Talent Development Manager

Overview

In this role you will translate Knight Frank’s Talent Development strategy into practical, high-quality solutions that build capability and support career growth. You’ll combine strategic design with hands-on delivery, working across governance, stakeholders and external partners during a period of transformation. You will drive tangible outcomes for the business and our people, balancing strategic thinking with execution. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role within a growing talent development space at a market-leading real estate firm.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Head of Talent Management & Development to deliver and embed the Talent Development strategy
• Design, implement and continuously improve talent development initiatives across the employee lifecycle
• Translate business priorities and feedback into practical development solutions
• Ensure initiatives align with business priorities, culture ambitions and the Talent & Culture Strategy
• Identify opportunities to modernise and enhance the colleague learning and development experience
• Lead and manage learning and development programmes across multiple audiences and career stages
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to design and maintain learning solutions
• Establish governance, project plans, timelines, risk management and delivery processes
• Coordinate pilots, launches, feedback cycles and continuous improvement activities
• Manage relationships with external learning providers and delivery partners
• Act as the operational contact for key vendor relationships
• Monitor performance, quality, delivery standards and commercial commitments
• Partner with Procurement on vendor selection, onboarding, evaluation and renewal
• Build strong relationships across the business, HR and external partners
• Use talent and learning data to evaluate effectiveness and inform decision-making
• Monitor programme outcomes and business impact measures
• Lead, coach and develop team members supporting Talent Development
• Support delivery of Talent Development priorities and balance strategic, tactical and operational work
• Champion a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach prioritising outcomes over hierarchy

Key requirements

• Experience managing learning, leadership development or organisational development initiatives
• Knowledge of instructional design and adult learning principles
• Experience with learning technologies, platforms and LMS administration
• Strong programme and project management capability
• Experience managing external vendors and delivery partners
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Strong analytical and data literacy skills
• Commercial awareness and understanding of organisational priorities
• Excellent communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills
• Experience leading and developing individuals or teams
• Ability to work effectively in fast paced environments undergoing change, growth and ambiguity

• Stakeholder management
• Influencing
• Communication
• Instructional design
• Adult learning principles
• LMS administration

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