Senior Manager, Strategic Talent Elevation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Oregon.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the VP of Talent Strategy & Elevation to co-develop the enterprise talent strategy.

• Design the philosophy, governance, frameworks, and a multi-year roadmap for talent management.

• Implement performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.

• Create calibration philosophy, succession methodologies, performance differentiation, and segmentation criteria.

• Manage enterprise talent calendars, toolkits, launch governance, readiness assessments, analytics, and follow-through processes.

• Establish annual calibration processes and develop manager toolkits.

• Oversee PIP and coaching standards across various brands.

• Analyze performance outcomes and maintain HRIS talent modules.

• Design talent review processes, assessment frameworks, readiness ratings, and talent segmentation strategies.

• Identify high-potential criteria, program effectiveness metrics, and success measures.

• Develop succession planning methodologies and critical-role succession plans.

• Promote internal mobility strategies, career pathing frameworks, and cross-brand mobility opportunities.

• Integrate succession depth, skills gap analysis, and readiness data with workforce planning.

• Collaborate on organizational effectiveness diagnostics and measure people-program efficacy.

• Lead governance for program launches and report metrics to the VP and CHRO.

• Travel frequently to centers and field sites to understand brand nuances and establish relationships with field leaders.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in HR.

• At least 3 years of experience in owning or co-owning enterprise-level talent management programs and leading a team.

• Demonstrated experience in designing talent review, succession, and performance systems from scratch.

• Experience in a large, distributed organization with over 10,000 employees is strongly preferred.

• Developed talent philosophy and capability to engage in strategy discussions with senior stakeholders.

• Exceptional operational discipline, encompassing calendar creation, toolkit design, milestone tracking, and follow-up.

• Proficient in facilitation, stakeholder management, executive presence, and influencing without authority within a matrixed environment.

• Strong collaborative skills with Learning & Development, HR Operations, and HR Business Partner teams.

• Data-oriented with the ability to create narratives from talent outcomes data.

• Workday Talent or equivalent HRIS experience is required.

• Sincere willingness to visit centers, learn about brands, and cultivate relationships beyond the corporate office.

• Comfortable with occasional travel for program implementation.

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Discounted child care benefits.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees’ families and pets.

• Employee assistance programs.

• Health and wellness initiatives.

• Paid time off.

• Discounts on work-related necessities, such as cell phones.