Global Talent Director - Mead Johnson Nutrition

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Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Reckitt's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance. Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organization, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time. Whatever your role in our HR community, you'll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you'll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we'll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) is Reckitt’s specialized, science-led infant and child nutrition business. With over 100 years of pediatric nutrition expertise, MJN is known for its clinical, science-based approach to innovation and its expanding focus on specialized nutrition. Its market-leading brands, including Enfamil and Nutramigen, support early childhood development and lifelong health. MJN operates in over 50 countries and plays a vital role in delivering high-quality nourishment to families around the world. Enfamil is the leading global infant formula brand, and the most recommended by pediatricians in MJN's core markets.

The Global Talent Director serves as the enterprise leader and architect of all talent systems, processes, and programs for Mead Johnson Nutrition. This role is accountable for designing, implementing, and continuously evolving a best-in-class global talent ecosystem that enables business performance, leadership capability, and organizational readiness. The Director will report to the Chief Human Resources Officer of Mead Johnson Nutrition with a dotted line to the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Global Talent.

Initially operating within the broader talent frameworks of Reckitt, the Global Talent Director will play a pivotal role in building and institutionalizing an independent, scalable, and future-ready talent practice aligned to MJN’s standalone strategy following separation. They will work in close coordination with the Reckitt Talent COE (global and regional) to facilitate and orchestrate the talent solutions for MJN, and will lead the separation process for all talent systems and processes at the appropriate time.

This leader acts as a strategic advisor to the CHRO and Executive Leadership Team, ensuring a robust and diverse leadership pipeline while embedding an inclusive culture across the organization rooted in transparency, focus, collaboration and delivery.

Your responsibilities

1. Talent Strategy & Infrastructure
•    Design and implement MJN’s global talent management philosophy and frameworks. 
•    Select, optimize, and oversee talent systems and platforms supporting performance management, succession, development planning, and talent analytics.
•    Lead the transition from Reckitt eco-system to a standalone MJN talent infrastructure.
•    Establish metrics and dashboards to track organizational health and talent outcomes.

2. Performance & Talent Reviews
•    Orchestrate the annual global performance and talent cycle, including:
o    Mid-year and year-end performance reviews
o    Talent reviews and calibration
o    Succession planning for critical roles
•    Ensure rigor, fairness, and consistency across regions and functions. Provide data-driven insights to senior leadership on talent risk and readiness.

3. Succession & Talent Pipeline
•    Build and maintain a robust and diverse pipeline for executive and critical roles.
•    Partner with the CHRO, NLT, Function Leaders and Country/Cluster General Managers to identify future leaders and mitigate succession risks. Provide data-driven insights to senior leadership on talent risk and readiness.
•    Embed disciplined potential identification and development planning practices.
•    Enable functional leaders to design and implement career pathways.

4. Leadership Development & Learning
•    Develop and execute a global leadership development strategy aligned to business growth priorities. Establish programs for emerging leaders, Top Talent, and senior executives.
•    Integrate leadership development with succession planning and workforce strategy.
•    Enable a continuous learning environment by providing learning opportunities, tools and pathways.

5. Employee Engagement & Culture
•    Design and oversee MJN’s employee listening strategy, including engagement surveys and pulse mechanisms.
•    Lead action planning processes and track progress on engagement priorities.
•    Foster an inclusive culture based on transparency, focus, collaboration and delivery.

6. Organizational Capability & Workforce Planning
•    Embed workforce and capability planning into the annual business planning cycle.
•    Assess current/future organizational capability gaps, recommend build/buy strategies.

7. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
•    Serve as MJN’s thought leader on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
•    Embed DEI principles into all talent lifecycle processes.
•    Coordinate with Reckitt DEI team on best practices and interventions for MJN.

8. Talent Acquisition Integration
•    Provide strategic oversight into Talent Acquisition to ensure alignment with long-term workforce and succession strategies.
•    Strengthen internal mobility and career development to improve retention and talent utilization.

9. User Experience
•    Partner with HR Operations / Shared Services to deliver a seamless employee experience across talent systems and processes.
•    Drive process excellence and efficiency while fostering positive user experience.

The experience we're looking for

•    Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, organizational psychology, or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
•    12–15+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant global talent management leadership.
•    Demonstrated success building talent infrastructure in multinational, matrixed environments.
•    Demonstrated expertise across the talent management spectrum – talent acquisition, performance management, leadership development and learning, succession planning.
•    Experience operating in a carve-out, integration, or transformation environment preferred.
•    Strong business acumen and ability to collaborate and influence across levels, functions and regions. 
•    Skilled in project management within fast-paced environments, adept at multitasking and prioritizing.
•    This role is not currently sponsoring visas or considering international movement at this time.

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The skills for success

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognize, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US salary ranges

USD $200,000.00 - $250,000.00

US pay transparency

Equality

We recognize that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; color, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.