Director, Talent & Leadership Development, Americas

This role is based at our corporate office in McLean, VA.

This is your chance to be part of a Corporate Human Resources team at a top global hospitality company! As a Director Talent & Leadership Development, you will partner with our business leaders to attract, retain, and develop Hilton's most important asset, our Team Members. On the Talent and Leadership Development team, you will report to the VP, Global Learning and Leadership Development.

You will support Americas talent and leadership development projects, which will require close partnering with the Global L&D team, Americas HR Operations, and Americas Hotel Operations leaders.

You will be in an important strategic role responsible for implementing our leadership development strategy for the Americas and build strong talent pipelines across brands and countries. You will connect workforce planning, succession planning, and leadership development to deliver talent for critical leadership roles across the Americas. The Americas include North America, Caribbean, and the Latin America region. We are looking for strategic prioritization and alignment of programs, tools, and resources which must be regionally applicable in their design, delivery, and measurement.

Hilton is proud to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to programs and benefits such as:

• Go Hilton travel program: 110 nights of discounted travel with room rates as low as $40/night
• Hilton Shares:
  Our employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - you can purchase Hilton shares at a 15 percent discount
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
• Mental health resources including free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
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At Hilton, we believe every Team Member is a leader. We are committed to offering leadership development opportunities and programs through every step of a Team Member’s career journey and at every level, both in our hotels and across corporate.

Available benefits may vary depending upon terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of the plans.

Your role is important and below are some of the fundamental job duties that make your work unique.

• Develop content, oversee delivery and measure the impact of signature talent development programs in the region
• Scale and help deliver core leadership development programs with Hotel Operations Regional HRDs and hotel trainers based on need areas identified through the talent reviews
• Review program performance and use data to identify “gaps” and improve future delivery
• Sustain and implement global and regional leadership development programs to support workforce planning and talent pipeline needs
• Coordinate program nominations and selection using workforce planning/succession tools/dashboards to surface important capability gaps
• Manage direct reports, budgets, schedules, and vendor partners for content creation, plus other resources
• Use the forecasting and workforce planning dashboards to project future talent requirements and inform and work with partners to ensure we have ready now talent
• Ensure compliance with logistics considerations (e.g., U.S. visa requirements for program attendance; language proficiency and preference of learners).
• Support the execution and measurement impact of For-All learning programs in the region.

• You will serve as liaison between the Global Head of L&D and Americas HR Operations SVP/VPs sharing best practices from other regions and across the business and serving as their business partner for all talent and leadership development initiatives.
• Partner with Regional HR Operations leaders, Regional HRDs, and hotel trainers to coordinate in-language delivery (Spanish/Portuguese) and scale deployment plans across US/CAN and CALA.
• Provide regular status updates and strategic presentations to inform, align, and engage stakeholders…