The Role & Company

We are looking for a Skills, Capability & Performance Lead with a key focus on AI in Learning & Development, to shape how we build skills, strengthen leadership and enable high performance across a fast-paced, global organisation. This role is ideal for someone who prefers simplicity over complexity and can turn strategy into practical tools, frameworks and development experiences that people actually use.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate people and skills data into clear, actionable insights.
• Identify critical skills for today and the future, highlighting gaps and priorities.
• Improve role clarity and mobility pathways across regions.
• Design simple, scalable capability-building solutions for leaders, managers and teams.
• Create learning pathways that help people build the right skills at the right time.
• Equip HR Business Partners with practical tools, frameworks and guidance.
• Partner with leaders to define the capabilities each function needs to excel.
• Evolve learning tools and resources to make development faster and more integrated into everyday work.
• Strengthen performance routines through lightweight, user-friendly tools.
• Build technology-enabled development solutions that support real work and improve manager confidence with People processes.

About You

• Commercial, outcome-focused and experienced in connecting development to performance.
• Practical, iterative and comfortable testing and improving quickly.
• Collaborative, low-ego and effective at influencing without hierarchy.
• Adaptable and confident operating in evolving, fast-moving environments.
• Curious about technology and future-focused in how capability is built.

Skills & Experience

• Experience designing and delivering capability-building programmes.
• Background in skills or capability development in a digital, modern or global environment.
• Expertise in skill frameworks, capability models, role architecture or talent pathways.
• Strong understanding of digital learning and performance-enablement technology.
• Ability to simplify complexity into usable, scalable frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.

Desirable

• Experience in high-growth tech, digital, SaaS or product-led environments.
• Knowledge of leadership development, OD or performance management.

Success Measures (12–18 Months)

• Stronger manager capability and performance outcomes.
• Skills architecture embedded across key functions.
• Clear, accessible career pathways integrated into key people processes.
• Function-specific capability models delivered in partnership with HRBPs.
• Improved internal mobility, readiness and capability depth.
• Higher clarity, development and leadership confidence metrics.

How to apply

If you are interested in discussing this role further, please apply for the position or contact Kirstin Hunt at kh@elliottscotthr.com (Job code 63803).

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