The Manager of Talent Manager will, under the direction of the VP, HR, People and Culture, lead AAA Life’s efforts to attract, develop and retain the exceptional associates. The primary focus of this role will be on designing, developing and implementing strategies and programs for talent acquisition, associate and leadership assessment and development. This manager will work closely with the organization’s leaders and human resources team to identify training needs and create strategic solutions for improving skills across an entire company.
Additional responsibilities include the oversight of our recruitment process in its entirety to make the company’s recruitment process as efficient and effective as possible. This includes designing and modifying recruiting procedures, recording recruiting metrics, supervising the recruiting team and monitoring the recruiting team’s performance.
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Lead the design of organizational and departmental training programs in collaboration with organizational and HR leadership to ensure that key talent gets needed resources and information to effectively lead the organization towards our strategic goals.
- Identify individual learning initiatives that facilitate employee development.
- Collaborate on the design, development and implementation of a leadership development program that meets the current and future needs of the Company.
- Collaborate with HR leaders in the growth and progression of the new hire and onboarding processes.
- Assist in the creation of internal company career paths and ways to identify high potential individuals, determine work abilities, and the professional support needed to engage and retain new talent.
- Oversee the design and implementation of talent assessments in order to establish leadership development strategies, tools, and processes to identify learning needs and competencies for individual contributors and leaders.
- Identify and implements tools and resources to measure the total effectiveness of all learning and development programs.
- Monitor, analyze and report on training data and statistics to improve associate abilities and strengthen the skill set of the Company’s existing workforce.
TALENT ACQUISITION
- Management and development of the associates responsible for our talent acquisition process
- Evaluate, modify and implement talent acquisition strategies and processes to ensure the attraction of the brightest and best candidates to contribute to our attainment of Corporate goals.
- Develop, implement, monitor and analyze key recruitment metrics and make recommendations for change as necessary.
- Oversee the implementation of strategies to build our talent network by developing professional relationships with key colleges, university and other workforce development partners and attending conferences, job fairs and seminars to ensure that the company has access to the widest possible pool of candidates.
Required Skills
- HR GENERALIST SKILLS– talent development managers often work with human resources departments to implement employee development strategies, so they should have some knowledge of this area
- COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP– working with various leadership stakeholders to steer overall talent development strategies is an essential task for this role
- DATA ANALYSIS– talent development managers need the ability to collect, gather, and analyze data and present concise actionable results
- PROGRAM MANAGEMENT– talent development managers oversee the delivery of employee development programs and manage multiple resources to achieve objectives
- INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT– understanding adult learning methods and instructional design is essential for talent development managers to create effective training materials
- PUBLIC SPEAKING– talent development managers must be able to clearly present on a wide variety of career related topics
- COMMUNICATION SKILLS– building strong relationships is a must-have skill to connect with fellow leaders and employees.
- WRITING SKILLS– talent development managers commonly synthesize their findings and publish written reports and training materials
- ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS – strong planning, organizational development, and problem solving skills are essential to successful talent development managers
Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration or equivalent program
- 5 years of experience in human resources and organizational development