Selection & Assessment-Senior Manager

Verizon Communications - Irving, TX

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Irving, TX

Telecommunications

About the position

The Selection & Assessment-Senior Manager at Verizon is responsible for developing and implementing skills strategies that support the company's talent management initiatives. This role involves leading complex, cross-functional projects, collaborating with various teams, and managing external vendor partnerships to enhance employee development through effective assessment practices. The position requires a strategic thinker who can influence and set standards for skills vendors while ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.

Responsibilities

• Build skills strategy that enables Verizon's talent management strategy in areas such as recruiting, training, internal mobility, and performance.
• Lead and project manage complex, cross-functional projects focused on skills strategy.
• Manage project teams that include internal and external skills partners and analytics teams.
• Influence and set standards for external skills vendor partners.
• Partner with assessment vendors and other Talent teams to implement assessments for employee development.
• Lead large-scale cross-functional skills initiatives including skills proficiency and validation.
• Conduct needs analysis and job analysis competency modeling to identify skills gaps.
• Compile and conduct benchmarking and reviews of existing skills and assessments research literature.
• Partner with niche professionals in psychometric assessment and coaching.
• Develop implementation guidelines, processes, communications, and training for skill-based solutions.
• Create and conduct success measurement studies to demonstrate ROI for strategies and programs.
• Serve as an expert resource for assessment considerations.
• Ensure solutions comply with legal, regulatory, and professional requirements.
• Support maintenance of Verizon's evergreen job taxonomy.
• Contribute to HR transformation projects as needed.

Requirements

• Six or more years of relevant experience in a related field.
• Experience designing and executing data analyses and using inferential statistics.
• Experience with workplace assessments.
• Experience in global learning and development strategy and evaluation.
• Experience applying assessment practices to talent management or training.

Nice-to-haves

• Ph.D. or Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology or related field.
• Consulting experience in selection and assessment.
• Experience with AI/Machine learning skills vendors and technologies.
• Experience with Qualtrics survey design and analysis.
• Experience with validation practices.
• Experience managing large-scale learning and development projects.
• Experience leading a team and coaching employees.
• Experience creating executive presentations.
• Familiarity with professional standards in employment testing and measurement.
• Proficiency in Excel, SPSS, SAS, or other statistical packages.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with flexibility in work location.
• Minimum eight assigned office days per month.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.