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The Senior Director of Global Talent will lead Tapestry’s efforts to modernize and evolve our approach to talent assessment, talent management, development planning and succession planning with more rigor, objectivity, data-centricity and nuance.
This role reports to the VP, Global Talent and Development and be a key member of the Talent and Development leadership team. This role will work out of Tapestry’s NYC Hudson Yards office 3x a week (Tuesday-Thursday).
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Human Resources to…
- Lead efforts to develop assessment profiles and refreshed expectations/competencies for VP+ roles in alignment with Tapestry’s business strategy, growth objectives and desired culture
- Evolve and modernize a scalable and ongoing Leadership Talent Review (LTR)/succession planning approach that drives an objective assessment of talent potential, builds succession plans and enables the acceleration of development for leaders slated for expanded or higher level roles; integrate into regular business processes
- Lead Tapestry’s annual LTR process including providing roadmap, guidance, tools and resources for HR Business Partners, project managing the global process, managing data analysis/reporting and preparing briefing materials for Tapestry’s Executive Committee, CEO and Board of Directors; serve as an advisor to HR Business Partners throughout the process
- Own 1-2 “Talent Communities” (along with a sponsor from the HR Senior Leadership Team) for critical talent segments across Brands; specifically, understand critical needs for these talent segments and work with Business Leaders and Cross-Functional HR partners to tailor approaches that will more effectively attract, develop, assess, engage, motivate and drive mobility based on nuances needed for these populations; understand deeply the differentiated needs and the talent within these communities
- Own the competency model and related tools, improving the organization’s ability to leverage and apply competencies in their ongoing performance, development and career discussions
- Provide central support and guidance on organization design to ensure a consistent and rigorous approach is leveraged across Brands and Functions globally
- Partner with the Global People & Organizational Development team to:
- Create development strategies to advance VP+ capabilities in alignment with the assessment profiles
- Improve the quality of development planning throughout the organization, with a specific focus on leaders, their successors and high potential talent
- Oversee reporting and dashboards related to Talent, analyze data and synthesize themes and takeaways for key milestones, including quarterly Board updates
- Provide thought leadership and advisory on talent and development projects
- Develop strong relationships and partner with Total Rewards, HR Technology, HR Business Partners, Equity Inclusion & Diversity (EI&D) and Communications teams to drive work and initiatives in an efficient, collaborative way; conduct information sessions with key partners to support Talent process execution
- Create alignment and connectivity across key initiatives and projects with global and cross-functional partners and stakeholders
The accomplished individual will possess…
- 10+ years of experience in HR positions of increasing responsibility
- Demonstrated success developing plans to address key business issues and utilizing those plans to achieve desired results. Strong strategic thinking and business acumen with the ability to connect business and people strategies required.
- 5+ years operating in a global and highly complex, customer-centric business
Tapestry is a highly-distributed, multi-brand business with global operations. Experience in a highly-regarded, preferably international organization, with multiple operations is ideal.
Leadership role during a time of change (growth, restructure, M&A etc.)
Demonstrated success in leading a team and senior stakeholders to guide strategic change in an organization. This includes prior experience implementing organizational design and change management initiatives in a business, function or organization. Possess a continuous improvement mindset and ability to connect the dots across seemingly disparate topics to identify trends and key take-aways that will drive action.
Relationship building and influencing
- High degree of emotional intelligence and resilience, paired with exceptional listening skills and strong intellectual curiosity. Track record of successfully navigating complex, matrixed organizations with the ability to develop a wide network of strong relationships up, down and across the business to influence outcomes and drive results. Experience partnering with and coaching C-level executives preferred. Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
- Project management, problem solving and resourcefulness
- Strong organization and project management skills, including attention to detail as well as the ability to manage complex projects and navigate matrixed organization structures; resourceful, with strong problem-solving ability and learning agility; able to take an issue in the business and create plan to address through people
- Education College degree or equivalent working experience preferred.
Our Competencies for All Employees
- Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
- Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
- Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
- Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
- Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
- Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person’s career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
- Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale
- and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
Tapestry, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration.
These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or [email protected]
Work Setup Hybrid
BASE PAY RANGE $185,000.00 TO $200,000.00 Annually