Talent Skills & Workforce Intelligence Lead

The people here at Apple don't just build products - they build the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts!

As a member of Apple's People team, you'll help develop and engage our most important resource: our people. Imagine driving the foundation that unlocks career paths, development opportunities, and strategic workforce decisions across the company. At Apple, transformative infrastructure supports the business and shapes how our people grow, move, and thrive. Bring your vision for what's possible and inspire the extraordinary talent it takes to make our extraordinary products!

Description

Skills are a universal language of talent with the ability to power development, careers, and business impact. Apple is looking for a Talent Skills & Workforce Intelligence Lead who will drive the design and implementation of the skills intelligence system to do just that. This ground-up architecture work requires design thinking, extensive partnership, and enablement across the organization. You'll lead the development of a comprehensive skills taxonomy and proficiency framework before orchestrating their integration into core People systems to become operational.

Success depends on your ability to build alignment across all levels of key partners. You are skilled at simplifying complex problems and distilling big decisions down to their core. You thrive in a collaborative environment with open dialogue and debate. You listen, challenge, and debate to get the best solution - and fully commit to the shared path forward. This role requires equal comfort with talent management philosophies, strategic thinking, cross-functional collaboration alongside information architecture and technical implementation.","responsibilities":"Design and implement our enterprise-wide skills taxonomy and proficiency frameworks while designing governance processes, measurable criteria, and clear progression pathways.

Design, develop, and implement talent management initiatives for the enterprise, carefully balancing the need for consistency against unique functional needs.

Partner closely with People Team experts to ensure a highly integrated approach.

Collaborate closely with People Business Partner Leaders and cross-functional partners to implement skills, talent mobility, and workforce initiatives across lines of business.

Orchestrate and drive system integration across all People systems, partnering with engineering and product teams to implement AI/ML capabilities.

Drive workforce intelligence capabilities-ensure skills data is analyzed, dashboards are created, and insights inform talent decisions.

Work with team members to set the product vision for how skills infrastructure will surface in employee-facing tools.

Use your ability to prototype and visualize complex ideas to gain support, alignment, and buy-in.

Collaborate within the talent management team, across the People Team, and with key partners to drive operational excellence.

Preferred Qualifications

Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Deep expertise in competency modeling, skills architecture, and proficiency framework design at a conceptual level

Background in taxonomy development, ontology design, or information architecture applied to talent development

Minimum Qualifications

5-7 years of experience in Talent Management programs, systems, or workforce planning with expertise in skills taxonomy design and information architecture

Exceptional collaboration and ability to influence

Proven ability to lead enterprise-wide initiatives

Ability to simplify through complexity

Strong technical fluency - comfortable partnering with engineering teams on system integration, data models, and implementation

Experience driving transformational initiatives across functions that require cultural and operational change

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