Talent Management - Director of People & Talent
Listed on 2026-08-17
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HR/Recruitment
HR Manager, HR Generalist / Talent Management, Recruiter / Talent Acquisition, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Talent Management
- Director of People & Talent
100 N Hayford Rd, Airway Heights, WA 99001, USA
Job DescriptionPosted Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Director of People & Talent- Human Resources
Lead how Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority attracts, engages, and rewards its workforce, reporting to the Executive Director of Human Resources. Full job description below.
Summary of FunctionsThe Director of People & Talent leads the enterprise talent lifecycle and team member experience for the Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority. They organize how KTEA attracts, supports, engages, and rewards its workforce across all business units. The role owns talent acquisition and workforce planning, HR business partnering and generalist support, team member relations and engagement, and compensation strategy, translating KTEA's people strategy into consistent, compliant, business-aligned execution.
Partnering with the Executive Director of Human Resources and operational leaders, the Director advances the shift of HR from problem-solving to leader coaching.
As one of two Human Resources pillar leaders, the Director of People & Talent is accountable for the workforce KTEA builds, the experience it delivers, and the pay strategy that sustains it, while the Director of Human Resources Strategy & Development owns talent development, benefits, and risk. Success is measured by the quality and speed of hiring, manager and team member experience and engagement, consistent and defensible employee relations, and a compensation structure that is competitive and equitable.
Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesTalent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
- Direct enterprise talent acquisition strategy across KTEA business units, ensuring hiring meets workforce needs, timelines, and the Tribe's Indian Preference commitments.
- Partner with operational leaders on workforce planning, pipeline development, and hiring-manager effectiveness.
- Advance a lean, generalist-forward staffing model, reducing reliance on specialized roles while maintaining sourcing capability sized to demand.
- Monitor time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, and retention signals, focusing recruiting effort where it most affects the business.
- Partner with and provide functional HR support to Kalispel Tribal Government (KTI) HR, respecting the distinct KTEA and KTI entities.
HR Business Partnering & Generalist Support
- Lead HR business partnering and generalist support for KTEA business units, providing consistent, business-aligned HR guidance.
- Operationalize the shift of HR from problem-solving to leader coaching, building manager capability and accountability so people issues resolve close to the business.
- Ensure HR practices, policies, and decisions are applied consistently and equitably across properties.
- Serve as a senior escalation point for complex people matters, engaging the Executive Director of Human Resources and counsel when warranted.
Team Member Relations & Engagement
- Own the enterprise team member relations function — conduct, grievances, investigations, and corrective action — ensuring fair, timely, and well-documented outcomes.
- Ensure employee-relations practices align with KTEA policy, tribal sovereignty, and the standards the organization elects to follow.
- Coach leaders on performance and conduct management, escalating higher-risk matters appropriately.
- Support and partner on team member engagement and experience efforts that strengthen culture and retention, with scope to take on broader engagement ownership as that function develops.
- Own KTEA compensation strategy — pay structure, ranges, and market competitiveness — in partnership with the KTEA Workforce Level Architecture.
- Lead the compensation cycle, pay-equity review, and salary and offer decision guidance for the enterprise.
- Partner with HR Systems for compensation configuration, data, and reporting; analytics execution resides in HR Systems.
- Ensure compensation decisions are consistent, defensible, and aligned to fiscal guidelines and governance.
Talent Management & Internal Mobility
- Lead talent management and internal mobility processes that strengthen retention and career movement across KTEA.
- Partner with the…
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