Director of Talent Strategy & Business Partnership

Job Description

Opportunity at a Glance
The Director of Talent Strategy and Business Partnership is responsible for supporting business growth through execution of our talent strategy and fostering a high-performing, inclusive organizational culture. This role involves participating in creating and implementing end-to-end talent programs and initiatives to develop and retain top talent. The Director will also track metrics to measure talent ROI and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Talent Strategy: Develop and implement end-to-end talent management strategies, specifically around talent assessment, succession planning, performance management, onboarding, and coaching.

• Project management: Manage the execution of talent initiatives, including developing project plans with clear milestones, responsibilities, and KPIs.

• Performance Management: Support the creation of a robust performance management system that aligns employee performance with organizational goals, ensuring continuous feedback and development. Help create and implement modalities to drive performance management at the team level. Develop and execute a change management plan to support adoption of performance management system.

• Talent Review & Succession Planning: Support the development of the talent review processes to identify high-potential employees, create succession plans for key leadership roles and drive differentiation in colleague development investments.

• Colleague career pathing and talent development: Support the development of career pathing and leadership development programs and planning. Develop and execute a redesigned programs including change management.  

• Impact Council: Provide support for Adtalem Impact Council ongoing activities and key initiatives and adhoc support for ERGs

• End-to-end employee experience: Identify and execute initiatives to build an end-to-end employee experience with curated “moments that matter” to drive retention and employee engagement

• Business Partnership support: Support HRBPs and business leaders with resources and processes to enable the implementation of changes as well as business as usual activities (e.g., performance calibration, goal setting follow ups etc.).

• Metrics & Evaluation: Track talent development KPIs to measure effectiveness and impact on business outcomes

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required, Master's Degree in Organization Development or related field preferred.
• 7+ years in talent management or human resources required.
• 3+ years in a professional services or management consulting environment preferred.
• Strong expertise in modern talent practices including succession planning, high-potential development, and strategic workforce planning.
• Proven ability to lead initiatives and influence stakeholders across all levels of an organization.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to align talent solutions with business goals and stay ahead of emerging trends.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across diverse teams and leaders.