Director, Skills & Marketplace Ecosystem

Overview

Lead the strategy, governance, and evolution of Cencora's enterprise skills architecture and skills and talent marketplace foundation, connecting workforce planning, career growth, learning, and internal mobility.

What you'll do

• Lead the strategy, governance, and evolution of Cencora's enterprise skills architecture, including taxonomy, proficiency models, and skills lifecycle management.
• Establish the standards, processes, and governance required to maintain a trusted and scalable skills framework.
• Ensure skills remain aligned to changing business priorities, workforce needs, and market trends.
• Oversee the strategy, configuration, and optimization of the Talent Marketplace.
• Design experiences that help team members discover career opportunities, projects, mentors, and development pathways.
• Drive adoption and engagement with skills-based talent practices across the organization.
• Partner with HR Technology, People Analytics, Learning, and external vendors to create an integrated talent ecosystem.
• Lead the integration of skills and talent data across HR, learning, and marketplace platforms.
• Ensure skills data flows seamlessly across systems and supports consistent talent decisions.
• Drive the evolution of skills inference, talent profiles, and skills-based insights.
• Establish measures of data quality, platform performance, and ecosystem effectiveness.
• Translate data into actionable insights that inform workforce and talent decisions.
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies and marketplace capabilities.
• Manage strategic vendor relationships and ensure value realization from external investments.
• Champion adoption of skills-based talent practices throughout the enterprise.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, organizational development, industrial-organizational psychology, education, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience leading enterprise talent, skills, career development, or talent management initiatives.
• Knowledge of skills-based talent strategies, workforce transformation, and internal mobility practices.
• Experience with HRIS, talent marketplace, skills intelligence, or workforce planning platforms.
• Experience designing and implementing large-scale talent, skills, or workforce programs.
• Experience working across HR, technology, analytics, and business functions.
• Strong program leadership, stakeholder management, and change leadership capabilities.
• Experience managing external vendors and strategic partnerships.

Nice to have

• Master's degree.
• Experience with Workday and/or Phenom.
• Certification in human resources, talent management, leadership development, or organizational development.

Details

• Location: Remote, USA.
• Full time.
• National average salary range: $119,100 - 186,560; actual range may vary by locale.