Global Skills Architecture Lead

ABB Inc

Skills taxonomy and ontology design
Hr technology ecosystem management
Ai-driven workforce solutions
The Global Skills Architecture Lead is responsible for defining, governing, and continuously improving the company's enterprise-wide skills framework

Job Summary

  • The Global Skills Architecture Lead is responsible for defining, governing, and continuously improving the company's enterprise-wide skills framework.
  • This role ensures that skills function as a strategic asset supporting talent acquisition, learning, mobility, workforce planning, and AI‑driven opportunities marketplace platforms.
  • The position reports to the Head of People Grow with a dotted line to the Head of Talent Acquisition and maintains strong partnerships with HR Tech & Experience and Enterprise Data/AI teams.

Matching Summary

The Global Skills Architecture Lead is responsible for defining, governing, and continuously improving the company's enterprise-wide skills framework.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Skills taxonomy and ontology design
  • HR technology ecosystem management
  • AI-driven workforce solutions
  • Job architecture alignment
  • Vendor selection for HR platforms

Nice-to-have

  • Systems thinking and architectural mindset
  • Strong influencing and storytelling capability
  • Experience with semantic technologies
  • Ability to operate at executive strategy level
  • Passion for emerging domains and ambiguity

Key Requirements

  • Proven experience in Talent Acquisition/Management or Learning
  • Knowledge of AI, data models or semantic technologies
  • Experience with Workforce transformation programs
  • Skills taxonomies and ontologies expertise
  • Data analytics skills

Work Rights

Not specified

Tailored Resume

Cover Letter