Talent, Performance, & Learning Specialist

Lever, Inc.; Irvine, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Ondas Sentinel is seeking a Talent, Performance & Learning Specialist to design and deliver enterprise talent, performance, leadership, career, capability, and learning programs. You will translate business priorities into scalable, governed solutions while partnering with People Business Partners and senior leaders.

The role emphasizes hands‑on design, program delivery, dashboards, and continuous improvement, with on‑site work at Irvine, CA or Tucson, AZ and travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline; advanced degree or certification preferred.
• 10+ years in talent management, OD, performance, or learning at enterprise level.
• Expertise in succession planning, talent reviews, performance management, and leadership development.
• Experience translating strategy into scalable enterprise programs with governance and metrics.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management, and ability to advise senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise frameworks for talent, succession, performance, career, capability, and learning.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, performance cycles, and high‑potential development.
• Develop leadership and manager capability, career pathways, and skills frameworks.
• Provide specialist advice, governance, and tools to partners and leaders.
• Create program content and manage platforms, vendors, and learning partners.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and drive governance, privacy, accessibility, and equity.

Skills

Talent management

Organizational development

Performance management

Leadership development

Consulting & stakeholder management

Facilitation & instructional design

Data interpretation & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/OD/psychology/education/business

Advanced degree or professional certification preferred

Tools

HR systems

Performance & talent platforms

Learning management systems

Assessment tools

Content development tools

Job description

$150,000 - $180,000 a year

Position Title: Talent, Performance & Learning Specialist

Location: Irvine, CA (preferred) or Tucson, AZ

Work Arrangement: Full-time | On-site

About Our Transition to Ondas Sentinel

World View was recently acquired by Ondas Inc. (NASDAQ: ONDS) and, together with DZYNE Technologies, has joined forces to create Ondas Sentinel. Ondas Sentinel is a next-generation U.S. defense platform integrating long-endurance ISR, autonomous systems, counter-UAS technologies, and mission intelligence.

While World View is now part of Ondas Sentinel, we are still legally operating as World View as we complete the formal integration of our systems and processes. As a result, you may see roles cross-posted across DZYNE and World View, during this transition. All positions represent opportunities within the same combined organization.

What does this mean for candidates?

• You’re joining a team that is accelerating the future of autonomous defense.
• You’ll be part of a company backed by significant investment, strong growth, and mission‑proven technology.
• You’ll work alongside world‑class engineers and innovators who have already delivered thousands of operational flight hours, high‑impact ISR capabilities, leading counter‑UAS systems, and breakthrough autonomous effects.
• You’ll help shape a unified platform that enables operators to see more, decide faster, and act with confidence across the modern battlespace.

Together, Ondas Sentinel is building something bigger than any one company, a scalable, integrated defense organization designed to meet emerging mission needs with speed, precision, and purpose.

If you’re energized by ambitious missions, rapid innovation, and a chance to help define the future of autonomous defense, we’d love to have you on the team.

Job Description

Reporting to the CPO, the Talent, Performance & Learning Specialist is a senior subject matter expert and individual contributor responsible for the hands‑on design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Ondas Sentinel’s enterprise talent, performance, leadership, career, capability, and learning frameworks. This role translates business strategy and workforce priorities into practical, scalable programs that strengthen performance, leadership capability, succession depth, and employee development.

Operating as a specialist partnering with the People Business Partners and business leaders, this role will build the architecture, tools, governance, guidance, and insights required to connect performance expectations, skills and capability priorities, career development, talent reviews, succession planning, high‑potential development, and learning investment. The Specialist will personally develop core materials, facilitate critical processes, analyze outcomes, and support consistent adoption across the business.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in talent management, organizational development, performance, and learning with a pragmatic, delivery‑oriented approach. Success requires strong consulting judgment, excellent facilitation and program design capability, comfort working with senior leaders, and the ability to create disciplined enterprise solutions that remain relevant to the pace and operating realities of a growing defense technology organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain integrated enterprise frameworks for talent, succession, performance, career development, capability, and learning, with clear tools, governance, and measures.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, performance cycles, and high‑potential development, providing leaders with quality data, calibration guidance, and actionable follow‑through.
• Develop leadership and manager capability, career pathways, skills frameworks, and targeted learning solutions aligned with business and workforce priorities.
• Provide specialist advice, facilitation, tools, and case support to People Business Partners and business leaders across performance, potential, development, succession, and capability matters.
• Create practical program content and manage relevant platforms, assessments, vendors, and learning partners to ensure consistent, scalable delivery.
• Evaluate effectiveness through dashboards and outcome measures, using insights to improve programs, investment decisions, governance, privacy, accessibility, and equal opportunity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial or Organizational Psychology, Education, Business, or a related discipline; an advanced degree or relevant professional experience or certification is preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience across talent management, organizational development, performance, leadership development, capability building, or learning, including work at an enterprise or multi‑business level.
• Deep subject matter expertise in several of the following: succession planning, talent reviews, performance management, leadership development, manager capability, career architecture, competency or skills frameworks, high‑potential development, and learning governance.
• Demonstrated ability to design frameworks and programs from concept through implementation, including governance, tools, communications, facilitation, adoption support, measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to advise senior leaders and People Business Partners, challenge constructively, and translate complex talent concepts into clear business actions.
• Excellent facilitation, instructional design, written communication, presentation, and practical toolkit‑development capability.
• Strong analytical capability, including experience defining success measures, interpreting talent and learning data, evaluating program effectiveness, and presenting decision‑ready insights.
• Experience with People systems, performance and talent platforms, learning management systems, assessment tools, content‑development tools, and related reporting technologies.
• Ability to operate independently as a senior individual contributor, manage multiple enterprise initiatives, and move between strategy, detailed design, facilitation, analysis, and hands‑on delivery.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, engineering, manufacturing, advanced technology, or another complex and regulated environment is preferred.
• Ability to work on-site at the Irvine, California or Tucson, Arizona hub, preferably, with travel between Ondas Sentinel locations as business needs require.

What We Offer

In this role, you will build the talent, performance, career, leadership, and learning foundations that help Ondas Sentinel grow capability and prepare for the future. You will have direct access to business leaders and People partners, meaningful ownership of enterprise frameworks, and the opportunity to turn specialist expertise into practical solutions that improve individual growth and business performance.

You will be joining a high‑impact, mission‑driven organization where your work will strengthen leadership, performance, succession readiness, and critical workforce capability. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance because we believe in taking care of you as a person, not just as a team member.

On‑site presence at our Irvine, California or Tucson, Arizona hub is preferred. Working from a hub enables close partnership with People Business Partners, leaders, managers, and employees while supporting enterprise programs across Ondas Sentinel.

We believe in creating a dynamic and inclusive workplace where creativity thrives, and every voice is heard. Our commitment to all team members is built upon five core cultural pillars: Engage, Lean In, Create, Care, and Own. Together, these pillars form the foundation of our employee experience while adhering to the highest standards of ethical and sustainable practices.

Some Final Notes

The description gives you a sense of what the position involves but is not an exhaustive list. We are a growing and evolving team, which means your responsibilities may shift or expand over time as new opportunities arise. Flexibility and curiosity are part of what make our work exciting!

At Ondas Sentinel, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate belonging and diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. We welcome applications from every background and life experience because we know our differences make us stronger.