Associate Talent Director at Publicis Groupe in London, England, GB

Company Description

Publicis Groupe is a global leader in communication, operating in over 100 countries with 114,000 people globally. We help the world’s leading brands drive growth by combining creativity, media, data, technology and consulting. We are designed to help our clients thrive, with the capabilities, the experience and the understanding needed to help our clients unlock growth in a platform world. Through our Power of One approach, we bring together the right expertise from across our agencies to deliver joined up, end to end solutions. “Viva la Différence” sits at the heart of our culture. We value individuality, encourage different perspectives and believe our differences make us stronger. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can learn, grow and do the best work of their career.

Overview

The Role

We are hiring a HR Director, known internally as an Associate Talent Director to join our Connected Media team and play a key role in shaping the future of our agency brand. This is a senior, high-impact role for someone who loves partnering with leaders, building inclusive cultures, and turning business priorities into thoughtful people solutions. You’ll help guide growth, support transformation, and ensure our teams are set up to thrive in a changing world of work. If you’re energised by meaningful partnership, modern talent thinking and real business influence, we’d love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing:

• Partner closely with senior leaders as a trusted advisor, shaping people strategy that supports growth, transformation and business priorities
• Turn agency and commercial goals into practical talent plans that strengthen capability, structure and ways of working
• Lead organisation design, change and transformation activity, supporting leaders with clarity through periods of change and ambiguity
• Drive talent reviews, succession planning and critical role planning, while creating meaningful career pathways and supporting internal mobility
• Use people data, market insight and business context to inform decisions, develop clear recommendations and support reporting across key talent metrics
• Provide senior guidance on employee relations, restructure, TUPE and people governance, ensuring a consistent and high-quality employee experience
• Champion an inclusive, high-performing culture by working across Talent and Centres of Excellence to deliver initiatives in learning, inclusion, wellbeing and engagement

Skills we're looking for:

• Strong experience in a senior talent role, partnering with senior business leaders in a complex, matrixed environment
• A thoughtful commercial mindset, with the ability to connect people decisions to business performance and organisational priorities
• Confident relationship-building skills, with the credibility to influence, challenge constructively and collaborate across multiple stakeholders
• Clear and persuasive communication, with the ability to turn insight into practical action and executive-level narrative
• Strong knowledge of UK employment practices, with hands-on experience in employee relations, organisational change and transformation
• A data-literate approach, using evidence and insight to guide decisions, improve outcomes and maintain strong governance
• People leadership experience, with a commitment to developing others, staying curious and embracing the future of work, including AI-enabled capability

We’ll share the full role details with candidates who progress to the next stage

Additional Information

Publicis Groupe offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives, including:

📖 Please check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAG’s (Employee Action Groups).

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week.

At Publicis Groupe , we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

We are committed to providing a fair, accessible, and inclusive recruitment process. If you have any access needs - for example, related to disability, neurodivergence, or a health condition - please let us know. We’ll work with you to ensure the process works for you. Sharing this information will never impact your application.

Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.