Enterprise Talent Development Strategist

Valley National Bank; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley National Bank is seeking a senior leader to shape and scale enterprise talent development initiatives in partnership with senior HR leadership. You will design and continually improve core development practices, including manager enablement, career development, development planning, and talent review execution.

You will drive succession planning and leadership readiness through data-driven insights and actionable plans.

Responsibilities

• Shape, scale, and execute enterprise talent development priorities in partnership with the Head of Talent and Chief Inclusion Officer.
• Design, lead, and continuously improve core development practices, including talent development, manager enablement, career development, development planning, and talent review follow-through.
• Advance enterprise talent review and succession planning by turning talent insights into clear development actions, readiness plans, and follow-up that strengthen leadership pipelines and critical role coverage.
• Develop scalable frameworks, tools, resources, and leader enablement materials that make talent development easier to understand, apply, and execute consistently across the enterprise.
• Advise and partner with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Inclusion and Belonging, Learning & Development, People Analytics, senior leaders, business leaders, and other stakeholders to connect development priorities to business and workforce needs.
• Use talent data, performance trends, engagement insights, listening feedback, and workforce indicators to identify capability gaps, shape development solutions, and measure impact.
• Translate talent insights into executive-ready materials, program updates, dashboards, recommendations, and decision support that help leaders understand development priorities, outcomes, risks, and next steps.
• Embed inclusion, objectivity, and consistency into development programs, career experiences, coaching resources, and leadership practices.
• Lead complex development initiatives with strong project discipline, stakeholder engagement, change management, measurement, and continuous improvement.

Job description

Valley National Bank is seeking a senior leader to shape and scale enterprise talent development initiatives in partnership with senior HR leadership. You will design and continually improve core development practices, including manager enablement, career development, development planning, and talent review execution.

You will drive succession planning and leadership readiness through data-driven insights and actionable plans.