Head of Learning

Corporate Functions includes the Group's non-banking activities and employs more than 600 people. These functions are carried out by specialists with expertise across all business units and include the Communications, Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Information Security, Internal Audit, Legal, Organisation & Digital, Risk and Tax departments.

Based in Geneva, this position reports hierarchically to the Head of HR Operations and Pictet Tech and functionally to the Global Head of Organisational & Talent Development. 

As such, you will play a key role in developing and implementing our Learning and Talent Development (LTD) strategy for our Pictet Tech and Operations business lines.

As a knowledgeable and experienced HR executive, comfortable working with senior management, you will play a key role in supporting our business objectives. You will build a strategy that seeks to further improve leadership capability, performance, employee upskilling to support growth and mobility, inclusion, and our unique employee value proposition. You will actively contribute to retaining, developing and leveraging talents using effective initiatives.

Your responsibilities will include:

•    Defining and implementing the learning and talent and development strategy through collaboration with, and coordination of, key stakeholders.

•    Developing employee skills through a solid and forward-looking learning and development (L&D) offering as well as mentoring and coaching programs. 

•    Implement hard-skill upskilling programs (GenAI, prompt engineering, data literacy, …).

•    Enhancing leadership capabilities.

•    Coordinating the talent management process, working with the HR team and senior management to identify and train successors for key roles, high potential talent and participants for key talent development programs.

•    Coordinating the performance management process (improving the feedback culture as well as the link between performance and rewards).

•    Collaborating with colleagues from across the Group to advance the HR and learning and talent agenda, actively participating in the LTD community of expertise, and contributing to matters of expertise and co-led projects.  

•    Monitoring the learning budgets and reporting to management.

•    Defining and monitoring KPIs to track progress. 

•    At least 10 years' experience in a similar role.

•    Experience in talent management practices (talent reviews, succession planning and analytics).

•    Knowledge of the financial service industry and/or technology industry.

•    Technical familiarity: knowledge of GenAI landscape, data engineering; proven experience running technical upskilling programs.

•    Certification in other related disciplines is an advantage, such as executive coaching, high- performing teams, strategic planning, psychometrics, change management, etc.

•    Excellent communication and presentation skills as well as strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

•    A collaborative leader and team player.

•    International experience and a track record of people management.

•    Fluency in both French and English required; German would be an advantage.

•    Must be resident in Switzerland.

As the successful candidate you will have the ability to work both strategically and operationally. You will be proactive, service- and results-oriented, with a positive and collaborative personality. You will also be eager to work in a multicultural environment where your organisational skills and growth mindset will be valued. 

HLTD/CB/SB

We will not accept any CVs via agencies.

Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote the well-being of our employees through a set of flexible working arrangements, ranging from a work-from-home policy for eligible functions to opportunities for annualised part-time leave and extended parental leave.