Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

As a Director, of People Strategy, you will actively and proactively collaborate within your team and across the business to conceive, create, implement, and execute programs and solutions in support of the growth and advancement of our people and our business. Your role will focus on supporting the Strategy and Management Consulting team with measurable programs that drive engagement and learning, adding value to the individuals, the team, and ultimately our delivery to our clients and their customers.

Your Impact:

• Partnering with the global Strategy leadership team to help create and deliver the overall People strategy that supports our transformation.
• Collaborating with People team members to develop and implement policies and procedures surrounding People processes that represent innovative, best practices for the company.
• Developing the strategic talent plan in alignment with business growth plans while helping grow and develop our talent to meet future needs.
• Partnering with leaders and the People Strategy team to ensure we are supporting and coaching our People Managers to engage their teams, drive retention and focus on teams’ happiness.
• Partnering with the Learning and Organizational Development (L&OD) and Talent teams to implement talent review, succession planning, and bespoke L&OD solutions.
• Train and counsel management in People processes such as promotions, compensation management, growth conversations, talent reviews, etc.
• Support employees with issues and queries regarding people policies, procedures, and programs.

Your Skills & Experience:

• Demonstrated experience delivering programs, such as competency model development, evaluation methodology and coaching, bonus planning, promotion rounds, Impact Awards, etc., while balancing local and global people-related initiatives.
• Expertise in working with strategy teams in a global capacity across EMEA and NA to design and manage program implementation and execution as appropriate.
• Proven track record of creating and implementing regional talent strategies to meet ever-changing business needs in a Strategy Consulting environment.
• Ability to manage sometimes-conflicting priorities of various leadership teams and initiatives while producing exceptional results that drive our business forward.
• Comfortable within an agile methodology, partnering with leadership in People Strategy to pilot new ways of working that are globally scaleable.
• A demonstrated understanding of personalities and behavioural styles in order to work collaboratively with a variety of people and to make informed decisions regarding organizational design and effective relationship management.
• Commercial acumen: Has a good overall understanding of company finances and uses this information to challenge and provide creative solutions in resource and succession planning.
• Strong business orientation and demonstrated success at driving business results through people-based solutions.

Set Yourself Apart With:

• Excellent judgment, interpersonal skills, and negotiation skills.
• Creative and innovative, with the ability to design engaging solutions and facilitate change.
• Demonstrable maturity, professionalism, and gravitas.
• A coaching attitude, skills, and mindset.

A Tip from the Hiring Manager:

“Ideal candidates will have excellent relationship development skills to influence and engage key stakeholders across our matrixed business.”

"This person should have a strong commercial approach, the ability and passion for utilizing data and metrics to look at the efficacy of all talent strategies – people management and development, talent acquisition, organization development – and continually optimize these in pace with the business."

“This is a job for a person who is comfortable being a visible advocate of our company culture to help our people to understand and align with our Core Values.”

Benefits of Working Here:

• Flexible vacation policy: time is not limited, allocated, or accrued
• 16 paid holidays throughout the year
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Corporate gift matching program

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicis.sapient.com or you may call us at +1-617-621-0200.

Pay Range: $108,000 - $210,000

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.