Job Description

Position Overview

The Talent Manager will partner directly with both People Business Partners and business stakeholders as a thought leader, trusted advisor and single point of contact for Talent Acquisition and key talent and HR initiatives. This role is accountable for building and executing end-to-end comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract a diverse pool of qualified and capable talent aligned with business needs. Additionally, the role will support key talent initiatives inclusive of succession planning and internal mobility. The ideal candidate brings both strategic foresight and operational excellence, balancing long-term planning with hands-on execution.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as a consultative partner to People Business partners, business leaders and hiring managers for talent related strategies and initiatives
• Lead and manage the full-cycle recruitment process from strategy to offer negotiation, ensuring a seamless candidate and stakeholder experience for assigned business groups.
• Throughout the course of process, influence decisions regarding recruitment strategy, profile development, assessment methods and final selection
• Develop and implement innovative strategies to attract diverse and high-caliber candidates to ensure quality of hires while decreasing time to fill
• Maintain broad influence through ongoing development of internal and external relationships across the organization to proactively build and maintain evergreen pipelines of internal and external talent for critical and emerging roles, anticipating future business needs.
• Drive talent & succession planning annual calendar including Annual Talent Reviews, Talent Calibration, and Talent Talks, acting as thought partner to People Business Partners
• Maintain the talent systems to ensure accurate data capture as part of talent processes

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

• Progressive experience and knowledge of talent acquisition, including recruiting strategy development, candidate sourcing, candidate pipelining, stakeholder management and assessment/selection. (Required proficiency)
• Previous experience / exposure with aspects of HR to include talent & performance management, HR business partnership ideal
• Experience working in a matrixed or global organization
• Business acumen and organizational agility ideally in a Retail fashion environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of various recruiting techniques, assessment tools and selection methodologies
• Sophisticated attention to detail and high-level interpersonal skills along with the ability to navigate sensitive and confidential situations.
• Experience in online/social media recruiting and AI tools and capabilities
• Strong customer service, negotiation skills and ability to interact with employees at all levels throughout the company.
• Self-starter with a strong commitment to ensuring an exemplary candidate experience that mirrors the RL brand and RL way.
• Strong project management capabilities
• Highly developed skills in: Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP) Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe, Applicant Tracking Systems (Avature/Workday), AI tools

Ralph Lauren will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance laws. Please note background checks will be evaluated individually.

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