Vice President, Head of Performance Management and Promotions

Job Summary:

As the Global Head of Performance Management and Promotions, you will drive the strategic direction and execution of performance management initiatives and promotional strategies across the firm.Key responsibilities include managing the performance management lifecycle, which includes People Manager Expectations, Objective Setting, Career Development Month, Mid-Year, and Year-End reviews.

Additionally, the role involves overseeing our promotions processes, with a particular focus on Managing Director promotions and collaboration with the MD Promotion Committee, as well as managing our recognition programs (BLK Awards).

Key Responsibilities: 

• Performance Management Strategy: Design, implement, and manage a global performance management framework that aligns with organizational goals, incorporating objective setting, ongoing feedback, and performance evaluations to drive accountability and excellence.

• Promotions Process Leadership: Design and oversee a transparent, equitable, and merit-based global promotions process, ensuring alignment with organizational talent needs. Lead the Managing Director promotion process, partnering with senior leaders on the Managing Director Promotion Committee (MDPC).

• Operational Excellence: Ensure operational excellence across our talent practices while identifying opportunities for efficiency, innovation, and improvement.

• Change Management: Oversee the design and delivery of change management efforts to embed new performance and promotion practices, ensuring buy-in from leaders and employees through thoughtful communications and upskilling.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate closely with key stakeholders within HR (Business Partners, Analytics & Reporting, Regional Talent Management teams, Compensation, etc.) and the business to understand commercial needs and align talent strategies to achieve business goals.

• Technology Optimization: Partner with internal Platform and Reporting teams to build and implement tools to streamline and scale processes and enhance the user experience.

Requirements:

• Delivery Excellence: Proven track record of delivering high-quality, accurate, and timely work.

• Strategic Mindset: Ability to think critically and creatively to solve problems and innovate to align talent practices with organizational goals.

• Consultative:Demonstratedtalent in serving as a trusted advisor through asking thought-provoking questions to diagnose issues and brainstorm solutions.

• Change Leadership:Expertise in leading change management processes to drive adoption of talent practices and key initiatives, including stakeholder management, communication planning, and upskilling.

• Collaboration and Communication Skills: Skilled at effectively collaborating with internal teams and stakeholders. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly with senior audiences.