Position OverviewThe Senior Talent Development Manager will own and manage Adaptive's talent management and talent development initiatives, including leadership development programs, performance management practices, and org health/engagement diagnostics.
This role requires advanced expertise in end-to-end talent management programs and success partnering deeply with business leaders from frontline to C-suite. The ideal candidate is a respected thought partner, who can empathize with their end-users, and is able to make data-driven decisions while never losing sight of the people behind the numbers.
This is both a strategic and tactical role, reporting to the Director, Talent Acquisition and Development.
Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions- Develop and lead Adaptive's talent development strategy, partnering with business leaders and PaCT to address organizational needs and deliver high-impact, scalable programs.
- Design, create, deliver, and sustain enterprise-wide leadership development programming.
- In partnership with People Partners (HRBPs), evolve and execute our talent management and talent development initiatives.
- Utilize evaluation data, industry data, trends, and external benchmarks to continuously improve the performance and engagement metrics of the programming and bottom-line results; identify key insights to identify skill and talent opportunities to inform future actions and decision making.
- In partnership with business leaders and PaCT, inform and evolve our suite of employee engagement diagnostics.
- Maintain and improve our enterprise-wide career pathing framework.
- Monitor and evolve our agile performance management processes (goal setting, check-ins, coaching, and feedback); partner with People Partners to deliver on program outcomes.
- Serve as a respected Talent Development subject matter expert and thought partner.
- Manage the day-to-day tasks of multiple interdependent projects and programs of high complexity and broad.
- Leverage change management best practices to ensure the successful adoption of programs and initiatives.
- All other duties as assigned.
Requirements (Education, Experience, Other)Required - BS degree or higher required
- 12+ years of progressive experience in talent development, training/learning, human resources or similar. This experience must include:
- Creating, implementing, and evolving talent development programs for teams at all levels including career pathing, talent reviews, and performance management
- Managing multiple interdependent projects of high complexity and broad scope
- Iterating and evolving programming using data.
- Proven ability to translate business needs and strategies into relevant, timely Talent Development initiatives.
- Experience translating data and analytics to develop insights, narratives, and decisions.
- Experience using change management practices at the enterprise level.
- Experience getting results with a high degree of autonomy.
- Adept at moving fast, and having a bias for action.
- An elite communicator possessing strong interpersonal skills, with strong boundary spanning capabilities and experience.
- Advanced process and program design skills
- Ability to successfully negotiate difficult situations, with a deep sensitivity.
- Experience of being a cultural ambassador and role model of company values and principles
- Managing third party vendor relationships and deliverables
- Excellent written communication skills.
Preferred- Advanced degree in business administration, adult learning, psychology, or other related field
- Ability to be a hands-on leader that can move from long term strategy to day-to-day tactical operations challenges
- Experience with large scale, talent development programming
- Proven track record of facilitating company-level initiatives with multiple stakeholders
- Demonstrated track-record of building programs to advance corporate culture and lead change management initiatives
- Track record of successfully partnering with C-suite (company executives)
CompensationSalary Range: $144,600 - 217,000
Possible "other compensation" elements to include:- equity grant
- bonus eligible
