Sr specialist, OE and Talent (15 months contract)

Are you someone who thrives on helping others succeed, enjoys making an impact, and takes pride in guiding customers to the right solutions for their projects? If you’re also naturally curious and eager to keep learning, consider starting or growing your career with us at The Home Depot.

Position Overview:

The Sr. Specialist, Organizational Effectiveness and Talent Management will support the design, enhancement and delivery of projects and resources to build the organizational capability required to achieve business goals and imperatives. This role will support the development of organizational capability division-wide through effective change management, organizational development, talent management, associate engagement and performance management. The senior specialist will have partnerships across the enterprise and will work closely with counterparts in other countries to execute on strategies, tools, and resources.

Key Responsibilities:

Organizational Effectiveness, Engagement and Listening

• Serve as a key contact for divisional listening strategies, including Voice of the Associate (VOA), town halls, onboarding & exit feedback, and Voice of the Customer (VOC) at the SSC. Lead ongoing execution, insights analysis, and continuous improvement efforts through needs assessment, recommendations, and implementation of actions that enhance the associate experience.

• Support the implementation and execution of Canadian division developmental assessments, including the administration and evaluation, training and technical support for HR partners.

• Support the measurement of associate engagement and provide recommendations to improve the process and tools to align with the strategic direction of the organization

• Drive data analysis, including the creation of innovative dashboards to determine divisional themes and provide recommendations for HR partners at all levels

• Support associate engagement initiatives including providing recommendations for consistency across the division

Talent Management

• Support the talent management program and succession planning process through the development/maintenance of success profiles, talent management projects and their alignment with organizational strategy and imperatives

• Drive data analysis of key roles and work with human resources business partners to align findings to talent framework

• Assess outcomes of talent planning cycle and use data to improve internal processes and support tools

• Support career development programs, (ie. Mentorship, workshop facilitation) across the division

• Cultivate research and benchmarking to create new resources and tools that support our talent planning strategy and initiatives

Performance Management

• Continue the development of a performance management program that assesses associates' organizational accountability and effectiveness, individual behaviours aligned to company values, as well as development goals and career planning.

• Drive the performance management process including goal setting, developing supporting tools and communications and overseeing continuous improvement and system changes.

• Collect and analyze individual, team and divisional data and provide recommendations to help leaders improve performance through goal setting and values-based behaviours.

Competencies:

• Action Oriented

• Communicates Effectively

• Drives Results

• Collaborates

• Instills trust

Skills:

• High degree of professionalism to represent the Home Depot internally and externally as well as the ability to maintain confidentiality when managing sensitive data

• Project and change management skills, including the development, implementation, and ongoing tracking of high-visibility initiatives with strong attention to detail.

• HR analytics and experience with data analysis including ability to analyze and summarize qualitative and quantitative data

• Exceptional organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands, manage multiple deadlines, and consistently deliver high-quality work.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

• AI literacy and learning agility, including the ability to explore, adopt and responsibly apply emerging AI tools to improve work processes, insights and outcomes.

• Experience in facilitating and presenting to multi-level groups

• Demonstrable ability to collaborate with people at all job levels both internally and externally

• Advanced computer proficiency (MS Office, Ariba, other system interfaces)

• Keeps up to date with trends, research and issues

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Reports to Senior Manager, Leadership Development, Organizational Effectiveness and Talent Management

Travel Requirements:

• Travel to stores and location as needed.

Physical Requirements:

• Office related physical requirements

Hybrid Work:

• SSC Located

Working Conditions:

• SSC Location

Minimum Education:

• Undergraduate degree in business, human resources, psychology, behavioural science or related field

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3+ years talent management or organizational development practitioner experience or HR generalist experience, or significant experience leading or contributing to talent and OD programs

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• Self-Leadership: Demonstrates a high level of self-awareness and personal accountability. Sets and maintains high standards for personal performance and behavior, serving as a role model for peers.

• Influence Without Authority: Effectively influences and inspires colleagues through expertise, credibility, and interpersonal skills.

Certifications:

• CHRP an asset, or working experience

Other Requirements/Assets:

• Experience with Workday

• Experience with Qualtrics

• Bilingual an asset

The pay range for this position is between $55,100.00 - $62,000.00