Senior Talent Program Manager(m/w/x)

We’re looking for a Senior Talent Program Manager to drive transformational talent programs that support our global People strategy. You'll be the operational heartbeat of the Global Talent & D&I team—leading key initiatives, ensuring excellence across projects, and enabling the growth of our people and leaders. This is a strategic, high-impact role that combines program leadership with hands-on delivery. You'll report directly to the Global Talent & D&I Leader and act as a critical partner in embedding our purpose, values, and people transformation agenda across the business. **Your mission:** * Lead Global Talent Programs: Own and activate key programs, including our Mondi Values refresh—ensuring alignment through learning, communications, and HR process integration. Embed standardization and simplification principles across initiatives for scalability and impact. * Drive D&I Impact: Lead initiatives focused on diverse talent, including global female leadership programs and supporting employee resource groups (ERGs). Ensure consistent frameworks across the group. * Enhance HR Capability: Design and deliver HR transformation programs, particularly around change leadership and future-ready HR skills. Promote lean thinking in program design and implementation to maximise effectiveness and minimize complexity. * Employee Listening: Create and manage our employee listening strategy, including surveys, insights, and activation calendars. Use structured, repeatable approaches to drive consistency and clarity in feedback loops. * Future-Ready Leadership: Support the development of servant leadership capabilities globally to ensure our leaders are prepared for tomorrow. Build structured yet flexible pathways that support simplification and global relevance. **Your profile:** * Bachelor's or Master's in HR, Organizational Development, Business, or related field. * Minimum of 10 years of experience in talent, learning and leadership development roles with increasing responsibility, including at least 5 years leading a talent function * Deep expertise in HR transformations with a strong track record in standardising and simplifying complex talent processes across regions or business units. * Experience in leading talent experts and driving consistently, high-impact programming through lean and scalable methods. * Experience working in an HR leadership role in a publicly listed company (PLC) ideally London-listed * Conceptually strong, with the ability to translate strategy into structured, repeatable solutions * Expertise in state-of-the-art employee listening software and programs, including survey design, data interpretation, and action planning * Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity; proven ability to apply agile and lean methodologies in fast-paced environments. * Strong presentation skills and facilitation experience, needed to effectively deliver a variety of learning and leadership programs to groups of leaders and experts * Demonstrated ability to work in a demanding, high performance work environment and team-oriented culture * Excellent collaboration, influencing, project management, organizational and change agent skills * Sound knowledge of union/employee relations **Our offer:** * Type: Full-Time. Base salary based on experience and knowledge & annual bonus based on performance. * Start: as soon as possible * Location: our offices in either Vienna, the UK or Poland * Duration: unlimited contract * Extent: full-time, 38 hours / week, all-in contract Benefits: Learning & Development; Events for employees; Mobile phone for employees; Remote work flexibility **Our strength lies in our diversity.** We are dedicated to creating a team that reflects the diversity of the world we operate in. We encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups, including women, visible minorities, LGBTQI+ individuals, and people with disabilities. Even if you don't meet all the listed qualifications, we still want to hear from you. We believe in your potential and are committed to supporting you as you grow and learn at Mondi. If you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, please reach out to the contact person listed above. Awards: