Head People & Organizational Development

Are you passionate about shaping the future of people and how they can have impact on organizational success? We are looking for a forward-thinking Head of People & Organizational Development in Zurich to build a future-ready organization by redefining how we develop talent, leaders, and teams.

This role goes beyond traditional Learning & Development. You will shape organizational development through strategic and conceptual initiatives, with a strong focus on performance management, leadership and transformation – ensuring the organization continuously evolves and delivers sustainable impact.

What would your role be?

People Development Strategy & Organizational Impact -

Define and execute a modern People Development strategy aligned with business priorities and model, shape our culture and performance model through innovation and implement accordingly, enable a shift toward a skills-based organization with clear capability frameworks that are future-proof, diagnose organizational needs and identify high-impact levers across performance, leadership, and ways of working

Performance Management & Growth -

Evolve and modernize the performance management framework to drive continuous feedback and development, integrate performance, learning, and career progression / promotion into a coherent growth system, enable managers to lead high-quality performance and development conversations, support the shift from annual reviews to continuous, growth-oriented performance practices, use data and insights to identify performance trends and capability gaps, ensure performance management reinforces a high-performance, feedback-driven culture

AI-Enhanced Learning & Future Skills -

Lead the development of AI-enabled learning ecosystems (e.g., personalized learning, adaptive content, learning copilots), identify and embed AI as a core capability across the workforce, leverage data and analytics to continuously improve learning impact

Transformation & Change

Define the strategic and conceptual POD agenda for transformation, identifying key needs in leadership, capabilities, culture, and ways of working, translate strategic priorities into structured development content and initiatives, connect all aspects of the HR lifecycle and harmonize these based on the POD principles

Leadership & Facilitation -

Design and deliver impactful leadership and development journeys that continuously build on different managerial levels and are in line with our values and key competences, act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing direct coaching and facilitating workshops, offsites, influence mindset and introduce a life-long learning setup, drive organizational transformation by shaping leadership behavior, enabling new ways of working, and is directly link to the business goals

What are we looking for?

Extensive experience in a leading business role and in leading people

Strong track record in facilitation, moderation, and hands-on workshop delivery

Proven ability to coach leaders and senior stakeholders

Experience designing and implementing modern, scalable learning ecosystems

Solid understanding of AI in learning and workforce transformation (practical application preferred)

Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution

Excellent communication, presence, and influencing skills

What do we offer?

Top Zurich location with collaboration spaces and free lunch

All the latest technology to help you excel and advance

Agile environment in how we think, the way we work and our trust for each other

Lots of special perks, including home office possibility up to 20%

Flat hierarchy with collaboration at all levels

Campus feeling and a collaborative spirit

We are looking for talented people, not just a CV that ticks all the boxes. Even if you do not have absolutely everything we have asked for, if this role sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply.

Why Vontobel?

At Vontobel, you are building better futures for our clients and society, as well as for yourself. As a family-owned and publicly listed company with over 2,000 professionals based in 28 locations globally and headquartered in Zurich, we’re committed to long-term thinking and sustainability.

Our diverse team values unique perspectives, and we hire individuals determined to deliver in a dynamic and changing world. Even if you don’t meet all the criteria, we encourage you to apply if you’re enthusiastic about the role.

Do you want to be Vontobel?

Thank you for applying to Vontobel. We will carefully review your application and will respond to you in a timely manner.

At Vontobel, we are an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.

We value the many voices within our teams and are committed to creating an environment where everyone who wants to be part of our performance culture can be themselves. It is based on mutual respect and zero tolerance for any form of discrimination.

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