Director, Talent, Learning & Organizational D

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Fort Worth, TX, US

MP Materials (NYSE: MP) is rebuilding American industrial capability for a new era of autonomy, robotics, and electrification.

We are the only U.S. company with a fully integrated rare earth supply chain-from mining and refining to advanced metal and magnet manufacturing. Our products include both the critical materials used to make permanent magnets and the finished magnets themselves-enabling next-generation technologies in robotics, automation, aerospace, transportation, defense, and energy systems. These materials are the foundation of physical AI-the convergence of computation, movement, and control.

We hire ambitious, mission-driven people who want to tackle complex challenges and shape the future of strategic industries. Our culture is rooted in teamwork, resiliency, and integrity, with a deep commitment to operational excellence and national purpose. MP is rapidly evolving from a materials producer into a leading U.S. manufacturer.

The Director, Talent, Learning & Organizational Development serves as the leader of MP Materials Talent, Learning, and Organizational Development organization. This role is responsible for shaping and delivering talent and leadership strategies and systems across the employee lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business priorities. This role will establish practical, scalable, and aligned talent frameworks that create consistent, high-quality employee and manager experiences, while strengthening performance, leadership capability, and organizational effectiveness in support of MP Materials business objectives.

The Director, Talent, Learning & Organizational Development will also build strong partnerships across the business to develop a deep understanding of MP Materials strategy, enabling talent, learning, and organizational development solutions that deliver meaningful impact.

• Owns the end-to-end talent lifecycle, including performance management, talent assessment, and employee development.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve an end-to-end performance management process (goal setting, quarterly check-ins, mid-year, and year-end).
• Partner with business and HR leaders to strengthen goal clarity, feedback quality, and performance conversations, while identifying critical capabilities, workforce needs, and future skill gaps.
• Design and lead enterprise talent review processes, including critical role identification, succession planning, key talent identification, and development planning.
• Establish and monitor talent analytics and metrics (e.g., bench strength, retention) to assess effectiveness and inform decisions.
• Design and deliver manager and leadership development strategies that strengthen leadership capability, accelerate high-potential talent, and build a sustainable leadership pipeline.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and business leaders to diagnose organizational needs and drive change and transformation efforts that enhance team performance and alignment.
• Provide tools and frameworks to enable coaching, mentoring, and leadership development across all levels.
• Foster a high-performance that strengthens employee engagement, retention, and leadership effectiveness.
• Defines and scales enterprise learning and capability building aligned to business priorities and future workforce needs.
• Develop and implement a learning strategy aligned to business priorities, critical capability needs, and future workforce requirements.
• Align learning initiatives to key skill gaps and capabilities needed to support business growth and performance.
• Manage enterprise learning programs and platforms (e.g., LMS, Linked In Learning).
• Ensure learning solutions are practical, scalable, and tied to measurable improvements in performance and capability building.
• Measure the effectiveness and impact of learning programs using data, feedback, and defined success metrics.
• Manage external learning partners and…