Vice President, Global Talent Management

Responsibilities

• You will own the integrated Talent Management function that enables our employee performance and development with the business. Core accountabilities include:
• Partner with the business and HR leaders to align on a global talent strategy spanning performance management, succession planning, talent reviews, and L&D alignment
• Lead development of talent infrastructure: workforce planning and design, competency models, career paths, assessment tools, onboarding and year-one assimilation programs
• Practicing "co-creation" practices and leading with a "product development mindset" - Build and continuously improve talent programs that support the business strategies, deepen the talent pipeline, raise employee engagement, and support Intuitive's rapid global expansion
• Ensure talent systems, technologies, and processes are in place to execute reliably and cost-effectively across geographies. Keeping an eye on the employee experience - meeting them in the flow of work.
• Champion belonging, equity, diversity and inclusion through development programs and talent practice
• Maintain compliance with fiduciary and legal talent requirements applicable to a publicly traded company and US government contractor
• Partner with HR business partners and leaders creating global career paths, and pipeline development for talent
• Partnering with the HR business partners in driving organizational health metrics: employee engagement, bench strength, diversity representation, retention, and compliance
• Serve as an external thought leader - bringing best practices, market intelligence, and innovation into Intuitive's talent practices
• QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
• Experience & Education
• BS/BA in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, HR Management, or related field; MBA or advanced degree in Sciences or Engineering is a plus
• Proven experience building and leading a global Talent Management Center of Excellence - setting strategy, governance, and operating model
• Deep expertise across the full talent lifecycle: talent acquisition, performance management, L&D, succession planning, workforce planning, D&I, org design, change management, and culture
• Track record of delivering enterprise-wide programs on time and at scale across a complex global matrix
• Leadership & Interpersonal Capabilities
• Strategic mindset - able to anticipate talent trends, connect the dots from macro to micro, and build scalable initiatives
• Executional rigor - you close things; you drive programs from concept through measurement
• High emotional intelligence - skilled at building consensus, influencing without authority, and navigating organizational dynamics
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills; natural relationship builder across functions, levels, and geographies
• Analytical and consulting strengths - you use data to make the case and track impact

Requirements

• You lead with both head and heart. You are as comfortable framing a multi-year talent strategy for the CHRO. You bring credibility earned through deep expertise, trust earned through integrity, and momentum earned through results.
• You thrive in fast-moving, high-stakes environments and see complexity as opportunity. Most importantly, you believe - as we do - that developing great people is one of the highest-leverage things an organ

Benefits

Additional Information

Position Summary The Vice President of Global Talent Management is a forward-thinking, strategic enterprise leader responsible for shaping and executing a forward-looking talent strategy that enables Intuitive's growth, organizational agility and leadership excellence worldwide. This leader will be a partner to executive leadership, and HR leadership, aligning global talent strategy with business objectives to drive a high-performance culture in a rapidly growing and transforming global business. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, this person leads the design and execution of enterprise-wide talent initiatives, including leadership development, succession planning and workforce planning and design across all our global markets. This leader partners with business leaders, HR leaders, and cross-functional teams, leading with purpose to enable the business to scale and grow. With a strong leadership background in managing global, distributed teams, this leader fosters a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and operational excellence. Your customers: our leaders, our employees, HR, and key functional stakeholders. Our HR Purpose: In partnership with our people, we aim to cultivate a healthy, high-performing, and scalable culture-one that empowers our global teams to thrive and stay focused on what matters most: putting patients first. This is a rare opportunity to shape how a global, mission-driven MedTech company develops its most important asset: its people. As VP of Global Talent Management, you will build and lead the function that accelerates Intuitive's growth by attracting, developing, and retaining exceptional talent - worldwide.

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