Global Jobs and Skills Architecture Consultant - Assistant Director

About the role

The opportunity is to join the Global Jobs & Skills Architecture Lead as a Global Jobs & Skills Architecture Consultant, Assistant Director. This role involves working on continuous improvement and maintenance of an enterprise-wide skills taxonomy and job architecture, collaborating with senior business leaders, Skills Management vendors, and Talent functions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the global skills taxonomy at EY, ensuring accuracy and alignment with the EY organization's skills landscape.
• Utilize analytics to analyze skills attributes and support talent activities like career development, resourcing, and workforce planning.
• Identify and implement AI and automation technologies to enhance the development, maintenance, and accessibility of the global skills taxonomy.
• Work with the wider skills transformation project team to communicate and embed JSA requirements within new implementations.
• Lead reviews of the skills taxonomy and role/job architecture with relevant business leaders, managing downstream impacts effectively.
• Build relationships with key business leaders to ensure the skills taxonomy reflects critical skills for EY's business delivery.
• Anticipate skill gaps or new requirements, liaising with Learning & Development (L&D) Business Partners to address skills gaps or build capability.
• Contribute to the Global Skills strategy, aligning with Talent Strategy and Organization Effectiveness functions.
• Promote the importance of skills within the EY organization and serve as a leading voice on skills and careers across Talent functions and the business.
• Develop proposals for enhancing Global skills solutions and career experiences, ensuring appropriate consultation and business case preparation.

Supervision Responsibilities

• Define and implement effective skills and career solutions within the Global L&D team.
• Provide expert guidance to the wider Learning Impact, Innovation and Skills team on leveraging AI and communicating JSA requirements.
• Analyze and propose recommendations for change to global solutions, aligning with internal Global Talent governance processes.
• Drive continuous improvement of the skills taxonomy and job architecture, incorporating external best practices and internal stakeholder needs.
• Enable the rest of the L&D and Talent teams to use skills consistently across the L&D ecosystem.
• Manage downstream impacts of changes in skills and roles, working with multiple stakeholders across Talent and the business.
• Foster and maintain effective relationships with other Talent Function Leaders for consistency and alignment.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong understanding of skills-based organizations and their contribution to high-performing organizations/workforces.
• Advanced knowledge of AI, automation, and agentic capabilities relevant to skills inference, tagging, matching, governance, and user experience.
• Deep knowledge of EY Talent operations, the Talent operating model, and organization structure.
• Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills, along with strong organizational and prioritization abilities.
• A proactive and pragmatic approach, agile mindset, and ability to deliver global operations and enablement services under pressure.
• Proven ability to influence and communicate effectively with Global and Super Region Talent leaders.
• Ability to use Global Technology and other relevant HR systems and tools.

Job Requirements

• Education: Degree level in a related discipline, with a higher professional or master's qualification preferred.
• Experience: Demonstrable experience in a closely related Talent or Consulting role, particularly in skills strategy, solutions, and performance.
• Experience with developing requirements, options, and recommendations for technology-enabled Talent solutions.
• Experience in identifying, developing, and deploying agentic AI at scale.
• Experience operating at a senior level, building and maintaining relationships with senior business and Talent leaders at Global and Regional levels.
• Experience managing a team to implement quality work at pace and resolve people issues.
• Experience assessing and scoping potential project/change initiatives and developing associated business cases.
• Strategic and commercial thinking, with experience working in fast-paced, demanding environments.
• Experience working in a flexible, hybrid model with a focus on in-person collaboration 40-60% of the time.

What we offer you

• Cumulative compensation and benefits package based on performance and recognition of individual contributions.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical and dental coverage, pension, and 401(k) plans, with a range of paid time off options.
• Flexible vacation policy allowing employees to decide how much vacation time they need based on personal circumstances.
• Hybrid model enabling most people in external, client-serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project, or year.
• Reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities, through the Talent Shared Services Team (TSS).