Group Talent Management Lead

• Build Solo’s talent management foundation following the combination of Solo, midocean and XD Connects
• Grow performance and establish clear, differentiated performance expectations
• Secure succession and conduct talent reviews
• Develop current and future leaders
• Build functional academies and develop critical business expertise
• Create an integrated talent strategy covering performance management, talent reviews, succession planning and leadership development
• Use data and business insight to identify current talent and future capability needs
• Assess how automation and AI will reshape roles and teams
• Lead talent acquisition and recruitment at scale
• Build the employer brand
• Develop campus recruitment, internship and trainee programs
• Challenge hiring needs by evaluating whether to hire, develop, automate or redesign
• Improve leadership pipelines, succession outcomes, retention of critical talent and organizational adaptability
• Work directly with the executive team across a European organization

• Experience building talent management frameworks covering performance, succession and leadership development
• Experience in a multi-entity or post-merger environment
• Experience owning recruitment at scale, ideally in a growing or newly merged organization
• Willingness to work hands-on as an individual contributor initially
• Readiness to build and lead a team as the function grows
• Confidence working with executive leadership and engaging stakeholders
• Experience using AI tools for talent reviews, succession mapping, candidate sourcing and screening
• Ability to work across cultures and languages
• Experience working with French and Dutch teams
• Builder mindset rather than maintainer mindset

• Direct collaboration with the executive team
• Opportunity to build and lead a talent management team as the function grows
• Work across France, the Netherlands and other European countries
• Exposure to different cultures, languages and perspectives
• Opportunity to shape the talent function from the ground up
• High-impact role in a company on a clear growth path