Director, Talent Acquisition and Development

About

The Director of Talent & Development is responsible for building and sustaining the organization's people pipeline, overseeing talent acquisition, onboarding, learning and development, leadership growth, and workforce partnerships.

This role integrates recruiting and development into a unified strategy that strengthens workforce readiness, retention, and leadership capacity while supporting organizational growth and change.

Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Staffing Strategy

• Leads recruitment strategy and execution for all positions across the organization.
• Demonstrated expertise in executing both traditional and strategic talent management strategies.
• Sound knowledge of employment programs, policies, laws, and regulations
• Develops scalable hiring infrastructure to support high-volume, enterprise-level recruiting.
• Provides guidance and expertise on staffing strategies and the acquisition of key talent.
• Strengthens employer branding, candidate experience, and hiring outcomes.
• Works collaboratively across the HR organization, partnering with HR leaders to align and strengthen processes and execution.

Onboarding & Workforce Readiness

• Oversees onboarding programs to ensure new hire readiness, engagement, and early success.
• Aligns onboarding with compliance requirements, role expectations, and organizational culture.
• Partners with operations to reduce early turnover and accelerate productivity.

Learning & Development

• Develop and implement a cohesive enterprise learning and leadership strategy aligned with Strategic Initiatives and organizational priorities.
• Builds strong partnerships with departments and leaders to support, coordinate, and monitor training efforts, ensuring compliance, role-based, clinical, and professional development content is effectively delivered and completed.
• Oversees training delivery, LMS administration, instructional design, and curriculum development.
• Evaluates training effectiveness and ensures alignment with strategic priorities and performance needs.

Leadership Development, Succession & Performance Growth

• Designs and implements leadership development programs aligned with organizational values and future needs.
• Supports performance management frameworks and leadership capability development.
• Identifies high-potential talent and builds internal pipelines for succession and growth.

Organizational Change & Workforce Development

• Partners with executive leadership on organizational change initiatives impacting people, structure, and workforce readiness.
• Develops strategies to align people, processes, and systems to improve engagement, retention, and job satisfaction.

Workforce Partnerships & Internship Programs

• Leads workforce partnerships, internships, and externship programs.
• Builds relationships with educational institutions and external partners.
• Ensures programs are structured, compliant, and contribute to long-term talent pipelines.

Analytics and Management

• Tracks talent and development metrics, including but not limited to time-to-fill, retention, onboarding effectiveness, and leadership pipeline health.
• Reports metrics to senior leaders and discusses trends and responses to the data.
• Manages the Talent & Development budget.
• Directly supervises leaders in Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, and Workforce Initiatives.

Minimum Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, or a related field is required.
• A master's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, or a related field is preferred.
• PHR/SHRM-CP or SPHR/SHRM-SCP preferred.
• 8 years of experience in talent acquisition, learning & development, or workforce development is required.
• 5 years of leadership experience in talent acquisition, learning & development, workforce development, or a related field is required.
• Experience in healthcare, behavioral health, or other mission-driven service organizations strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in building recruiting, onboarding, and development systems at scale.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, and strategic communication skills.
• Proven knowledge of human resources functions, laws, and regulations.
• Knowledge of strategic relationship building and conflict resolution is required.
• Demonstrated strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Able to effectively communicate through verbal/written expression.
• Travel within designated service areas.
• Must be able to operate in an Internet-based, automated office environment.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• 401K w/ Employer Match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides support and resources to help you and your family with a range of issues.