Associate, Global Talent

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The Associate, Global Talent is responsible for the operational execution of Tapestry’s global talent portfolio. This role serves as a key partner to the Global Talent team by ensuring programs are well organized, executed on time, and supported by accurate data, reporting, communications, systems administration, and project coordination.

Working across multiple enterprise initiatives, this individual coordinates day-to-day operations, manages program logistics, maintains talent data and reporting, develops materials, and helps deliver a consistent experience for leaders, HR partners, and employees. The role supports enterprise talent initiatives including but not limited to Success Profiles, Future-Ready Capabilities, Leadership Talent Review & Succession, Performance Management, Talent Mobility & Communities, Brand Building University, and Assessment & Certification.

The successful individual will support enterprise talent programs by…

Program & Project Management

• Coordinate the day-to-day execution of multiple enterprise talent and leadership development initiatives, ensuring projects remain organized, on schedule, and aligned to key milestones.

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, trackers, calendars, and documentation across the Global Talent portfolio.

• Coordinate review meetings, training sessions, and program logistics across initiatives including Leadership Talent Review, Brand Building University, Talent Communities, Success Profiles, and Future-Ready Capabilities.

• Track action items, monitor progress, and follow through on deliverables to support successful program execution.

Talent Operations, Data & Systems

• Maintain talent data within Workday and other talent systems, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and data integrity.

• Manage routine system administration, including TPS escalations, reporting, and support for performance and talent processes.

• Build and maintain dashboards, reporting, and analytics to monitor succession health, performance processes, capability embedding, certification completion, and other enterprise talent metrics.

• Produce recurring and ad hoc reports that help inform talent decisions and measure program effectiveness.

Communications & Enablement

• Develop and maintain presentations, toolkits, guides, communications, and other program materials that support enterprise talent initiatives.

• Coordinate communication distribution and support global launches and recurring talent processes.

• Partner with the team to create consistent, high-quality resources for leaders, HR partners, and employees.

Continuous Improvement

• Conduct research and benchmarking to support the design and evolution of talent programs, tools, and processes.

• Support pilot programs by tracking outcomes, documenting learnings, and identifying opportunities to improve execution and the overall participant experience.

• Recommend process improvements that enhance team efficiency, reporting, and operational excellence.

Partnership & Team Support

• Partner closely with HR Business Partners, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of enterprise talent initiatives.

• Provide operational support for talent reviews, governance meetings, and enterprise talent processes.

• Serve as a reliable resource for day-to-day coordination, follow-up, and execution across the Global Talent team.

The accomplished individual will possess…

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field preferred

• 1-2 years of experience in HR, talent management, leadership development or organizational development

• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and recurring deadlines simultaneously.

• High attention to detail, particularly when managing data, reporting, and operational processes.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create polished materials and communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholders.

• Comfort working with data and reporting tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Workday, and AI-enabled productivity tools.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify issues, recommend solutions, and continuously improve processes.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, highly collaborative, and matrixed organization while managing competing priorities.

Our Competencies for All Employees
Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
 
Our Competencies for All People Managers
Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.                                                                                                    
 

Tapestry, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.

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Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or [email protected]

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