Manager, Talent Management

Job Description:

Job Title
Manager, Talent Management

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
The Talent Management Supervisor role is a pivotal member of the Talent & Performance Management Center of Excellence (COE) within HR’s Global Talent organization. This role is responsible for leading and executing the business operational plan for multiple global talent processes. The role will design strategic initiatives to continuously innovate global talent management and talent pool development. Key areas of team oversight include Talent Marketplace, Talent Review, Succession Planning, Performance Management, and Talent Acceleration Programs. The role will utilize, build, refine, and implement progressive and industry-defining talent practices to develop people through various approaches.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational Leadership: Oversee day-to-day operations with partner organizations, advising HR Leaders on process implementation and ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Talent Marketplace: Design and implement a dynamic talent marketplace that aligns with individual career aspirations and company needs, fostering internal mobility and growth; sustain delivery and continuously improve the employee and manager experience over time.

Talent Reviews: Refresh and simplify talent review processes to create a consistent, objective, and user-friendly approach, tools, and resources that identify top talent and provide a comprehensive view of 3M’s top talent.

Succession Planning: Enhance the approach to succession planning, linked to talent reviews, to support both executive and non-executive talent planning, ensuring a robust pipeline of future leaders.

Top Talent Programs: Contribute to the design of programs aimed at identifying, developing, and retaining high-potential employees to ensure long-term organizational success and leadership continuity; facilitate nomination processes to ensure stakeholder communication is strategic, timely, and targeted.

Performance Management: Support the end-to-end performance management process, utilizing data insights to make informed recommendations and drive continuous improvement.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Master's degree or higher in Industrial-Organization Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources,

OR

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial-Organization Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources, and 10 years of experience in Talent Management.

AND

• Seven (7) years of Human Resources experience, with at least some expertise specifically in Talent Management.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Talent practice leadership to shape the strategic direction and ongoing delivery of talent management processes, ensuring alignment with 3M’s business priorities and talent philosophy.
• Proven ability to develop talent strategies for the business using organizational data, industry trends, and customer insights.
• Experience working in multinational environments with global processes and matrix structures.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to take initiative and build strong, productive relationships at all levels.
• Skilled in measuring and analyzing success to drive organizational initiatives.
• Demonstrated history of driving innovation and finding creative solutions that lead to tangible results.
• Ability to strike the right balance between speed/flexibility and process/compliance.
• Capability to engage in strategic business matters at both the conceptual and tactical levels.
• Experience in the design, communication, and delivery of strategic talent frameworks, talent identification, and development programs to ensure a strong and agile succession bench for all leaders and critical roles.

Work location:

• Hybrid Eligible (Job Duties allow for some remote work but re