Chobani

Senior Talent Development Manager

Chobani • $109K — $172K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Alabama, US
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 10 years in Learning & Development, Talent Development, Leadership Development, or Organizational Design, ideally within Supply Chain or Operations.
  • Proven experience collaborating with leaders to assess needs and provide tailored solutions.
  • Expertise in creating and delivering development programs for frontline leaders and managers.
  • Strong capability to adapt enterprise frameworks into practical, actionable processes.
  • Demonstrated ownership of programs from conception to execution and beyond.

Responsibilities

  • Own Talent Strategy, guiding talent assessment and performance processes.
  • Partner with leaders to identify critical roles and top talents to enhance development.
  • Translate talent insights into actionable development initiatives and decisions.
  • Design actionable pathways based on enterprise career frameworks, addressing readiness gaps.
  • Provide resources for organizational changes, enhancing decision-making and role effectiveness.
  • Lead the design and facilitation of Leadership Development programs and ensure consistency in onboarding.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Disability insurance and health savings accounts.
  • 401k match of 100% on up to 5% of eligible pay.
  • Tuition reimbursement for continuous learning.
  • Fertility and childcare assistance with full pay parental leave after six months.
  • Access to wellness resources, including gym access and wellness reimbursement.
  • Generous paid time off including 120 hours PTO, 11 holidays, and paid volunteer time off.
Full Job Description
Summary

The Senior Manager, Talent Development will serve as an expert in Talent Development (talent assessment, succession planning, and performance processes), Organizational Design & Ways of Working, and Leadership Development.

Responsibilities

TALENT DEVELOPMENT
  • Owns Talent Strategy: Talent assessment, succession planning, and performance processes, including leadership calibration, readiness discussions, goal setting & cascading.
  • Partnering with the PBPs and Leaders, identifies critical roles & Top Talent, increases visibility and accountability for upgrading & developing Talent.
  • Translates talent insights into targeted development actions (stretch assignments, rotations, coaching) and talent-related decisions (lateral moves, promotions).
  • Translate enterprise career frameworks into specific capability pathways and identifies readiness gaps for salaried employees.


ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN & WAYS OF WORKING
  • Provides the deep expertise, tools, and resources to approach organizational changes in a deliberate, proactive way - review roles, processes, reporting lines.
  • Advises on org design enhancements, decision-making effectiveness based on accountability within roles, and ways of working.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  • Owns the specific Leadership Development programs: Emerging Leader, Supervisor Training Series, including topic identification, content creation, and facilitation planning.
  • Owns the overall design, standards, and governance of Supervisor Onboarding across all plants, ensuring consistency. Supports plant-level execution.
  • Supports Enterprise Leadership Development programs via facilitation and 360 Coaching.
  • Identifies soft skills that require upskilling.


BUSINESS PARNTERSHIPS
  • Partners with PBPS, leaders, Enterprise L&D, Supply Chain Technical Training, and Talent Management; contributes to executive synthesis and governance for priority initiatives.


Requirements

Experience & Background
  • 10 years of experience in L&D, Talent Development, Leadership Development, or Organizational Design, preferably in Supply Chain, Operations, or Manufacturing exposure.
  • Demonstrated experience partnering with business leaders to diagnose needs and translate them into solutions
  • Experience designing and delivering capability programs for frontline leaders, supervisors, or managers.


Skills & Capabilities
  • Strong ability to translate enterprise frameworks into functional, practical application.
  • Comfortable owning programs end-to-end, from design through delivery and improvement.
  • Able to balance strategic intent with operational reality.
  • Strong facilitation and influencing skills across levels.
  • Experience working with external vendors without duplicating effort.
  • Able to track progress, assess effectiveness, and adjust based on outcomes.


Mindset & Attributes
  • Business-oriented, who can challenge respectfully and support leaders in developing others
  • Comfortable operating with autonomy in ambiguous environments and bringing clarity and accountability where structure is limited
  • Curious, pragmatic, and grounded in how work actually happens on the floor.
  • Strong judgment and prioritization skills.


What Success Looks Like
  • Top Talent investments result in visible growth and stronger succession benches.
  • Supply Chain leaders experience development as relevant, timely, and impactful.
  • Career frameworks are actively used to guide development and readiness.
  • Leadership capability keeps pace with operational complexity and growth.
  • Org structures support scale & growth


The salary range for this full-time position is $109,000.00 - $172,700.00, + bonus + equity + benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Chobani provides a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, disability insurance, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, and tuition reimbursement. To help save for the future, all employees are eligible for a 401k match of 100% on up to 5% of eligible pay. To support growing families, we provide fertility and childcare assistance, and 12 weeks of parental leave at full pay after six months of continuous employment. In addition, we provide wellness resources which include an employee assistance program, fitness discounts, a wellness reimbursement, on-site gym access (certain locations) and a monthly wellness newsletter to connect you with resources and timely information. We offer various types of paid time of including: 120 hours of paid time off, 11 holidays, and paid volunteer time off.

About Chobani

Chobani is an American food company specializing in strained yogurt. The company was founded in 2005 by Hamdi Ulukaya, a Turkish-Kurdish businessman. Chobani sells thick, Greek-style yogurt with a higher protein content than traditional yogurt and is one of the main companies to popularize this style of yogurt in the US. The company has also expanded to non-dairy, plant-based products such as dairy-free vegan yogurt and oat milk. Chobani produces a variety of Greek yogurt products, oat drinks, and snacks. Chobani's yogurt's market share in the U.S. rose from less than 1% in 2007 to more than 20% in 2021, and is the top-selling Greek yogurt brand in the United States and operates the largest yogurt facility in the world.
Learn more about Chobani
Industry
Food & Beverages
Founded
2005
* Ladders Estimates

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