Director, Talent & Performance Management

Description

This position will partner with the Vice President of Human Resources to advance talent strategies that cultivate a culture of growth, engagement, and agility at Sunward Credit Union.

Full-time

• Talent Planning
• Develop and lead a transparent, equitable talent review and succession planning process.
• Guide internal mobility, high-potential identification, and promotion readiness practices.
• Ensure cross-functional calibration and leadership pipeline development.
• Performance Management
• Lead the enterprise performance management strategy and execution, aligning goals, feedback, and evaluations with business outcomes.
• Partner with leaders to ensure consistency and fairness in performance evaluations.
• Equip managers with tools, training, and insights to coach and elevate team performance.
• Leadership Development (Lead Forward Sunward Leadership Program)
• Design and continuously evolve the Lead Forward leadership development program, supporting managers and senior leaders at all levels.
• Align leader development curriculum with enterprise competencies, performance expectations, and future-readiness.
• Manage executive coaching, mentoring programs, and high-potential employee initiatives.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of Sunward’s Lead Forward leadership development programs and ensure continuous improvement.
• Organizational Effectiveness & Change Management
• Serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders on organizational structure, role clarity, spans and layers, and future workforce design.
• Partner with business units to build readiness, reduce resistance, and accelerate adoption of new initiatives.
• Coach leaders on leading through change and driving engagement during transitions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (Master’s preferred) and 8+ years of progressive HR or talent management experience, with 5+ years in a leadership role, or a combination of experience and education.
• Proven success in building and scaling performance and talent programs in a complex organization.
• Strong knowledge of talent lifecycle practices, including performance management, learning and development, and succession planning.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and project management abilities.

• Strategic Thinking
• Influencing and Negotiation
• Emotional Intelligence
• Change Management
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Awareness

$ - $ (Depends on Experience)