Enterprise Performance Management Lead (Hybrid)

Ally-Financial; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off and holidays

Volunteer time off

401(k) with company match

Student loan payoff

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Financial coaching

Flexible health and insurance options

Job summary

Ally Financial is seeking a Senior Manager of Performance Management for a hybrid role based in Detroit, MI or Charlotte, NC. You will design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise performance management practices, influencing manager effectiveness and talent decisions across the organization.

You will lead strategies for objective setting, feedback, coaching, evaluations, and calibration, partnering with HR and business leaders to simplify processes and deliver scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in HR, business, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in performance management or talent management.
• Experience designing enterprise talent practices and managing cross-functional programs.
• Strong knowledge of objective setting, feedback, coaching, performance evaluations, ratings, and calibration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with quantitative and qualitative information.
• Excellent consulting, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise performance management practices including objective setting, ongoing feedback and coaching, evaluations, ratings, and calibration.
• Shape the performance management strategy and roadmap, identifying opportunities to improve effectiveness, simplify processes, and strengthen the employee and manager experience.
• Develop practical frameworks, tools, and resources that help managers set expectations, provide meaningful feedback, coach performance, differentiate outcomes, and support development.
• Translate strategy into scalable practices that balance business needs, employee experience, technology capabilities, governance requirements, and operational feasibility.
• Use employee and manager feedback, process measures, talent outcomes, and external research to evaluate effectiveness and recommend improvements.
• Lead process simplification and partner with HR Technology and Operations to improve workflows, systems, and user experiences.
• Establish standards, documentation, decision frameworks, controls, and governance that support consistent and defensible talent decisions.
• Partner across HR and the business to drive adoption and connect performance practices with broader talent and business processes through clear enablement, communications, and change strategies.
• Contribute to related talent and manager-effectiveness priorities, including assessment, skills validation, talent decision frameworks, and emerging uses of technology and AI.
• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives, manage competing priorities, and influence stakeholders at multiple levels.

Skills

Objective setting

Feedback

Coaching

Performance evaluations

Calibration

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR / Business

Advanced degree in I/O Psychology / Organizational Development

Tools

Workday

People analytics

HR technology

Job description

Ally Financial is seeking a Senior Manager of Performance Management for a hybrid role based in Detroit, MI or Charlotte, NC. You will design, implement, and continuously improve enterprise performance management practices, influencing manager effectiveness and talent decisions across the organization.

You will lead strategies for objective setting, feedback, coaching, evaluations, and calibration, partnering with HR and business leaders to simplify processes and deliver scalable solutions.