Senior Talent Management Specialist

CIMMYT is seeking a dynamic, self-motivated, and service-oriented professional for the position of Senior Talent Management with a strong focus on design and deploy CIMMYT’s integrated talent management strategy in partnership with HR and Chapter leaders, covering promotions, succession planning, talent development, long-term workforce planning, and organizational structure reviews. This position can be based in either New Delhi or Nairobi.

Specific Duties

Performance Management

• Design and implement CIMMYT’s talent and performance review process in line with CIMMYT talent management strategy, ensuring a unified approach to goal setting, development, and promotion readiness.

• Provide analytics and reports linking performance outcomes with compensation, promotion, and development decisions.

Succession & Organizational Planning

• Maintain a dynamic succession planning framework covering critical and leadership roles across all programs, functions, and countries.

• Collaborate with HR team members, Directors, and Program Leads to identify successors, readiness levels, and development plans.

• Lead annual talent reviews and update succession risk maps to inform workforce planning.

• Support leadership capability assessments, career path mapping, and high-potential development initiatives.

• Monitor the implementation of individual development plans to strengthen readiness pipelines.

• Support organizational design discussions and talent moves that enhance structure, agility, and cross-functional collaboration.

Analytics and Continuous Improvement

• Generate dashboards and insights that integrate performance, succession, and development data for senior management, inc. evaluation of effectiveness.

• Prepare institutional talent management reports and briefings for leadership, governance bodies, and donors as needed.

 Advisory and Collaboration

• Provide expert support to HR Business Partners and managers on talent identification, development planning, and career progression.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years work experience in similar roles.

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or related field. A Bachelor’s degree with significant additional relevant experience may be accepted.

• Demonstrated experience in designing or implementing performance and succession frameworks, and in talent analytics or reporting.

• Strong facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and advisory skills with proven ability to influence across diverse teams.

• Strong communication skills.

• Advanced English - C1.