Vice President of Global Talent Management

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven executive to join our HR leadership team as the Vice President of Global Talent Management. This pivotal role reports to the CHRO and is the primary strategist for Talent Management. This role leads and oversees the development and implementation of transformative talent strategies, cultivation of exceptional leaders, and fostering of a unified organizational culture on a global scale to drive sustainable business growth. This role has a significant positive impact on business success and provides thought leadership and benchmark practices to drive excellence in all facets of the employee life cycle. This role acts as a strategic partner who collaborates closely with executive business leaders and HR Business Partners to align talent initiatives with organizational priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shape and execute a forward-looking, comprehensive global talent management strategy that directly supports Renesas’ organizational goals and embeds a culture of excellence.
• Design and manage a robust executive leadership development framework to cultivate a diverse and future-ready leadership pipeline. Provide strategic coaching and mentorship to senior leaders, enabling maximum organizational impact.
• Spearhead the design and implementation of cutting-edge learning initiatives tailored to accelerate employee growth, enhance skills, and drive career progression across a global workforce.
• Serve as a thought leader by developing key performance indicators and workforce analytics to provide insight and perspective to leadership and work in a collaborative way to monitor performance and anticipate potential talent gaps.
• Provide strong leadership in the areas of organizational performance, development and training, and inspire Renesas employees to achieve elevated levels of performance and productivity.
• Develop and lead innovative solutions related to employee engagement, leadership assessment and development, and performance management, driving higher performance through a simplified, strategic, and data-driven approach.
• Build specific engagement programs with existing company-wide resources, including recognition programs, talent development programs, career progression mapping and more.
• Responsible for internally building a specific talent development curriculum focusing on early career, mid-career, and emerging and senior leadership. This includes programs that identify, nurture, and advance top talent, ensuring a seamless succession pipeline for critical leadership roles.
• Leverage advanced analytics to derive actionable insights, refine talent management strategies, and monitor program effectiveness to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Develop and deploy impactful communication strategies to ensure global organization-wide engagement and alignment with talent management initiatives.

• 15+ years of professional experience in progressive HR roles with technical domain expertise in Talent Management and 5 years in a senior leadership position.
• Proven record of leading a high-performing, innovative global talent management team.  
• An ideal candidate would have had global roles in the high-tech industry at various levels of maturity and is able to quantify success in each environment.
• Demonstrated understanding and proven experience in what it takes to support and drive organizational and behavioral change.
• Has delivered best practices in all facets of talent management, leadership development, succession planning, performance management, organizational change and integration, talent retention and engagement.
• Expertise across a broad spectrum of HR disciplines and tools. Comprehensive knowledge and leadership of diverse HR functions, and preferably HR business partner experience at a strategic level.
• Proven expertise in vendor selection, negotiation, and management, fostering strong, strategic partnerships to drive business outcomes.
• Extensive experience in developing partnerships with academic institutions, such as universities and other learning organizations, to promote innovation, research collaboration, and talent development initiatives.
• Possesses courage of conviction with the willingness to oversee challenging decisions. Exudes humble confidence and a level of situational self-awareness to listen, takes advice, and fosters a culture of continued innovation.

Key Characteristics:

• Initiative-taker who can lead through ambiguity to create clarity and structure.
• Cultivate a results-focused culture, driving organizational excellence and execution.
• Deliver measurable results with a focus on achieving organizational objectives and priorities.
• Team-builder and developer across own team, but also across the HR and Renesas organization
• Able to work with agility at a fast pace and effectively in an environment of change.
• Instill trust and influence in decision-making.
• Strong collaborator and communicator across all levels of the organization.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in HR / related discipline; Master’s in HR/OD or MBA preferred.

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’     
 
At Renesas, you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers' evolving needs and help make people’s lives easier, safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system, including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups, will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark?  

Join Renesas. Shape Your Future with Us.  

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