Global Talent Partner - (M/F)

Whatever their stage of life, we provide over 108 million customers with the products and services they need to progress. From insurance to personal protection, and savings to wealth management, no matter the need we’re always there for them. And we’re always there for our employees. In 50 countries, we work hard to inspire pride and a sense of belonging in our people. To provide opportunities that challenge them, inspire them, and reward them. And to create a culture that’s open, supportive, and empowering. Because we know that’s the real secret to success – and the best way for us to keep building a better world for both our customers and the talented people who put them first.

Your work environment

The headquarters of the AXA Group (GIE AXA) brings together our corporate activities. It provides guidance and support to subsidiaries around the world, to ensure the coordination and monitoring of the Group's global strategy, the application of its standards, the consistency of commercial approaches and the sharing of best practices. The headquarters gathers approximately 1000 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities), which makes it a rich and stimulating place to work.

Context

The Global HR Talent Partner role is a pivotal position in terms of talent management for AXA’s senior population.  It is an opportunity to work globally, across all of AXA, with diverse stakeholders, and a variety of talent topics which impact the way AXA attracts, identifies, develops, places, and retains key senior talent.  The role-holder will build experience of working on high impact, visible topics, building understanding of strategic priorities across the Group and supporting business achievement through talent initiatives.   

Working within the Group HR Talent & Learning team, the role-holder will focus on driving career development activities for the Top 2000 population and the Professional Families across the Group, and also supporting talent activities for the AXA Global Leadership Population (GLN – Top 250 AXA leaders).  There are also a number of short and longer-term projects and initiatives which focus on driving impact in talent, performance and career development for these global populations, including topics on capability, assessment, recruitment, and mobility.

Primary responsibilities

• Leading career development activities for the Top 2000 population across AXA, collaborating across entities to support this key population towards the achievement of career steps at AXA, including future GLN positions.
• Driving and supporting initiatives to build and optimize talent pipelining and capability for Professional Families.
• Supporting succession planning, recruitment, and career management activities for the GLN population across AXA.
• Leading and contributing to the skills and capability topic across AXA; designing and implementing an approach to identify and develop essential capabilities for now and into the future.
• Leading and contributing towards the design and management of specific career management programs and initiatives such as Evolve, the Talent Exchange, the Talent Forum, the Heads of Talent community.
• Supporting the Group Organisation & Talent Review process (OTR).
• Working with other Group HR teams and communities to ensure a seamless and optimized approach to talent priorities across the Group, including I&D, and Learning.
• Supporting the use of psychometrics in support of career and talent management activities, in particular Hogan.

Technical and professional skills

• 8+ years’ in HR or equivalent experience, ideally with experience in talent management or business partnering positions or similar
• Experience of recruitment, especially at a senior level, would be a plus but not essential
• Capacity to partner effectively with varied and senior stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills; strong English and French writing and verbal skills
• Excellent influencing skills and capacity to engage and challenge different audiences
• Solid project management ability and capacity to manage multiple topics simultaneously
• Experience in a multicultural, transversal, or corporate center environment
• Skills in building effective and engaging proposals and papers
• Solid skills in IT fundamentals; using PPT, social media etc.
• Accreditation in Hogan or other psychometrics a plus but not necessary

Competencies and approaches

• Capacity to work with autonomy whilst prioritizing collaboration and co-creation
• Agile learner who understands and adapts to different business contexts
• Bringing proactivity and pragmatism to complex topics
• Leveraging creative problem-solving capability
• Able to build relationships and collaborate with diverse profiles
• Ability to operate at pace and with impact
• Planful and organized whilst comfortable with ambiguity
• A team player, supporting others with generosity

Why AXA ? Every day, we work together for human progress by protecting what matters. A mission that puts a smile on your face and makes you want to get up in the morning !

One of the world's leading insurers in the protection of property, people and assets, AXA is 145,000 employees and contributors who are committed to our customers on a daily basis, 51 countries in which we distribute our products and services and more than 90 million customers who place their trust in us worldwide.  As a responsible corporate citizen, AXA is committed to social and environmental causes on a daily basis. We are committed to an inclusive policy that recognizes and values individual differences. Do these ambitions speak to you ? Then come and change the world with us !

The headquarters of the AXA Group is based in Paris - La Défense (Majunga Tower) and brings together the Group's corporate activities. It is distinguished by its strong international culture.

You will join:

• A responsible company, towards people, including its employees and customers, and towards the planet 
• A company with strong values
• A company promoting internal mobility and the training of its employees
• A company offering many benefits (learn more here: Reward & Benefits | AXA Group)
• A flexible company, allowing hybrid work, in the office and from home.

The information provided by applicants will be treated as strictly confidential and used for recruitment purposes only.