Director, Talent Motions

Equinix•Dallas, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for supporting the Strategic Partnerships function as well as managing a team of Talent Motions Managers. While the role has clearly defined areas of responsibility, it is also fluid and will need to be able flex into areas of focus, as needs of the function shift. They may need to step in as a delegate for Strategic Partnership Leadership Team members. They will engage in complex situations, requiring prioritizing competing demands, which requires understanding business/stakeholder needs, and facilitating outcomes based on changing priorities. This will require outstanding organizational skills and trust. The role requires an individual who collaborates well and drives results through others, can establish strong credibility and trusted relationships to manage sensitive and delicate matters, and can speak up, step up and offer alternative viewpoints with credibility. They must bring an enterprise mindset, with strong business acumen, creativity, humility, and levity to all work efforts. An effective candidate will have strong ability to build deep partnerships, analyze nuanced issues, synthesize, and strategically communicate, and lead through influence.

Requirements

Minimum 15 years Human Resources experience, particularly in an HR Program Management, Business Advisory, HR Business Partner, or employee-facing role
Previous experience managing teams of HR professionals preferred
Excellent ability to source, synthesize and interpret data and context to tell astory and influence decision makers
Strong evidence of systems thinking
Strategic and transformational thinking, linking the organizational objectives toconcrete recommendations and options
Experience of coaching senior level leaders, confidence in challenging leadersand offering alternative perspectives and input
Experience leading organizational design, change management, andorganizational effectiveness preferred
Experience with change management, executing of global HR programs
Broad depth of experience across all HR concentrations
Experience working in a fast-paced environment with a bias towards action and solutions in line with business goals

Nice To Haves

Anticipates business needs and adapts accordingly
Leads change initiatives with clarity and confidence
Proactively considers cross-functional and downstream implications
Translates complex data into actionable insights
Uses storytelling to influence and inspire
Balances innovation with operational practicality
Encourages diverse perspectives and healthy debate
Influences with empathy and credibility
Fosters inclusion, trust, and collaboration
Demonstrates resilience and adaptability
Encourages learning and development
Promotes a culture of continuous improvement

Responsibilities

Engages with FPTs to ensure a certain level of consistency is met, including defining, improving, and enabling a predictable talent motion cadence that seamlessly weaves together all People Team initiatives into meaningful, coordinated, and timely talent conversations with business leaders.
Collaborates with Workforce Insights to ensure the metrics and tools are available to facilitate these strategic people conversations.
Remains closely aligned to People Team Big Bet owners to support Strategic Partnership enablement of products and solutions, share and receive feedback, and ensure business sentiment is shared
Remains closely aligned with Strategy team to ensure Strategic Partnership initiative timelines are accurately represented and resourced, flagging any time, mindshare, or resource constraints
Leads a team of Talent Motions Managers who are flexibly deployed across FPTs to support strategic and transformational HR needs on a project or interim basis
Collaborate with HR leadership and business stakeholders to assess demand, prioritize assignments, and ensure alignment of HRBP capabilities with organizational goals
Oversees resource allocation, ensuring timely and effective deployment of the team to support workforce planning, organizational change, and talent strategies
Provides coaching, performance feedback, and professional development to the team working in dynamic, cross-functional environments
Monitors engagement, workload, and impact of team, using data to inform decisions and continuously improve deployment strategies
Develop and maintain scalable processes for intake, assignment, onboarding, and offboarding of Talent Motions Manager resources, leveraging best practices from other pooled resource teams
Fosters a culture of agility, collaboration, and continuous learning within the pooled team
Is a strategic thought partner and member of the Strategic Partnerships Leadership Team (SPLT) in service to achievement of our organizational goals and objectives, to identify areas of opportunity for process improvement, and overall improved effectiveness/efficiency
Proactively prepares for HRBP team meetings, SPLT meetings, PLT meetings, cross-functional interlock sessions, Estaff updates, etc.
Designs, organizes, and facilitates agendas to ensure dialogue, decisions, follow-up and alignment with priorities and measures
Ensures there are clear actions at all times and an environment of measured execution and continuous improvement
Leads or represents Strategic Partnerships in cross-functional Enterprise/The People Team projects and initiatives, coordinating efforts among different teams and ensuring project milestones are met on time and within budget
Develops and drives effective communications across the Strategic Partnerships team, ensuring targeted messaging for audience and strategic timing to ensure right message at the right time
Writes a variety of executive presentations, including PowerPoint presentations, video scripts, articles and other communications vehicles
Collaborates with Finance and ITS to develop and manage budgets and headcount plans, ensuring appropriate resource allocation and cost control
Allocates budgets thoughtfully and in service to supporting enterprise and People Team initiatives
Manages cost control and organizational changes within the team as needed