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At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
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Your Role: Consultant -Global Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) & Talent Strategy
This role serves as both a strategic partner and an accountable program owner across Talent Acquisition (TA), Global Talent Development (GTD), and Talent Management (TM). This role does more than advise; it designs, builds, and drives delivery of IDEA-integrated workforce initiatives, including the design and activation of future-focused talent pathways and enterprise mechanisms that strengthen how we build and diversify critical talent pipelines. The Consultant owns the end-to-end activation of these solutions: shaping strategy, creating frameworks and tools, piloting with the business, measuring impact, and ensuring sustainable handoff into TA, GTD and TM operating rhythms. This role is a connector, a builder and an implementer, ensuring IDEA 2030 outcomes move from concept to execution across the full talent lifecycle.
Your 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.
Specific Responsibilities:
- 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.
Measures of Success:
- Launch and adoption of new apprenticeship and rotational programs with measurable outcomes.
- Demonstrated integration of IDEA metrics into TA forecasting and GTD planning tools.
- Increased cross-functional collaboration between IDEA, TA and GTD reflected in global dashboards and risk reviews.
- Improved workforce diversity and internal mobility within key functions (e.g., Manufacturing, Engineering, Marketing).
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree.
- Required Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience in HR, Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, or DEI program design.
- 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.
What Will Give You the Competitive Edge (preferred qualifications):
- Advanced degree
- Familiarity with AI-enabled TA systems and ethical governance considerations
Additional Information:
- Travel: Up to 10%
- Location: Global Elanco Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN - Hybrid Work Environment
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
Multiple relocation packages
Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
8-week parental leave
9 Employee Resource Groups
Annual bonus offering
Flexible work arrangements
Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
