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Talent Scout Manager

Kuala Lumpur Job No. r00264087 Full-time
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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

Overview

Talent Scouts partner with client teams to developer and implement sourcing plans for complex project staffing needs. They advocate for and advise the Client Groups to ensure their talent needs are prioritized.

Job Description

  • Analyze skills availability and project demand gaps and prioritize actions based on revenue and operational metrics, collaborating across HR functions

  • Influence deal solutions for staffing optimizations through upskilling or cross-border assignments and define strategies for reskilling or upskilling opportunities when required

  • Partner with Industry Leads in pipeline discussions to optimize staffing strategies and solutions, and monitor deal evolution and adjust the strategies accordingly

  • Analyze data to understand evolving talent and skills needs and sharing insights with stakeholders

  • Define talent action plans (build, buy, borrow) in collaboration with HR teams and business stakeholders, working with the Talent Strategy team to develop and execute talent strategies

  • Collaborate with Country HR Lead to analyze staffing challenges, leverage data insights, and identify potential solutions

  • Provide Program Management support including:

    • Facilitate the successful execution of staffing strategies for key accounts by partnering with Project Executives, ensuring effective planning, execution, and governance.

    • Assist in driving change management and communication for staffing process and guidelines and its cultural adoption across the business.

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Qualifications

Qualification:

  • Must have 6-8 years of experience in Project Management, Consulting, or HR

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience working in integrated talent functions

  • At least 3-5 years of supervisory experience

  • Bonus points if you have experience in Strategic Workforce Planning and skills strategy/skills driven talent practices

  • Proven ability to balance stakeholder needs in a dynamic environment

  • Strong knowledge of Microsoft technologies and MS Office suite

  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills

You will also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

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