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Senior Talent Development Manager

Location: 

Liverpool, GB

Department or practice area:  Talent Development

Taylor Wessing

 

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition. 

 

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Talent Development  team, with the addition of a Senior Talent Development Manager.

 

The opportunity for you

 

Reporting into the Head of Talent Development and Inclusion, you will lead the design and delivery of a comprehensive learning and development offering aligned with business needs and strategic goals. You will oversee legal and skills training, manage key development programmes (including international and digital), and play a pivotal role in shaping and embedding the firm’s digital learning strategy. You will also act as a senior leader within the Liverpool office and across the wider Talent function, with a strong emphasis on leadership development across all levels of the firm.

 

Key responsibilities

Strategic Learning and Development

 

  • Lead the design and implementation of the firm’s digital learning strategy.
  • Drive innovation in learning through tools like Lumina Spark and Franklin Covey, embedding them across programmes.
  • Design and deliver the firm's blended learning strategy in conjunction with the Head of Talent Development and Inclusion and the Chief People Officer.
  • Lead flagship programmes such as the International Associates' Academy, Pathways Development Centre, and Leadership Academy.
  • Champion leadership development initiatives, ensuring a strong pipeline of future leaders through targeted programmes and coaching.
  • Support the Head of Talent Development and Inclusion in the ongoing development of a suite of partner development programmes, including project management and ensuring application of learning.
  • Supporting the Head of Talent Development and Inclusion in development and delivery of an international Talent Development programme, working alongside international colleagues.

 

Programme and Project Leadership

 

  • Manage and evolve apprenticeship programmes (Solicitor, Paralegal, and Business Services).
  • Lead cross-firm projects including system transitions, compliance training, and strategic development initiatives.
  • Collaborate with external providers and internal stakeholders to ensure high-quality, impactful learning experiences.
  • Delivery of the firm's new joiners' programme, including ensuring that we deliver this appropriately on a UKIME basis.
  • Use of psychometric tests and personality instruments, including individual feedback.
  • Delivering development centre feedback and writing reports.
  • Guiding staff on personal development.
  • Training Needs Analysis and Evaluation  of ongoing training programmes.
  • Project management  of cross-firm projects, liaising with other Business Services departments and lawyer groups as required.

 

Team Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement

 

  • Act as deputy to the Head of Talent Development and Inclusion on Talent Development matters, managing the Liverpool-based team and supporting national and international initiatives.
  • Provide coaching and mentoring to team members and colleagues across the firm.
  • Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, including Partners, Directors, and Heads of Business Services.
  • Lead leadership development conversations and succession planning efforts in collaboration with senior leadership.
  • Occasional delivery of soft skills training or briefings.
  • Participation in Knowledge Lawyer (KL) group to implement Knowledge and Learning initiatives (such as working with other groups to implement effective means of sharing learning, ensuring the effective design and delivery of technical training and review of external legal providers).
  • Supporting team development events and away days.
  • Consideration and approval of vocational training requests.

 

Operational Excellence

 

  • Oversee training budgets for key departments, ensuring cost-effective delivery.
  • Develop an internal and external network building in order to keep up to date with market best practice to inform our strategy/approach.
  • Overseeing the Talent Development Skills budget for relevant practice groups and business services departments, including liaison with key stakeholders.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory training requirements and reporting.
  • Responsible for driving efficiency of working practices and reporting through the firm's Learning Management System.
  • Sourcing, liaising with and giving feedback to external providers.

 

Team Management

 

  • Line manage the Talent Development Programme Advisor, Senior Digital Learning Specialist and Digital Learning Specialist.
  • Dotted line management into the Talent Development Senior Assistant.
  • Consistently strive to encourage talent to flourish.

 

Knowledge, skills and experience

 

Essential

  • Proven experience in Learning & Development, ideally within professional services.
  • Proven people management experience.
  • Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.
  • Expertise in digital learning platforms and tools.
  • Experience designing and delivering blended learning programmes.
  • Excellent communication, project management, and organisational skills.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

  • Experience with SAP SuccessFactors or similar LMS.
  • Certified practitioner in Lumina Spark and/or Franklin Covey.
  • Familiarity with apprenticeship frameworks and government funding.
  • MBA or equivalent professional qualification.

 

Benefits

 

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer; 

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week) 
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata). 
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child). 

 

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available. 

 

Our culture

 

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation.  We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team.  We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

 

The way we work

 

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.  

 

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