Lead Talent Management Consultant
Cross-team expert
Career Explorer · People / Human Resources · Succession Planning
Standard where business need supports the level
What the role involves
- Autonomy
- Sets approach for a domain
- Scope
- Multiple teams / major programs / critical capabilities
- Time horizon
- Quarters
- Expertise and judgement
- Integrates disciplines; influences architecture/process; multiplies others
- Expected impact
- Creates reusable direction and cross-team impact
Expected skills (21)
Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.
Human (10)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accountability Personal Effectiveness | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Active listening Communication & Influence | Core | P3 | Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues. |
| Collaboration Collaboration & Leadership | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Critical thinking Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Customer empathy Personal Effectiveness | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Learning agility Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Ownership Personal Effectiveness | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Problem solving Thinking & Judgment | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Verbal communication Communication & Influence | Core | P3 | Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues. |
| Written communication Communication & Influence | Core | P3 | Handles complex situations, adapts methods and coaches less-experienced colleagues. |
Professional (11)
| Skill | Importance | Target | What that level looks like |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business acumen Business & Strategy | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| HR business partnering People & Organization | Core | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Change management People & Organization | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Compensation design People & Organization | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Employee relations People & Organization | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Organization design People & Organization | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| People analytics People & Organization | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Performance management Business & Strategy | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Talent acquisition People & Organization | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Talent management People & Organization | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
| Workforce planning People & Organization | Supporting | P4 | Sets standards, integrates the skill across teams and resolves novel or high-impact problems. |
Career ladder
Reached from
Next steps
- Principal Talent Management ConsultantIC5IC promotion
Move from cross-team leadership to enterprise/domain authority; shape strategy, investment, standards and multi-team outcomes.
What changes to advance
Move from cross-team leadership to enterprise/domain authority; shape strategy, investment, standards and multi-team outcomes.
Source: SHRM BASK; CIPD Profession Map · JF0286-IC4