Director, Talent Development & Culture

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The Director, Talent Development & Culture is a strategic leader and key member of the HR leadership team. They are responsible to design and execute firm-wide and BU specific learning, leadership, and culture initiatives that foster a culture of continuous learning, employee growth, leadership development, and a high-performance, inclusive culture.

• Lead the creation and delivery of global learning programs, including technical, compliance, manager effectiveness, and professional skills training.
• Partner with HRBPs and business stakeholders to identify skill gaps and development needs.
• Facilitate development and learning sessions, including content development and delivery.
• Utilize LMS and digital platforms to scale learning solutions and track impact.
• Establish and integrate learning metrics and analytics to evaluate program effectiveness, foster a culture of continuous improvement, deliver insights and assess progress against strategic goals.

• Design and deliver tiered leadership development programs for senior, mid-level, and emerging leaders, both within BUs and also firm-wide.
• Partnering with internal clients, oversee executive coaching, mentoring, and experiential learning programs and serving as a coach to senior leaders, as needed.
• Collaborate with external partners to enhance leadership offerings and assessments.
• Strategically lead the firm’s relationships with executive coaches, outside leadership speakers, outside leadership development partners and programs.

• Align people and culture initiatives with organizational mission, vision, and values.
• Drive employee engagement efforts, including surveys, action planning, and recognition programs, in partnership with HR Business Partners, BU leaders and managers.
• Champion initiatives that reinforce company values and foster an inclusive workplace, including onboarding, recognition, team effectiveness, and offboarding.
• Provide guidance, coaching and oversight to firm’s four Alliances, co-chairs and executive sponsors.
• Collaborate with HR BPs and leaders to embed inclusive practices into development and culture programs.

• Partner with HR Business Partners and BU leaders to develop and implement a comprehensive talent development strategy aligned with business goals, assess capability gaps and design talent development solutions.
• Provide strategic input into organizational design and change management initiatives to support transformation and growth.
• Design and development of succession planning and high-potential identification processes, in partnership with the HR Business…