Talent Management Director

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The Talent Management Director is a strategic, execution-driven leader responsible for designing, operationalizing, and continuously improving enterprise talent programs that attract, develop, and retain top talent. This role owns end-to-end delivery of core talent initiatives—including performance management, succession planning, career development, leadership programs, and engagement mechanisms—ensuring they are scalable, well-communicated, and tightly aligned to organizational priorities.

This leader partners closely with HRBPs, HR COEs, People Operations, and business leaders to ensure programs are effectively planned, launched, adopted, and measured. They bring strong program management discipline, outstanding communication capabilities, and a mindset of continuous improvement grounded in analytics, feedback, and business partnership.

Talent Program Ownership & Execution

• Fully own planning, design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise-wide talent programs (performance management, career development, succession planning, leadership programs, engagement mechanisms, etc.).

• Own the operational rhythm of all talent programs, including planning, launch, reminders, tracking, and escalation.

• Create and manage operational frameworks that enable consistent, scalable program delivery across HR.

• Develop and manage program timelines, work-back schedules, stakeholder engagement plans, rollout calendars, risk mitigation, and change-management efforts.

• Conduct pre-planning and alignment sessions with HR COEs, HRBPs, and People Operations to ensure clear roles, responsibilities, and delivery milestones.

• Partner closely with HR Tech to ensure all systems, workflows, forms, templates, timelines, and program logic are properly configured and tested before launch.

• Lead or support UAT (User Acceptance Testing) for all talent system configurations; validate accuracy, troubleshoot issues, and ensure readiness for company-wide rollout.

• Own issue resolution during program cycles, including troubleshooting, escalation management, and real-time decision-making to ensure successful execution.

• Gather feedback from leaders, employees, HR teams, and post-mortem evaluations to refine processes and improve future cycles.

• Create, maintain, and govern all program documentation — including FAQs, toolkits, guides, facilitator materials, communication plans, templates, and process maps — ensuring accuracy, clarity, and consistency.

• Establish and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all talent programs to support consistent execution across cycles and HR teams.

Stakeholder Partnership & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Know when and how to bring in key stakeholders—including HRBPs, People Operations, Compensation, and senior business leaders—to ensure alignment, adoption, and successful execution.

• Partner with HRBPs on program delivery, calibrations, leader engagement, and ongoing coaching for their business units.

• Provide clear, timely updates to HR leadership and cross-functional partners on progress, risks, and outcomes.

Program Rollouts, Change Management & Communications

• Build all communications related to talent programs across the company, including Slack announcements, email campaigns, intranet updates, and manager toolkits.

• Tailor messaging and…