Consultant - Global IDEA & Talent Strategy

Role Summary

Consultant -Global Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) & Talent Strategy. Acts as a strategic partner and accountable program owner across Talent Acquisition, Global Talent Development, and Talent Management, designing, building, and delivering IDEA-integrated workforce initiatives and future-focused talent pathways that strengthen diverse talent pipelines. Owns end-to-end activation of solutions, shaping strategy, creating frameworks and tools, piloting with the business, measuring impact, and ensuring sustainable handoff into TA, GTD, and TM operating rhythms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build and activation of future-focused talent pathways and enterprise mechanisms that strengthen how Elanco attracts, develops and advances diverse talent across the organization.
• Own the creation of frameworks, toolkits, processes and metrics that enable TA, GTD and TM to consistently embed IDEA principles across hiring, development, assessment and mobility practices.
• Drive cross-functional implementation plans by coordinating timelines, deliverables and stakeholder commitments to convert IDEA strategy into operational talent solutions.
• Embed multi-generational, cross-cultural and cognitive diversity capabilities into TA, GTD and TM operating rhythms by designing practical resources, enablement tools and scalable adoption mechanisms.
• Serve as a connector and program owner who translates workforce insights, ERG learnings and IDEA metrics into integrated talent interventions and ensures they deliver measurable impact.
• Partner with Global ERG Leaders and HRBPs to connect ERG programs to business-relevant talent outcomes and leadership development.
• Expand inclusive apprenticeship models for Manufacturing, and other business units, where applicable, in partnership with TA, GTD and local market leaders.
• Co-create rotational and early-career frameworks for engineering, automation and marketing functions aligned with Elanco’s talent pipeline needs.
• Inclusive hiring and inclusive management training (especially for new leaders), collecting and analyzing data (sourcing, etc.), etc.
• Partner with TA-Student Programs, university and industry organizations to establish sustainable talent feeder partnerships reflective of Elanco’s global footprint.
• Analyze talent data to identify representation gaps and advise TA about sourcing strategies and external partnerships.
• Collaborate with GTD to integrate IDEA principles across leadership development, coaching practices and enterprise learning experiences, shaping Leader 2030 offerings, informing bias-mitigating tools, supporting program redesign and strengthening accessibility across global learning delivery.
• Partner with Talent Management to embed inclusion principles into talent assessments, performance reviews and succession planning – introducing IDEA-aligned checkpoints and cognitive diversity insights that strengthen equitable evaluation and development processes.
• Support integration of IDEA metrics into TA dashboards and talent reviews for continuous improvement and risk-smart governance.
• Coach ERG Global Leaders to leverage their leadership roles as professional development opportunities and business impact levers.
• Contribute to IDEA quarterly reviews with Legal, Comms and HR COEs to ensure ethical AI use in hiring and promotion systems.

Qualifications

• Required: Education: Bachelor’s Degree.
• Required: A minimum of 5 years of experience in HR, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, or DEI program design.
• Required: Experience designing workforce programs (apprenticeships, early-career rotations) across multiple regions including data-driven consulting, translating analytics into actionable workforce insights and strong stakeholder management, influencing and facilitation skills across business units and levels.
• Preferred: Advanced degree
• Preferred: Familiarity with AI-enabled TA systems and ethical governance considerations

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree

Additional Requirements

• Travel: Up to 10%
• Location: Global Elanco Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN - Hybrid Work Environment