Director, Talent Enablement

At Quadient, we support businesses of all sizes in their digital transformation and growth journey, unlocking operational efficiency with reliable, secure, and sustainable automation processes.

Our success in delivering innovation and business growth is inspired by the connections our diverse teams create every day, with our clients and each other.

It’s these connections that make Quadient such an exceptional place to grow your career, develop your skills and make a real impact – help our future-focused business lead the way in powering secure and sustainable business connections through digital and physical channels.

We’re looking for a strategic and execution‑driven Director of Talent Enablement to manage a global portfolio of Talent programmes and operational initiatives. This role requires exceptional programme leadership, strong commercial and financial ownership, and the ability to build rigorous processes that enable consistent, scalable delivery.

If you excel at programme management, performance tracking, P&L ownership, RFP leadership, and knowledge management then this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end‑to‑end delivery of Talent programmes with strong governance, reporting, and measurable outcomes.
• Oversee portfolio tracking, operational performance management, and executive‑level insights.
• Develop and drive the knowledge strategy and execution across the broader Talent team, ensuring that knowledge and best practice are documented, lessons learned are captured and that all policy and process documentation is updated and version controlled.
• Own budgets, vendor partnerships, commercial negotiations, and P&L for the programmes.
• Manage and run RFP processes from requirements to vendor selection.
• Ensure processes, templates, and programme standards are consistent across all areas.
• Lead the data strategy for Talent, collaborating with HR to define KPIs, standards, governance and management to ensure quality, consistency and accurate data usage across the People function.
• Lead and mentor project managers and specialist teams across build/run activities.

Must‑Have Expertise

• Proven leadership of large‑scale programme and portfolio management in complex, global environments.
• Strong experience in performance management, operational tracking, and executive reporting.
• Demonstrated success in P&L management, vendor negotiation, and budget ownership.
• Experience leading end‑to‑end RFP processes and managing external partners.
• Deep understanding of knowledge management, process mapping, documentation, and continuous improvement (e.g., Six Sigma or similar).
• Strong people leadership, with experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and change‑leadership capabilities.

Beneficial Experience

• Background working with HR, Talent, or People Operations teams.
• Familiarity with HRIS, LMS or ATS platform
• Experience in fast‑paced, transforming organisations.