Prudential's purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people's career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.
This role is responsible for designing and driving strategies that enable employees to grow their careers and develop the skills needed for the future. This role builds a cohesive ecosystem for career development, internal mobility, and emerging talent growth, ensuring that every employee has visibility, opportunity, and support to progress within the organization.
This role acts as a bridge between business capability needs, employee aspirations and learning solutions, contributing directly to talent retention, engagement and employer branding.
Job Responsibilities:
Career Development Strategy and Enablement
- Design and implement a career development framework that provides clarity on pathways, skills, and growth opportunities across all job families.
- Create tools and guidelines to support managers and employees in career and development conversations.
- Partner with Business HR and functional leaders to embed development planning into the performance and talent management cycle.
- Develop and maintain career architecture, ensuring alignment with organizational design and future skills strategy.
Internal Mobility and Employee Growth
- Build and promote internal mobility programs to encourage career progression across divisions and levels.
- Partner with HR Operations and Talent Acquisition to streamline internal move processes and communication
- Introduce visibility tools (e.g. internal career site, talent marketplace, or mobility campaigns) to connect talent with opportunities.
- Track internal moves, promotion rates, and retention to measure impact and identify growth barriers.
Emerging Talent and Early-Career Programs
- Design and manage emerging talent and graduate development programs that accelerate readiness and engagement.
- Collaborate with Employer Branding and Talent Acquisition to strengthen the PVA's appeal to you and high-potential talent.
- Monitor progress, retention, and development of early-career employees to ensure consisten pipeline growth.
- Support line managers and mentors in coaching and developing new talents through structured experiences.
Employee Development Initiatives
- Partner with the Learning and Capability to align learning content and programs with career development pathways.
- Introduce mentoring, coaching and stretch assignment programs to support personalized development journeys.
- Drive employee awareness and participation in development opportunities through internal campaigns and communication.
- Foster a growth mindset culture where continuous learning and self-development are embedded in the employee experience.
Measurement Analytics and Program Evaluation
- Define KPIs for career and talent development initiatives
- Use talent data and employee insights to identify development gaps, risks and opportunities.
- Report key findings and recommendations to HR SLG, EXCO and business leadership on progress and outcomes.
Job Requirements:
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business, or related field Master's degree preferred
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including exposure to Talent Development, Career Management or Talent Acquisition/ HR Operations
Knowledge and skill
- Demonstrated ability to design or deliver early-career, graduate, or internal mobility programs.
- Strong program management skills - able to translate strategy into structured execution.
- Experience collaborating with universities, external partners, or internal stakeholders on talent pipelines.
- Analytical mindset with ability to link development outcomes with business metrics
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills across all levels.
- Passion for developing people and fostering an internal growth culture.
Competencies
- Strategic thinking and program design
- Stakeholder influence and collaboration
- Business acumen and data-driven decision making
- Strong project management and execution discipline
- Communication and facilitation skills
- Curiosity, innovation, and continuous learning orientation
Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.
