Talent Experience Specialist

Function: Human Resources

Department: Talent Management & Optimization (TMO)

Location: Bloomington, MN – Hybrid

Reports to: Manager, Talent Management & Optimization

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world‑class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in.

With 100 years of operation under our belt and a healthy tenure, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.

At The Toro Company (TTC), we believe talent exists at every level, and how we invest in people early, and throughout their careers, shapes the organization we become. The Talent Experience Specialist is a core member of the Talent Management and Optimization (TMO) team, leading two of our most visible programs – the enterprise internship program and the mentorship program – and serving as an engine for the tools, guides, and resources that bring TMO's talent strategies to life across the enterprise.

All have a strong foundation. Your job is to take them to the next level – elevating the experience, deepening the connection to TTC’s talent pipeline, and ensuring that growth happens in more ways than one.

This role is a strategic contributor to TMO – your perspective on what you see, what is working, and what needs to evolve directly shapes how we think and what we build next. It is for someone energized by building programs with purpose, passionate about the craft of creating things people use and genuinely motivated by the belief that the early and ongoing experience someone has at TTC matters.

• Own the full intern experience from day one – designing and managing a high‑quality, consistent program that reflects TTC’s talent brand, supports criteria‑based placements tied to pipeline needs, equips managers to be effective hosts, and creates a clear path for strong interns pursuing full‑time roles at TTC
• Extend and operate TTC’s enterprise mentorship program – leveraging the current experience and expanding it so that employees at every career stage have access to the right mentors and the right level of guidance, reinforcing that growth happens multiple ways
• Partner with our Learning, Development and Engagement team to shape the early experience for all new employees – ensuring that from day one, people feel the intentionality of how The Toro Company invests in its people
• Be an active voice to TMO team strategy – contributing perspective from early career and broader talent lens, staying connected to the full scope of what TMO owns, and helping to ensure the work is always tied to the bigger picture
• Serve as TMO’s primary builder of operational enablement resources – creating and continuously improving the guides, resources, toolkits, and templates that help managers, employees, and HR business partners execute talent processes with confidence across a complex, global organization
• Own program analytics for the internship and mentorship programs, tracking outcomes and surfacing insights that connect program health to TTC’s broader talent pipeline

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or related field
• 1-2 years (Specialist I) or 3-4+ years (Specialist II) of direct or indirect experience in talent management, HR program management, early talent programs, or a closely related discipline
• Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating talent programs or HR initiatives end-to-end

• Experience running internships, mentorship, rotational, onboarding, or early career programs in a corporate environment
• Familiarity with talent pipeline, succession, or talent review concepts and how early talent programs connect to them
• Background in a global organization across multiple business units…