Head of Talent Development

C&C Group plc is a premium drinks company which owns, manufactures, markets and distributes a unique portfolio of beer and cider brands in its home markets and across the globe. You probably know us best from brands like Bulmers, Magners and Tennent’s.

Role Overview

Creating and executing development activity and plans that increase the capabilities required to deliver the business plan, helping to create a culture of learning and career growth for colleagues.

Lead the design, governance and execution of a partnership-led talent development strategy that aligns with business goals, builds organisational capability, and fosters a high-performance, inclusive culture.

This position can be based at any of our UK sites in Bristol, Glasgow or London.

About the Role

• Develop and implement a comprehensive talent development plan.
• Collaborate with senior leaders and HR business partners to align talent initiatives with long-term workforce planning and organisational priorities.
• Lead strategic projects that enhance organisational capability and future-readiness.
• Act as a trusted and expert advisor to the business on talent development trends, best practices, and emerging needs
• Champion a culture of continuous learning and development, embedding growth mindsets and leadership accountability.
• Act as a change agent to support cultural transformation, leadership alignment, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Create and implement talent assessment frameworks to identify, skills gaps, developmental needs and succession readiness across the organisation.
• Develop and oversee an approach to mentorship and coaching that helps high potential employees and senior leaders to build leadership capabilities
• Utilise data-driven insights to inform decisions on talent gaps, succession readiness, building strong talent pipelines that are aligned with future business growth requirements
• Lead the team in the creation and delivery of transformative learning experiences that enhance organisational capability, drive continuous development to support business growth
• Drive the development and implementation of high-performance culture
• Design and implement frameworks that support career progression, internal mobility, and continuous development across all levels of the organisation.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners to integrate performance and career frameworks, ensuring these practices are consistently applied and embedded across the organisation
• Manage the talent development budget, including forecasting, allocation and tracking of interventions
• Negotiate with external vendors and manage contracts.

About You

• Proven experience of creating and delivering talent development interventions. aligned to business strategy.
• Effective communication and people skills.
• Strong analytical skills and a data driven mindset.
• Ability to build trust and credibility across all levels of the organisation..
• People management experience.
• Experienced with learning technologies.
• Business consulting and able to complete capability gap analysis.
• Experienced with developing and applying behavioural and competency frameworks and integrating into HR practices.
• Experience of designing and executing L&D strategies aligned with business goals.
• Ability to design and optimise performance management framework.
• Experience of creating leadership pipelines (early talent to executive level).
• Knowledge of designing organisational career frameworks and progression pathways.
• Skilled with utilising psychometrics, 360 feedback, assessments and talent diagnostics.
• Experienced as a certified coach.

About Us

Operating through the Matthew Clark, Bibendum, Tennent’s and Bulmers Ireland brands, the Group has a market leading range, scale and reach including an intimate understanding of the markets it serves.

From grass to glass, and everything in between, we grow, brew, manufacture, market, and deliver some of the world’s favourite drinks. C&C Group’s portfolio of owned/exclusive brands include: Bulmers, the leading Irish cider brand; Tennent’s, the leading Scottish beer brand; Magners the premium international cider brand; as well as a range of fast-growing, premium and craft ciders and beers, such as Heverlee, Menabrea, Five Lamps and Orchard Pig.

We seek to champion and embed sustainability in everything that we do at C&C. While delivering joy to customers, we always shine a light on people and the planet. We have a clear ESG vision delivering to a better world. We respect, support, and develop all our people to be their best, with a focus on results by creating a culture of winning together.

We also recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to delivering on our mission. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.

C&C Group (and inclusive companies) do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to any of our roles. For help, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected]. All applications need to come through the candidate portal https://careers.candcgroupplc.com/vacancies/