Manager, Talent & Development

Jobtailor; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Brydon is seeking a senior leader to design and deliver structured talent development programs across portfolio company leadership teams, including onboarding for newly placed executives, cohort‑based programming, and ongoing skill-building initiatives.

You will own the talent development calendar, align initiatives with value creation plans, and partner with investment and operations teams to scale programs across the Brydon ecosystem while serving as a trusted advisor on people strategy and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in talent development, leadership development, L&D, or talent advisory, ideally in private equity, professional services, management consulting, or executive search.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering structured development programs end-to-end, not just facilitating or coordinating.
• Track record building trusted relationships with senior executives and serving as a thought partner on people and leadership challenges.
• Comfort operating in a small, fast-moving team where initiative, ownership, and adaptability are essential.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve programming for portfolio company CEOs and CXOs, including onboarding and cohort-based learning.
• Design, build, and deliver structured talent development programming across Brydon's leadership teams.
• Own the talent development calendar and roadmap, balancing structured programs with responsive support.
• Identify development needs across the Brydon ecosystem and translate them into effective programs.

Skills

Talent development

Leadership development

L&D

Talent advisory

Organizational effectiveness

Executive coaching

Curriculum design

Program design

Relationship building

Private equity exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree

Professional certifications

Job description

• Own and evolve our programming and development curricula for portfolio company CEOs and CXOs, including onboarding programs for newly placed executives, cohort‑based programming, and ongoing skill‑building initiatives.
• Design, build, and deliver structured talent development programming across portfolio company leadership teams, identifying and addressing development needs as they evolve across the Brydon ecosystem.
• Own and continuously improve Brydon’s talent development calendar and roadmap, balancing structured programming with responsive, just‑in‑time support.
• Identify development needs across the Brydon ecosystem – conducting pre‑employment assessments (Criteria, Predictive Index) and deploying professional aptitude and proficiency models, gathering feedback, and staying close to evolving challenges facing our executives and leaders – and translate those needs into effective programs.
• Coordinate and manage external coaches, facilitators, and development partners as needed to supplement internal programming.
• Build and maintain a knowledge base of best practices, development resources, and frameworks that can be leveraged across the Brydon ecosystem.
• Track and measure program effectiveness, iterating continuously to improve quality and impact.
• Design and deliver talent development programming for Brydon's internal teams and contribute to firm‑wide talent initiatives, including internal onboarding and performance and development processes (e.g. yearly reviews and feedback cycles), in partnership with the broader talent team.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to portfolio company CEOs and senior leadership teams on people strategy, organizational design, and leadership development – building the kind of ongoing relationships where executives seek you out proactively.
• Support CEO and executive onboarding at newly acquired portfolio companies, ensuring leaders have the resources, frameworks, and connections to ramp effectively into their roles.
• Identify talent patterns and gaps across the portfolio, and develop scalable solutions – programs, tools, and resources – that address shared challenges across companies.
• Collaborate with Brydon's investment and portfolio operations teams to align talent initiatives with each company's value creation plan.
• Bring market intelligence and fresh thinking on talent trends to the team and to portfolio company partners – synthesizing insights from across the industry into actionable guidance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a role with meaningful exposure to talent development, leadership development, L&D, talent advisory, organizational effectiveness, or a combination – ideally in private equity, professional services, management consulting, or executive search.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering structured development programs or curricula, with the ability to own program design end‑to‑end – not just facilitate or coordinate.
• Track record of building trusted relationships with senior executives and serving as a thought partner on people and leadership challenges.
• Comfort operating in a small, fast‑moving team where initiative, ownership, and adaptability are essential – this is a builder role, not the inheritor of an established function.
• Familiarity with the LMM or middle‑market PE ecosystem, or strong interest in it; an understanding of what it means to lead a PE‑backed company is a meaningful asset.
• Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree or professional development certifications are a plus.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; you can present clearly to a room of senior executives and write a thoughtful professional development framework.
• Strong program design instincts; you understand how people develop, know how to structure cohort experiences, and bring creativity and rigor to how growth and learning happen.
• High emotional intelligence and relationship orientation; you build trust quickly with senior leaders and are known as someone people seek out for honest, useful guidance.
• Self‑directed and action‑oriented; you move from idea to execution without waiting to be told, and you bring follow‑through to everything you own.
• Systems mindset; you think about scalability and repeatability, and you document and codify your work so it compounds over time.
• Collaborative spirit with the ability to work effectively across investment, operations, and portfolio teams.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in designing and delivering structured talent development programs, with a strong focus on leadership development and organizational effectiveness. Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior executives and provide actionable insights on talent trends within the private equity ecosystem.