Vice President & Director of Talent Development

Best People + Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn's success.

By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company's rewards, we've found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100+ years.

Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

The Talent Development Director will lead multiple functions within the JE Dunn People Team, including employee learning, talent development, performance, and engagement. This role will be responsible for the national talent development strategy and execution, building a scalable framework that enables the business to grow and evolve through its people.

As a critical leader within the organization, the Director will shape and drive the vision for how JE Dunn assesses, develops, and grows talent across the enterprise. This includes oversight of performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and organizational capability building. The role will partner closely across HR and with cross‑functional business leaders to embed strategies that directly support the company's long‑term goals.

As a member of the People Leadership Team, this individual will help shape company culture, elevate talent practices, and strengthen workforce capability in alignment with JE Dunn's strategy, vision, and values.

• Autonomy & Decision-Making:
  Makes most decision and consults with supervisor as needed.
• Career Path:
  Various

TALENT DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP - CORE

• Build and execute a business-driven talent development strategy that advances internal mobility, capability growth, and leadership readiness.
• Oversee and evolve leadership development programs spanning emerging leaders to executives.
• Provide oversight of performance management, succession planning, and leadership pipeline development to ensure alignment with business goals and strong bench strength.
• Partner with executives and business leaders as a trusted advisor, using talent intelligence and analytics to identify strengths, gaps, and workforce needs.
• Direct engagement strategies, including survey processes and action planning, to foster an inclusive, high-performing culture.
• Lead enterprise-wide learning strategies, including technical, professional, team, and leadership development, leveraging modern tools and engaging, practical experiences.
• Oversee learning technology tools and resources to expand scalable development opportunities.
• Lead a high-performing team of talent development professionals to deliver scalable, innovative, and culturally relevant solutions.
• Model collaboration across HR and organizational leadership to align programs with business priorities.

• Assumes responsibility for day-to-day financial management of assigned scope of responsibility by understanding the budget process, accurately forecasting and limiting month-to-month fluctuations.
• Maintains fiscal records and follows procedures to ensure effective and efficient operations.
• Understands business plan and manages financial goals.
• Makes operational decisions in light of broader financial goals and constraints.

• Inspires a sense of team in the work environment. Utilizes communication and conflict resolution skills to foster teamwork and collaboration. Models a positive and professional attitude, maintaining composure under pressure.
• Communicates and explains goals and encourages and motivates team performance and productivity in alignment with broader work program and corporate goals and plans. Leads and facilitates effective team meetings. Recognizes individual and team accomplishments.
• Assesses and manages quality of work produced by team.
• Creates, monitors and manages scheduling; directs assignments and goal setting for optimal productivity and resource management.
• Participates in a range of talent management activities, which may include responsibilities such as evaluating and managing performance, providing formal and informal feedback, recruiting and staffing, employee learning and development, addressing employee relations risks and issues, etc.
• Provides feedback and coaching to support individual employee performance, learning and career development.
• Removes obstacles and solves problems and addresses escalated issues from team members to optimize team performance and productivity.
• Serves as a change agent by supporting corporate and work program change initiatives. Models and communicates positive approaches to adapting to change.

• Other duties as assigned.
• Conducts actions in a professional and unbiased manner.
• Complies with all company and site policies and best practice standards.
• Continuously develops proficiency and understanding in the role.
• Maintains a…