Global Leader, Talent Management, Career and Performance

At Trane Technologies^TM  and through our businesses including Trane^® and Thermo King^®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what’s possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

The Role

The Global Leader for Talent Management, Career and Performance is responsible for developing, initiating and continuously improving business programs that drive retention, promotion, growth and succession of talent across the enterprise. This role is responsible for leveraging a global team who together keep our talent practices alive ensuring they’re delivering healthy succession and talent for growth. We are looking for a leader with a creative mindset who wakes up every day excited to build a robust talent strategy for growth.  You will report directly to our VP, Talent and Organization Capability and will work out of our Davidson, North Carolina location on a hybrid work schedule.

Principal Responsibilities

Talent Strategy Development:

• Design and implement global talent management strategies and practices that support the company’s strategic goals
•  Continuously improve talent and performance management practices to meet evolving business needs.

Enterprise Talent Management

• Partner with HRVPs to create and own enterprise leadership talent pool
•  Lead enterprise talent management strategies for critical talent pools.
• Partner with leaders and HR business partners to ensure robust succession strategies and pipelines.
• Act as internal talent liaison for critical talent pools.

Performance Management:

• Design and implement global performance management strategies and practices that support the company’s strategic goals.
• Lead the development and execution of performance management processes and systems.
• Ensure alignment of performance management practices with business objectives and company culture.

Career Development:

• Design and implement career development frameworks and initiatives that support employee growth, engagement and retention.
• Develop and promote career experiences and succession planning processes.
• Partner to create and lead development programs for key talent pools.

Talent Assessment

•  Lead talent assessment activities to support ongoing people development and talent evaluation needs across the enterprise.
• Maintain and develop relationships with strategic assessment partners to deliver market-leading assessment practices and build and develop an internal network of skilled coaches to support this work.

Data-Driven Decision Making:

•  Utilize data and analytics to measure the effectiveness of talent management programs and initiatives.
• Provide insights and recommendations to senior leadership based on data analysis.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI):

• Champion DEI initiatives and ensure they are integrated into all talent management practices.
• Promote a diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will have 10-15 years of demonstrated enterprise organization development, change, transformation and/or talent management experience in a global, matrixed business paired with human resources. 

• Degree or qualifications in related discipline
• Track record of increasing responsibility in talent management and / or organizational effectiveness successfully identifying strong leaders, successors and using data to drive the effectiveness of the organization.
•  Proven experience in diagnosing organization capability requirements, outlining a strategy, and translating this into a practical execution plan.
• Commercial acumen with a natural curiosity to understand the business, building credibility.
• Ability to create order from ambiguity & willingness to roll up sleeves to directly solve problems.
• Possesses a pragmatic approach to talent management and organization effectiveness; operates with a sense of urgency.
• High EQ and empathy with ability to balance people and business decisions.
• Demonstrated strong diagnostic, analytical, and quantitative skills with a demonstrated track record for translating data into guidance and plans.
• Is an excellent and creative collaborator with the ability to grasp issues quickly and work on the right things at the right time.
• Demonstrated track record of effectively driving change across the organization with established change management frameworks.

Equal Employment Opportunity:   
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.