Management and Development team, the Talent Development Program Manager is fully responsible for the design and delivery of specific talent management programs in line with the T&OD and People Strategies.

What you’ll get:

• An agile career and dynamic working culture

• A highly collaborative environment that fosters teamwork and inclusion

• A range of professional development programs to grow your skills and career

• An ethical workplace where tasks are carried out in accordance to the relevant procedures

• Compensation programs that recognize high performance

What you'll do:

• Work closely with both internal learning sources and external thought leaders (including academic institutions, industry networks, and best-in-class providers) to bring in fresh thinking and proven practices that inform the design and delivery of impactful talent development programs.

• Works in partnership with T&OD leaders to inspires and influence HR-LT as thought leaders in the business.

• Uses cross business platform, functional outputs, feedbacks to design and develop programs that meet business needs and skills gaps, driving credibility through delivery

• Ensures the programs are delivered with the highest level of quality and consistency in content and in line with the agreed objectives while managing project teams, vendors, and stakeholders successfully

• Directs and holds project team members and responsible parties accountable to deliver results within an agreed program governance structure and ensures full alignment with internal stakeholders is in place

• Manages the scope, timelines, budget, return on investment, risks, communication, stakeholder management and lessons learnt for programs

• Develops robust and lean ways of working in program design, development and delivery, including problem solving, governance, program charters / A3’s, performance visuals, program documentation, program retrospectives, and continuous improvement.

What we're looking for:

• Background in learning and development, ideally with experience specifically in Talent Development

• Strong project management skills

• Knowledge in community building to create social movements and cohorts

• Ability to build data to demonstrate both needs and achievements (i.e. Return on Investment, Feedback data, Retrospective data)

• Leveraging a global network to foster engagement with stakeholders and attendees, at multiple organizational levels

• Customer experience (walk in the footsteps of employees’ learning experiences)

• Supplier / Vendor / Third Partner Management and contract negotiation

• MS Office package at fully proficient levels

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.