Sr Talent Development Manager

vnbcareers; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

vnbcareers seeks an senior leader to shape and execute enterprise talent development strategies across the organization. You will partner with executive leaders to design, implement, and continuously improve development practices, including career paths, manager enablement, and succession planning.

The role requires building scalable frameworks, leading cross-functional initiatives, and turning talent insights into actionable plans that strengthen leadership pipelines and readiness for critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related business field and extensive HR/OD experience.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute enterprise talent development priorities with leadership.
• Design and improve development practices including manager enablement and career development.
• Advance talent reviews and succession planning with actionable development plans.
• Develop scalable frameworks and leader enablement materials across the enterprise.
• Advise HR partners and business leaders to align development with business needs.
• Use talent data to identify capability gaps and measure impact on outcomes.
• Translate insights into executive-ready materials and dashboards.
• Embed inclusion and objectivity in development programs and leadership practices.
• Lead complex development initiatives with strong project management and change management.

Skills

Career development

Mentoring

Coaching

Succession planning

Manager enablement

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership development

Talent analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

HR certifications

Tools

HRIS

Performance systems

People analytics

Talent review tools

Job description

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• 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.

Required Skills:

• A demonstrated track record of designing, leading, and improving development experiences such as, manager capability building, career development resources, mentoring, coaching, succession and development planning.


• The ability to build alignment across functions, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver results through partnership in a matrixed environment.


• Sound judgment, strong facilitation skills, and credibility advising leaders on development needs, program design, organizational capability, and practical solutions.


• Business acumen and the ability to connect development priorities to enterprise strategy, organizational capability, leadership effectiveness, and measurable outcomes.


• Strong analytical judgment, with experience using talent data and workforce insights to shape recommendations and measure progress.


• Exceptional consulting, facilitation, stakeholder management, executive communication, written communication, and presentation skills.


• Experience leading complex, cross-functional development initiatives with clear planning, disciplined execution, stakeholder accountability, change management, and measurable outcomes.


• Experience in financial services, regulated industries, professional services, or other complex enterprise environments.


• Experience supporting leadership development, career mobility, manager effectiveness, talent review follow-through, succession or development planning.


• Applied experience with assessment tools, coaching methodologies, instructional design, change management, organizational development, or talent analytics.


• Experience integrating inclusion and belonging principles into talent management systems and leadership practices.


• Familiarity with HR technology platforms, talent review tools, performance systems, employee listening platforms, or people analytics dashboards.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a related business field and a minimum of 12 years of progressive Human Resources, talent development, learning and development, organizational development, leadership development, or related experience, including experience designing and scaling enterprise-wide development solutions in complex organizations.

Preferred Experience:

• Master's degree or relevant certifications.