Manager of Talent & Development

About Us

The Brydon Group is a Washington, D.C.

-based private equity firm that partners with outstanding mid-career executives to acquire and grow business-to-business (B2B), business-to-government (B2G), and healthcare software and services platforms. Brydon is currently investing out of its Fund III, which closed in July 2025.

At Brydon, talent is a core pillar of our strategy. We invest in great leaders, develop them intentionally, and believe that the strength of our people determines the strength of our outcomes. This philosophy applies equally across the Brydon ecosystem – all of our teams, and the executives and leaders across our portfolio companies.

The Manager of Talent & Development will be a core member of Brydon's talent team, reporting directly to the Head of Talent. This is a dual-mandate role: one part focused on designing and delivering talent development programming across Brydon's internal team and portfolio company leadership, and one part focused on serving as a hands‑on talent advisor to portfolio company executives.

This role is ideal for a people professional who has designed and run leadership development programs, thrives building relationships with senior executives, and is energized by working in a fast‑paced, high‑accountability environment where they will own meaningful work from concept to execution.

• Own and evolve our programming and development curricula for portfolio company CEOs and CXOs, including onboarding programs for newly placed executives, cohort-based programming, and ongoing skill-building initiatives
• Design, build, and deliver structured talent development programming across portfolio company leadership teams, identifying and addressing development needs as they evolve across the Brydon ecosystem
• Own and continuously improve Brydon’s talent development calendar and roadmap, balancing structured programming with responsive, just‑in‑time support
• Identify development needs across the Brydon ecosystem – conducting pre‑employment assessments (Criteria, Predictive Index) and deploying professional aptitude and proficiency models, gathering feedback, and staying close to evolving challenges facing our executives and leaders – and translate those needs into effective programs
• Coordinate and manage external coaches, facilitators, and development partners as needed to supplement internal programming
• Build and maintain a knowledge base of best practices, development resources, and frameworks that can be leveraged across the Brydon ecosystem
• Track and measure program effectiveness, iterating continuously to improve quality and impact
• Design and deliver talent development programming for Brydon's internal teams and contribute to firm‑wide talent initiatives, including internal onboarding and performance and development processes (e.g. yearly reviews and feedback cycles), in partnership with the broader talent team

• Serve as a trusted advisor to portfolio company CEOs and senior leadership teams on people strategy, organizational design, and leadership development – building the kind of ongoing relationships where executives seek you out proactively
• Support CEO and executive onboarding at newly acquired portfolio companies, ensuring leaders have the resources, frameworks, and connections to ramp effectively into their roles
• Identify talent patterns and gaps across the portfolio, and develop scalable solutions – programs, tools, and resources – that address shared challenges across companies
• Collaborate with Brydon's investment and portfolio operations teams to align talent initiatives with each company's value creation plan
• Bring market intelligence and fresh thinking on talent trends to the team and to portfolio company partners – synthesizing insights from across the industry into actionable guidance

• 5+ years of experience in a role with meaningful exposure to talent development, leadership development, L&D, talent advisory, organizational effectiveness, or a combination – ideally in private equity, professional services, management consulting, or executive search
• Demonstrated experience designing and…