Learning & Mobility Partner
Run the mechanisms behind multi-decade careers: cross-division rotation, the self-directed learning allowance, and the progression conversations that decide who gets the next hard problem. Most senior roles here are filled from within, which makes this function load-bearing.
- Location
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Level
- Senior
- Clearance
- None
- Reference
- ON-PE-9903
- Division
- People
- Site
- Headquarters campus
- Region
- EMEA
- Engagement
- Full-time · On site
- Travel
- Regular — divisional sites
- Reports to
- Head of Learning & Mobility
What the role is responsible for.
- Own cross-division rotation for an assigned portfolio — matching, sponsorship, and re-entry.
- Advise staff and managers on development paths, and hold managers to the commitments they make.
- Administer the self-directed learning allowance and keep its no-approval principle intact.
- Build succession visibility for critical technical roles.
- Track why people leave, and be honest with leadership about the answer.
What we need you to bring.
- Six or more years in learning and development, talent management, or an equivalent people function.
- Experience designing or running an internal mobility programme.
- Credibility with technical staff — this role fails without it.
- Willingness to give leadership unwelcome findings.
- Working English; German is useful for campus life.
Useful, not essential.
- Background in a research or engineering organisation.
- Experience with technical career ladders as an alternative to management progression.
- Coaching qualification or equivalent practical grounding.
We read the preferred list as a description of a useful background, not a checklist. Candidates who meet the required list and none of the preferred are regularly hired.
Who you would be joining.
Learning & Mobility is part of the People division at the Zürich headquarters campus, with partners assigned against divisional portfolios.
What to know before you apply.
Cross-division rotations are paid and are read as a career signal rather than a detour. This role is responsible for keeping that true.
All candidates undergo comprehensive vetting. Reasonable accommodation is available at any stage — say so in your first note and it will be arranged. We do not use unverified third-party recruiters, and we never ask a candidate for a fee.