Sr Talent Development Mgr

Valley National Bank; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley National Bank in Morristown, NJ seeks a Senior Director of Talent Development to shape enterprise development priorities and lead core development practices across the organization. You will partner with the Head of Talent and Chief Inclusion Officer to design scalable frameworks, playbooks, and leader enablement materials, ensuring consistent execution and measurable impact.

The role emphasizes collaboration with HR partners, analytics, and executives to translate talent insights into

Responsibilities

• Shape, scale, and execute enterprise talent development priorities with 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 insights into development actions, readiness plans, and leadership pipelines.
• Develop scalable frameworks, tools, resources, and leader enablement materials for consistent enterprise-wide application.
• Advise HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Inclusion and Belonging, Learning & Development, People Analytics, and senior leaders to connect development priorities to business needs.
• Use talent data, performance trends, engagement insights, and workforce indicators to identify gaps and shape solutions.
• Translate insights into executive-ready materials, dashboards, and recommendations for decision-making.
• Embed inclusion, objectivity, and consistency into development programs and leadership practices.
• Lead complex development initiatives with project discipline, stakeholder engagement, change management, and continuous improvement.

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.

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