Head of Talent and Capability

We are looking for an experienced, forward‑thinking, and inspiring Head of Talent & Capability to help us shape a future‑ready organisation. In this role, you will lead the design and delivery of our talent and capability agenda, ensuring our people have the skills, opportunities, and environment they need to thrive.

You will be accountable for the following areas:

• Training & Development – Drive comprehensive learning strategies for both Head Office and Frontline teams, ensuring impactful, scalable, and future‑focused development experiences.
• Talent Management – Build and lead a talent framework that identifies, nurtures, and accelerates high‑potential employees across the organisation.
• Succession Planning – Ensure strong talent pipelines for critical roles by embedding effective succession planning processes and collaborating closely with business leaders.
• Performance Management – Evolve and manage a performance culture that motivates people, supports growth, and reinforces our organisational ambitions.

In this senior leadership role at the B-1 level you will directly manage 2 reports and oversee a team of 20 people.

What will you do?

• Leading a team of 20 professionals, creating a strong performance and development culture aligned with Vodafone business strategy and values.
• Defining and implementing the strategy for employee development and learning in Head office as well as for Frontline, including ownership of the L&D budget and investment priorities.
• Leading talent management, succession planning and high‑potential programmes to secure future leadership pipelines.
• Building frameworks for capability development, performance, learning and leadership development.
• Acting as a single point of contact for Group Vodafone learning organization, ensuring local relevance while aligning with global standards and fulfilling globally defined KPIs.
• Partnering with the Executive team, business stakeholders and HRBPs, bringing data‑driven insights and innovative people solutions to business challenges.
• Your key midterm priorities: Help to build the workforce required for digital transformation, leveraging AI, internal mobility, reskilling and upskilling as engines of growth, transformation to the skills based organization, driving company AI adoption and automation.

Who are we looking for?

You are a strategic leader with a strong learning mindset and a passion for people, change and impact.

What makes you successful in this role:

• Relevant HR experience in leadership role in corporate (matrix) environment
• Effective stakeholder management, experience dealing with senior management
• Strong analytical mindset, with hands‑on experience using data, insights, and people analytics to shape evidence‑based decisions and strategic recommendations.
• Proven change leadership capabilities, demonstrating the ability to navigate transformation, build alignment, and drive adoption at scale.
• Proven experience in talent strategy, capability development and organisational transformation
• Strong leadership skills – you know how to influence, inspire and empower teams and senior stakeholders
• Professional level of English and excellent communication and negotiation skills

And we offer you

• We currently work in a roughly 3 days from home, 2 days in the office mode,
• Here, we address each other informally and aren’t really bothered about a dress code… It suits us all just fine, and we hope you’ll feel good among us too.
• Annual bonus
• We keep up with the times or even a step ahead, so with us you can enjoy 5 weeks of vacation, 5 personal days
• We also think about parents, with 16 weeks vacations for new parents
• If Vodafone, then full on – you will get a mobile phone and a great unlimited tariff, plus 24 000 benefit points per year which you can use in the cafeteria to buy vacations, educational courses or just to invite your dearest to the cinema.
• Option to use the uLékaře.cz service
• We’re located on a metro line – right at the entrance actually – our headquarters are in Stodůlky. You’ll find everything you need in the building and the vicinity for your lunch break or coffee break, and you can even shop in the nearby stores.
• And if you need to shake it off after work, you can grab one of the bikes we rent, or go to our gym located in the building.

At Vodafone, we’re passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where everyone can be themselves and achieve their best. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, age, genders, gender identities, abilities, sexual orientation, and everything that makes us unique. We want the best people to join us and make their difference, so we will always consider requests for flexible working (such as full-time, part-time, home-working).

Band*: Senior management
TW Grade: 13
* We provide this information in the interest of transparency regarding remuneration. It expresses classification according to internal classification.