[Hiring] Director, Talent Experience @Catalight Foundation

Catalight Foundation; United States; Remote; USD 166,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalight Foundation seeks a remote Director, Talent Experience to enhance employee engagement and promote a culture of wellbeing and justice. The ideal candidate will lead talent strategy, innovate recruiting processes, and work with diverse organizations to drive equitable experiences.

Benefits

Fully remote position

Occasional travel may be required

Qualifications

• Experience with talent life cycles and design of impactful talent approaches.
• Knowledge in recruiting across diverse roles from direct service to executive.
• Sensitivity to working with diverse populations and commitment to organizational values.

Responsibilities

• Build engaging employee experiences focused on wellbeing and equity.
• Design employee experiences that promote growth and inclusivity.
• Drive organizational success through a culture of continuous learning.

Skills

Talent life cycles

Learning tech systems design

People experience design

Team leadership

Coaching for career growth

Tools

Microsoft Office

Workday

Basic AI tools

Job description

Jul 18, 2025 - Catalight Foundation is hiring a remote Director, Talent Experience. Salary: $166,000 - $258,000 annually. Location: USA.

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Role Description

We are seeking a creative talent leader who’s excited to move from best practice to next practice and reimagine our talent experience at our mission driven nonprofit. At Catalight, we are building the future of work for nonprofits.

• Build an engaging employee experience through a culture of wellbeing and justice.
• Support our humans with the learnings, capabilities, and opportunities to do their best work.
• Design employee experiences that allow each human to experience wellness, equity, and growth.
• Support employees, managers, and leaders on their team building journeys.
• Expand our talent ecosystem, leveraging AI and modern tech to facilitate talent attraction.
• Drive organizational success through a culture of continuous learning.
• Partner closely across 4 nonprofits to design and execute an ecosystem strategy.
• Build an inclusive and equity-informed function that can adapt and scale to support diverse needs.
• Lead and innovate our people welcome strategy, operations, and coach our recruiting team.
• Create safe and welcoming spaces as a baseline.

Qualifications

• Experience with talent life cycles, learning tech systems design, and people experience design.
• Knowledge in designing, developing, and delivering impactful talent approaches.
• Experience recruiting for a broad range of job types and levels, including direct service, management, and executive.
• Capacity to effectively lead teams, build engaging environments, and coach for career growth.

Requirements

• Sensitivity to working with an ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and economically diverse population.
• Commitment to the values of the organization while demonstrating good judgment, flexibility, patience, and discretion when dealing with confidential matters.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Workday, and basic AI tools.
• Strong understanding of AI ecosystems for learning design and development.
• Capacity to utilize computers and telephones to communicate effectively.
• Visual and auditory ability to work with candidates, staff, and others in the workplace continuously.

Benefits

• Fully remote position; must be able to work core hours on Pacific/Hawaiian time zones.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• Reports into our Wellbeing + Experience Team; you will be a manager of a team.

Conditions of Employment

• Ability to obtain and maintain criminal record clearance through the Department of Justice (DOJ).
• Ability to obtain and maintain clearance through the Office of Inspector General.
• Must attend any required training.