Career Development & Operational Excellence Lead

At Schneider Electric, we want every employee to be able to see a future for themselves within our organization.

As the Career Development & Operational Excellence Lead, you will play a key role in shaping how employees across North America explore career opportunities, understand potential career paths, build critical skills, and navigate their long-term growth and development.

In this role, you will lead the adoption and integration of our career development ecosystem and skills-based talent strategy across the region.

You will help embed career growth and workforce development practices into the employee experience, ensuring that employees and leaders have the tools, insights, and resources needed to make informed career and talent decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Career Development & Employee Experience


* Lead the North America strategy for employee career growth experiences, with Career Hub as a core enabler


* Drive adoption of Career Hub across North America by embedding it into core people processes and talent decisions


* Partner with process owners to integrate Career Hub into talent reviews, succession planning, development planning, learning, onboarding, internal mobility, and related talent routines


* Design and deliver career experiences, campaigns, and resources that help employees discover opportunities, build relevant skills, and take ownership of their growth


* Partner across Talent Management, Talent Development, HRBPs, business leaders, and global stakeholders to align priorities and increase adoption


* Measure and improve employee engagement, Career Hub adoption, career visibility, internal mobility, and career development outcomes


* Influence regional and cross-functional stakeholders to build lasting habits and sustained integration rather than one-time launches

Operational Excellence & Enablement


* Build and run the operating engine of the function so the team is more scalable, data-driven, and effective


* Create scalable and repeatable ways of working through process discipline, automation, AI enablement, governance, and simplification


* Map, simplify, and improve core team processes, replacing fragmented or manual work with more standardized systems and tools


* Identify and remove friction, duplication, and inconsistency across workflows to improve speed, quality, and clarity

Operating Rhythm & Governance


* Own the operating rhythm of the function, including planning cycles, business reviews, OKR check-ins, and follow-through routines that keep work moving


* Drive goal governance by helping the team set, track, monitor, and report on priorities, risks, and dependencies


* Act as a connective hub across pillars and workstreams, aligning priorities and driving commitments through to closure


* Prepare leadership and governance forums with clear agendas, useful insights, and structured follow-up that turns discussion into decisions and accountabi...