Lead, Talent Management

At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses.  We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people—Kyndryls—that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.

What you will do Administer and support on-going and annual talent management projects and initiatives, including talent planning, performance management, succession planning, organizational talent reviews, assessments, digital credentials, coaching, global skills and career framework, talent cards, career development, and leadership / executive development processes. Diagnose organizational and functional challenges through structured needs analysis and data review. Support career job architecture and skills-based framework by aligning job profiles, skills, competencies, career paths, and requirements to enable success, across various professions including but not limited to Finance, Legal, Marketing, CIO, Data Science, Technology Specialist functions, HR, etc. Responsible for governing and continuously evolving Kyndryl’s enterprise job architecture, skills framework, and career model, enabling consistent talent practices, workforce planning, career mobility, and skills-based growth while ensuring alignment between business strategy, workforce needs, and employee development.  Coordinate to initiative project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, communications, stakeholder engagement, change management activities, enablement materials, presentations, and checkpoints for organizational development and talent projects and initiatives. Support process execution from in-take through deployment and measurement, ensuring clear ownership, handoffs, service levels, escalation paths, and operational follow-through. Partner with Global Process Owners and Talent Partners to translate process design into repeatable execution, including documentation, templates, checklists, standard operating procedures, and governance routines. Contribute to initiatives such as organizational redesign, capability building, and business process re-engineering. Anticipate execution risks, surface barriers, track decisions and action items, and help resolve operational issues so work progresses with consistency and accountability. Maintain operating cadences, project trackers for the work, and action plans that support predictable delivery across global talent and learning processes. Prepare materials for forums, leadership reviews, talent business reviews, and functional business reviews, ensuring leadership has decision-ready information. Support compliance, data privacy, security, and data-handling expectations for organizational development and talent processes, partnering with appropriate stakeholders when sensitive employee or talent data is involved. Support the effective use of Workday, HCM platforms, reporting tools, collaboration tools, MyKyndryl knowledge articles, AI-enabled tools, and other technologies used to execute and scale talent processes. Build and maintain practical resources such as playbooks, process mapping, FAQ’s, knowledge articles, and training materials to help stakeholders execute consistently. Develop, maintain, and quality-check trackers, and reports related to project plans, process execution, talent planning, global skills and career planning, assessments, digital credentials, employee development, leadership / executive development, etc.  Stay current on talent management best practices, emerging technologies, AI-enabled ways of working, HR operations trends, and process improvement methods.

Required skills and experience Bachelor's or Master's degree in