About this role
<div> <p>At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. </p> <p>We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. </p> <p>Join EY and help to build a better working world. </p> </div> <div> </div> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Senior Manager – Talent Enablement (Technology & Portfolio) | UK&I</strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Permanent/ Full-time</strong></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Level 4: </strong>Associate Director</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Location: </strong>Regions (outside London)</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Hybrid working: </strong>Some office presence required, plus some travel (circa 1/ month)</span></p> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong> </strong></span></p> <p><strong>The opportunity</strong></p> <p>This is a unique opportunity to sit at the intersection of Talent Operational Excellence, Technology and Innovation — shaping how we deliver Talent services at scale.</p> <p>This is a high-impact Senior Manager role within UK&I Talent Enablement, reporting to the HR Enablement Leader, responsible for shaping our Talent technology agenda, driving portfolio clarity, and enabling change to land well across the organisation.</p> <p>You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior Talent leaders and stakeholders, combining strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. You’ll bring structure, pace and constructive challenge — optimising processes, turning ideas into clear priorities, and driving measurable impact. You’ll also push thinking on what services and processes we truly need, and whether they add real value.</p> <p>A key focus is on Talent technology and Talent Operational Excellence: understanding how systems and data connect, where automation and AI can unlock value, and what “good” looks like in a modern, digital Talent function.</p> <div align="center"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div> <p><strong>What you’ll do</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Own the Talent technology pipeline</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Work with Talent Functional Leads and the Enablement Leader to shape and oversee the Talent technology roadmap across UK&I, with strong alignment to global priorities</li> <li>Manage the Talent tech demand and intake portfolio, working with Talent teams across UK&I; and Global to assess demand, shape early business cases, triage requests, and prioritise the pipeline in line with agreed principles, capacity and strategy.</li> <li>Bring visibility to risks, dependencies and trade-offs to support confident decision-making</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Drive portfolio clarity and governance</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Establish simple, effective governance that enables pace without losing control</li> <li>Ensure Talent projects and operational activity are delivered within the required governance and control framework, overseeing adherence to key requirements such as Independence/BRIDGE and privacy impact assessment inputs/sign-offs.</li> <li>Deliver clear, leadership-ready reporting on progress, investment, risks and performance</li> <li>Act as a connector across Talent teams, ensuring consistency, alignment, visibility and shared understanding across priorities and delivery</li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Enable successful delivery of change</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Support design, readiness, testing, adoption of technology with minimal operational disruption</li> <li>You may be involved to be the Change/Project support on one or two projects at a point in time</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Lead digital enablement and innovation</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Partner across Technology and Talent to bring innovation into practical use</li> <li>Identify and unlock opportunities for automation, AI and smarter ways of working</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Embed operational excellence</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>Continuously improve how Talent Enablement operates — driving simplicity, consistency and insight</li> <li>Use data and MI to inform decisions, track performance and continuously improve outcomes</li> <li>Support financial and commercial oversight across the portfolio</li> <li>May be involved in Enablement led projects that drive operational excellence across Talent, including on operational processes</li> </ul> <div align="center"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div> <p><strong>What we’re looking for</strong></p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>We’re looking for someone curious, pragmatic and comfortable operating at pace — who enjoys connecting the dots between technology, operations and people.</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><strong>Strong experience in programme or portfolio management</strong> within complex, matrixed stakeholder environments</li> <li><strong>Experience shaping / supporting technology or transformation portfolios</strong>, ideally within HR, Talent or corporate functions</li> <li><strong>Confident using data and Microsoft tools to tell clear, compelling stories</strong>, translating insight into action and influencing decisions</li> <li>A natural <strong>operator and advisor</strong> — able to shape direction, influence decision making and drive outcomes</li> <li><strong>Good understanding of how enterprise systems and data interact</strong>, and the ability to connect and improve processes, platforms and outcomes</li> <li><strong>Good knowledge & interest in automation, AI or digital enablement</strong>, with the ability to identify and help translate opportunities into delivery</li> <li><strong>Comfortable managing competing priorities, dependencies and trade-offs</strong>, bringing transparency and structure to decisions</li> </ul> <div align="center"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div> <div style="text-align:center;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif" align="center"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></div><div> <p><b>EY | Building a better working world </b></p> <p>EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.</p> <p>Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.</p> <p>EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.</p> </div>