Senior People Development Manager

Why This Role Matters

 
Join the team that develops our most important resource – our people. As a Senior People Development Manager, you will shape future-ready capabilities that enable our business to win, while putting a smile on customers’ faces through a highly engaged, skilled, and purpose-driven workforce. This role plays a critical part in translating strategy into impactful development experiences that drive performance, culture, and long-term growth.


What You’ll Be Doing

• Translate business strategy into clear capability agendas, partnering with senior stakeholders to identify critical skills, leadership shifts, and future gaps
• Design end-to-end capability journeys (not just programmes) that are scalable, blended, and aligned to our O+O (Offline + Online) business model
• Drive employee engagement by embedding culture, purpose, and values into development initiatives
• Facilitate high-impact learning experiences that build leadership, performance, and behavioural change at scale
• Manage multiple projects effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Embed data and analytics into learning design, continuously measuring impact and optimising solutions for ROI and business outcomes
• Partner across the People Team to align development strategies with talent, succession, and organisational priorities
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, embedding purpose, values, and modern ways of working into everyday experiences
• Operate as a trusted advisor to the business, influencing how leaders think about capability, performance, and growth

What You'll Bring

• Excellent facilitation skills with the ability to engage and inspire diverse audiences
• Agility and curiosity, with a passion for innovation in learning and continuous improvement
  Strategic thinking with the ability to translate business needs into impactful capability solutions
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, operating confidently at senior levels
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, customer-focused mindset
• Deep understanding of talent and leadership development trends, with a data-driven approach to decision-making
• Proven ability to design scalable, blended learning solutions aligned to business needs
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage complexity and deliver outcomes

How You Will Make An Impact

• Strengthen organisational capability by building critical skills aligned to business strategy
• Drive measurable improvements in performance, engagement, and leadership effectiveness
• Enable a high-performance, customer-focused culture through impactful development journeys
• Enhance collaboration across teams as a core way of working
• Deliver scalable, data-driven learning solutions that generate clear business value and ROI
• Build a future-ready workforce equipped to succeed in an evolving O+O environment

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. The information provided will be treated in strict confidence and be used only for consideration of your application for relevant/ similar posts within the AS Watson Group