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Collette · 9 hours ago

Senior Director, Talent Management & Development

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$110K/yr - $175K/yr

10+ years exp

Collette is a family-owned travel company seeking a Senior Director, Talent Management & Development to join their People & Culture team. This role focuses on leading strategies to enhance leadership, performance, and employee engagement within the organization.

Travel

Responsibilities

Design and lead Collette’s enterprise-wide talent management strategy, integrating performance, potential, and readiness to ensure a strong internal leadership pipeline

Oversee and facilitate performance management cycle, promotion planning, calibration, and talent reviews, ensuring consistent processes, fair evaluations, and actionable outcomes that strengthen leadership continuity and workforce agility

Advise senior leaders and People Partners on talent movement, development planning, and organizational design to align talent strategy with business priorities

Co-design and operationalize performance management policies and procedures, including documentation standards, templates, toolkits, and communication plans that promote clarity and accountability

Lead the enablement and training of people leaders on talent and performance processes, building their capability to hold effective career, feedback, and development conversations

Use data and insights to drive continuous improvement in performance and talent programs, fostering an equitable and transparent approach to employee growth and recognition

Model strong people leadership through hiring, coaching, and developing high-performing, purpose-driven teams

Partner with business leaders and HR to align learning priorities with succession and performance outcomes, ensuring that development programs directly support Collette’s talent strategy

Design and deliver multi-modal learning programs that build business acumen, leadership capability, and career development skills

Enhance curriculum design and implement innovative, scalable learning solutions using platforms like Litmos, SharePoint, and Teams

Develop leadership programs, apprenticeships, and manager toolkits that strengthen organizational capability and prepare employees for future roles

Champion initiatives that build connection, collaboration, and culture across the organization

Design and facilitate culture-building and engagement activities that align with Collette’s mission and values

Partner with People & Culture and Communications teams to promote storytelling, highlight success, and amplify employee voices

Drive engagement strategies that strengthen connection to our purpose and to one another

Cultivate a culture of coaching and feedback by equipping leaders to have growth-oriented, transparent and future-focused conversations

Create tools, frameworks, and learning experiences that make feedback a natural part of how we learn, lead and collaborate

Coach leaders and teams to build self-awareness, collaboration, and accountability

Embed coaching principles into performance and development programs to ensure ongoing growth and measurable impact

Qualification

Talent ManagementLearning & DevelopmentPerformance ManagementOrganizational DevelopmentCoachingEmployee EngagementData AnalysisHRIS ProficiencyCuriosityProactivityCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

Over a decade of experience leading initiatives in Learning & Development, Talent Management, and Organizational Development across diverse industries including travel, technology, retail, and financial services

Bachelors degree required

Experienced in talent calibration, succession planning, and performance management operations, including the design of scalable frameworks, tools, and enablement programs for leaders for mid-size organizations

Skilled at designing innovative, scalable, and high-impact learning programs with strong completion and adoption rates

Curious, proactive, and thoughtful. You drive process improvement with a focus on smart, sustainable implementation

Experienced in building career development pathways, coaching leaders, and driving cultural transformation

Proficient with modern HRIS, learning, performance management and employee experience platforms (Examples but not limited to: Cornerstone, Degreed, LearnUpon, CultureAmp, 15Five, HiBob, SharePoint, Teams)

AI-curious and committed to continuous learning, staying current with emerging technologies and trends to thoughtfully apply them in learning and organizational development work

Adept at balancing strategic vision with practical execution to deliver people solutions that support organizational growth