Principal, Talent Management Strategy

Job Summary

Responsible for leading the strategic planning, design and implementation of talent programs that shape how we define, identify and select top talent. This role focuses on building and optimizing tools and frameworks that enable effective internal and external talent selection decisions and support a high-performance culture across the organization.

Job Responsibilities

• Leads design and strategy work for talent management projects in collaboration with internal stakeholders such as Talent Management Consultants, Principal of Talent Management Delivery, HR Business Partners, etc. to ensure best-in-class, efficient and value-add program development and implementation.
• Makes recommendations to update and improve current strategies in the development of talent programs.
• Researches and benchmarks best practices in Talent Management and recommends solutions that support Company business needs and culture.
• Partners with Principal Talent Management Delivery to ensure translation of talent strategy into practice.
• Builds talent programs that effectively drive more continuous management of talent through rich dialogue, feedback and coaching.
• Effectively partners and leverages HR partners to drive value in talent programs; helps the business leverage data to drive results.
• Leads the analyses of talent metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of more complex programs and to sustain the momentum of talent management initiatives.
• Develops and mentors less senior staff through on-boarding, open communication, project work and development opportunities; leverages strengths of Talent Management Consultants to build effective strategy and design.
• Collaborates with global HR partners to drive synergies in talent processes across the globe; primary emphasis on designing and implementing shared performance management process

An Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans

Walgreens ( is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), a global leader in retail and wholesale pharmacy. As America’s most loved pharmacy, health and beauty company, Walgreens purpose is to champion the health and wellbeing of every community in America. Operating more than 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving approximately 8 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with platforms bringing together physical and digital, supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in local communities nationwide.

The actual salary an employee can expect to receive, plus bonus pursuant to the terms of any bonus plan if applicable, will depend on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. To review benefits, please visit jobs.walgreens.com/benefits.
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Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 2 years experience in performance management, succession planning, engagement, competency modeling and/or selection and assessment, OR high school/GED and at least 5 years of experience in performance management, succession planning, engagement, workforce planning and/or selection and assessment.
• Experience benchmarking and evaluating Talent Management practices through external and internal research.
• Experience developing Talent Management strategies aligned to business needs.
• Experience with performance management and succession systems, such as Cornerstone.
• Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
• Experience with project management (for example: planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
• At least 1 year of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross-functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Experience leading the design and implementation of assessments, including job analysis

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits.
Salary Range: $102800 - $164400 / Salaried