Strategic Talent & Performance Consultant

Jefferson; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Tuition discounts at Jefferson

Job summary

Jefferson is seeking a Talent and Performance Management Consultant to design, implement, and execute enterprise talent programs that strengthen leadership capability, succession readiness, and employee development. You will use data-driven insights to support workforce planning and colleague growth across the organization.

In this role, you will operationalize talent processes, lead cross-functional initiatives, benchmark trends, and develop dashboards and executive communications for leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7 years of progressive experience in Talent Management, Organizational Development, Learning and Development, Human Resources, or a related discipline within a large organization.
• Experience managing multiple projects and collaborating across functions to achieve business outcomes.
• Experience leveraging talent and workforce data to develop insights, reports, dashboards, and recommendations.
• Strong facilitation, presentation, and communication skills with the ability to engage leaders and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), including advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills for reporting, data analysis, and executive presentations.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize talent reviews, performance calibrations, and succession planning processes by coordinating sessions, preparing materials and talent data, documenting outcomes, ensuring alignment to established guidelines, and tracking follow-up development actions.
• Lead cross-functional talent initiatives and project workstreams, ensuring milestones, deliverables, communications, and stakeholder expectations are effectively managed.
• Research emerging performance and talent management trends, benchmarking data, and industry best practices to recommend enhancements to enterprise programs and processes.
• Contribute to change management and communication efforts that support adoption, engagement, and sustainability of talent and performance initiatives.
• Support the development and integration of competency models, career pathways, and skills-based talent practices into talent and performance programs.
• Develop executive summaries, presentations, reports, dashboards, workforce analyses, and talent insights that communicate program outcomes and recommendations to leaders.
• Facilitate workshops, leader enablement sessions, and manager training focused on performance management, succession planning, talent assessment, and employee development practices.
• Oversee and maintain Workday talent data and performance information by ensuring data accuracy, updating records, auditing data quality, and preparing reports that support talent management processes and decision-making.
• Administer mentoring and coaching programs by managing participant intake, application processes, matching activities, program communications, progress tracking, and outcome reporting to support leadership and career development objectives.
• Manage vendor relationships by coordinating contracts, tracking deliverables, monitoring performance, and supporting program implementation and evaluation.
• Perform additional responsibilities as needed to advance organizational priorities and the evolution of talent and performance management practices.

Skills

Project management

Data analysis

Facilitation

Presentation

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Organizational Development / Organizational Psychology / HR / Business Administration

Tools

Workday

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Jefferson is seeking a Talent and Performance Management Consultant to design, implement, and execute enterprise talent programs that strengthen leadership capability, succession readiness, and employee development. You will use data-driven insights to support workforce planning and colleague growth across the organization.

In this role, you will operationalize talent processes, lead cross-functional initiatives, benchmark trends, and develop dashboards and executive communications for leaders.