Senior Manager, Talent & Performance Management

DeWinter Group; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Manager for Talent & Performance Management to innovate talent processes and enhance performance management practices. This remote role requires strong project management skills, experience with Workday and Tableau, and a strategic mindset to lead cross-functional initiatives. Join a dynamic team dedicated to operational excellence and talent development.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in Talent Management or HR Operations.
• Hands-on experience with performance management processes.
• Comfortable leading cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Define talent management strategy and lead A/B testing.
• Collaborate with teams to design and implement workflows.
• Drive execution of year-end performance management process.

Skills

Influencing without authority

Data analysis

Project management

Collaboration

Strategic mindset

Tools

Workday

Tableau

Job description

Job ID#:36774
Title: Senior Manager, Talent & Performance Management
Duration: 1 year
Start Date: 6/10

Location: Remote

Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Talent Management Consultant to bring a fresh, experimental perspective to how we approach talent processes. This role will design and execute improvements to our talent management practices with a focus on innovation, customer experience, best practices, and operational excellence.

You should have experience successfully introducing and implementing new performance/talent frameworks at other companies and a track record of data-informed decision-making and strong execution results. This role will also be responsible for executing our year-end performance management process, and so strength in project management, execution and detail orientation/analytics is critical. The ability to form strong collaborative relationships with HRBPs, as well as the People Tech, Compensation, and analytics team will also be a key to success in this role.

You will also be knowledgeable about skills and capabilities assessments in order to feed into broader talent acquisition and internal talent growth strategies. Experience with skills technology and skills taxonomies is a plus.

This is a one-year contractor/consultant role scoped at an L5 level, meaning you'll be expected to define the year end and future strategy, lead multi-phase projects, and navigate across teams to influence decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

Performance Management

• Define the talent management experimentation and redesign strategy.
• Lead the end-to-end design and management of A/B tests for talent management processes, including forms, questions, feedback flows, and reporting.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to design, build, and test new Workday workflows and Tableau dashboards.
• Bring external best practices to inform talent process modernization and strategic skills assessment and inventory, introducing solutions not yet tried.
• Drive precise and efficient execution of our year-end performance mgt process, working collaboratively with HRBPs, Compensation, Analytics, and People Tech
• Provide insights and recommendations based on testing outcomes and industry trends.
• Navigate the culture to influence and drive alignment across stakeholders
• Skill-Based Career Development
• Advise on best practices on moving to a more skill-based organization through skills assessments, taxonomies, and skills inventory
• Help create a skills/career roadmap for the future, leveraging best in class skills technology and integrating with other HR systems

Requirements:

• You know how to influence without authority and can move ideas through complex organizations.
• You can translate ambiguity into clear strategies and structured experiments.
• You have a strategic mindset in terms of planning and execution of short-term wins and a future state roadmap
• You have hands-on experience with performance management in Workday and Tableau; familiarity with setting up forms, workflows, data reporting an analysis, & data visualizations.
• You are comfortable leading cross-functional, multi-phase projects with autonomy.
• You have successfully designed and implemented innovative talent management processes at other companies, especially performance management
• You are action-oriented and comfortable balancing speed with rigor
• You are an operator who thrives in building, experimenting, and iterating with a bias for action.
• You are an exceptional program leader and can manage complex project plans with multiple cross functional stakeholders from concept through implementation
• You have an extreme eye for detail and strong skills in metrics and analytics

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years' experience in Talent Management, HR Operations, or related fields.
• Strong experience in running talent processes, especially performance management, for multiple years, in multiple companies
• Experience with skills-based assessments and implementing skills cloud technology
• Previous experience in tech or fast-paced, high-growth environments.

DeWinter Group and Maris Consultingis an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We post pay scales which are based on our client pay ranges. DeWinter, Maris, and our clients have the right to modify the requirements of the role which can impact the pay ranges posted.