Director, Strategic Talent Programs

Role Overview

The Director of Strategic Talent Programs plays a critical role in shaping and executing the companys enterprise talent strategy. This role sits at the intersection of strategy execution and change with a dual focus:

• owning high-impact strategic talent programs and
• serving as a Chief of Staff to the Talent function to ensure alignment momentum and results and Talent optimization.

This is a highly collaborative role for a proven talent practitioner who can translate strategy into scalable programs manage complexity and drive adoption across senior leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Talent Programs

• Lead the design execution and evolution of enterprise talent programs including:

• Succession planning for critical roles and top 60 leaders

• Leadership and enterprise competencies

• Career architecture and internal career pathways

• Talent reviews and talent risk assessment

• Ensure talent programs are practical integrated and clearly connected to business priorities.

• Partner closely with senior leaders and HRBPs to drive consistentapplicationand meaningful outcomes.

Internal Mobility & AI-Enabled Talent Strategy

• Act as a strategic partner on internal mobility initiatives including the use of AI-enabled tools to support career matching talent visibility and workforce movement.

• Collaborate with HR Technology People Analytics and Talent teams to ensure solutions are adopted effective and aligned with talent strategy.

• Promote AI fluency within the Talent function to improve decision-making and scalability.

Talent Reviews & Risk Management

• Own enterprise talent review processes ensuring theyprovideactionable insights rather than compliance-driven outputs.

• Identifytalent risks and capability gaps; partner with leaders on mitigation strategies.

• Ensure outcomes from talent reviews directlyinformsuccession plans development priorities and workforce decisions.

Change Management & Enablement

• Lead change management efforts for new or evolving talent programs.

• Develop clear messaging leader enablement and rollout plans to drive understanding and adoption.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders navigating talent-related change.

Chief of Staff to the Talent Function (Approx. 10%)

• Own andmaintainthe strategic roadmap for the Talent function ensuring priorities are clear sequenced and aligned.

• Partner with Talent and L&D leaders to ensure the right programs capabilities and people are in place to deliver against strategy.

• Coordinate across Talent L&D HRBPs and other stakeholders to drive execution and reduce friction.

• Support operating cadence planning and follow-through for the Talent leadership team.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Proven experience leading strategic talent programs in a complex or scaled organization.

• Strong background in succession planning talent reviews leadership development and career frameworks.

• Demonstrated ability tooperateas a strategic integrator and program owner not just a designer.

• Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing without direct authority.

• Practical experience or strong interest in AI-enabled talent solutions and internal mobility.

• Strong change management and communication skills.

• Highly organized execution-focused and comfortable managing multiple priorities.