Director of Talent Development
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Job Location:
Milwaukee, WI - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 140000 - 200000
Posted on:
09-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Role:
We are seeking a strategic and relationship-driven Director of Talent Development to lead the design implementation and evaluation of Bairds firmwide learning and development initiatives that enhance employee performance leadership capability and organizational effectiveness.
This position requires working from our Milwaukee office where the entire team is based 2-3 days per week. Additional days may be required based on client this role you will drive the development and delivery of customized talent solutions that support our organization. This role requires deep expertise in adult learning frameworks and instructional design principles to ensure learning solutions are impactful inclusive and aligned with business goals.
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What We Are Looking For:
- Proven leader of a high-performing talent development or training and development team.
- Demonstrated success in building relationships and collaborating with leaders at a variety of leadership levels to develop and deliver custom talent solutions.
- Expertise in learning and development trends instructional design and the ability to integrate adult learning principles into program design to ensure relevance and effectiveness.
- Experience in design delivery and optimizing internal and external digital learning.
- Tech-savvy with the ability to harness data and analytics to measure impactful learning and drive decisions.
- Ability to translate business strategy into learning solutions that drive performance.
The Impact Youll Make:
- Serve as a strategic leader on the HR Senior Leadership Team helping define and execute the firms HR strategy.
- Lead the Talent Development team including managers and individual contributors to deliver superior client service and a positive associate experience.
- Advance and champion the organizations priorities for learning leadership and engagement.
What Youll Bring to Baird:
- 10 years of progressive experience in Talent Development or Training and Development including a minimum of 7 years designing programs for large- and small-scale initiatives.
- 5 years of direct management experience including leading manager-level associates.
- Experience in coaching for improved performance engagement or improved team dynamics.
- Certification in instructional design or learning technologies (e.g. ATD CPLP SHRM-SCP).
Compensation and Benefits:
- $140000 - $200000 base salary plus bonus
- Compensation and bonus are commensurate with location experience performance and/or firm profitability
- Check out ourcomprehensive benefitsdesigned for your life career and future.
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Baird is committed to diversity and provides employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy citizenship national origin age disability military service veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression genetic information or any other status protected by law.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Fundraising
- Media Relations
- Constant Contact
- Strategic Planning
- Social Media Management
- Team Management
- Public Speaking
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
About Company
Baird is an employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, asset management and private equity firm. Leveraging our deep expertise and broad skills, we're dedicated to providing the best advice and service to our individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients.
