Director, Talent

About Carrot: Carrot is the leading global fertility and family care platform, built on intelligent care orchestration: the right clinical guidance, at the right moment, in the context of each member’s life. More than a thousand multinational employers, health plans, and health systems trust Carrot to support millions of members across 195 countries – from pre-pregnancy through menopause and major life moments in between. Carrot's comprehensive clinical program delivers industry-leading cost savings for plan sponsors and award-winning experiences and improved outcomes for millions of people worldwide. Carrot is widely regarded as a defining force in healthcare innovation as a recipient of several top-tier awards, including Fast Company's 'Most Innovative Companies' and CNBC's '100 Barrier Breaking Startups'. The company is regularly cited by leading global outlets — including The Economist, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, ABC News, and Harvard Business Review — as a leading voice on digital health, the future of work, and family health. Learn more at . The Opportunity 🚀 Carrot is seeking a Director, Talent to design, scale, and execute high-impact, business-aligned talent programs across the employee lifecycle. Reporting directly to the SVP, People, you will serve as a key operational and strategic leader—owning Performance Architecture, Talent Planning & Succession, Strategic Program Management, Talent Team & Manager Enablement, and Talent Bench Building. As a multi-disciplinary strategic people leader who seamlessly bridges executive vision with flawless execution, you bring deep expertise spanning at least two of three core domains: Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partnering (HRBP), and Talent Management. In this role, you will elevate organizational performance, build critical talent benches, create playbooks, leverage cutting-edge AI tools to optimize talent workflows, and ensure our talent programs directly accelerate Carrot’s business growth in a distributed environment. Key Responsibilities Strategic Program Management & Enablement - Team Enablement: In close partnership with People Leadership, lead key enablement programs for Talent Teams and People Managers to ensure seamless execution of all core talent practices. - Change Management: Craft clear, high-impact rollouts and change-management toolkits to drive program adoption across the company. - Targeted Leadership Programs: Oversee high-touch manager connection touchpoints, including the Manager Accelerator (Foundations, Core, Strategic tracks) and Monthly Manager Forums, focusing on practical capability building and alignment. - AI & Tech Innovation: Identify and integrate AI-driven solutions across talent programs to drive operational efficiency and modernization. High-Caliber Talent Programs & Performance Architecture - Succession Planning & Talent Bench: Build and execute frameworks for critical role succession, high-potential (HiPo) identification, and internal mobility. Support the strategy to build an always-on talent bench by leveraging executive and employee networks, ensuring Carrot can hire top performers instantly as business needs arise. - Calibrations & Performance Management: Design, scale, and facilitate end-to-end AI enabled performance review cycles, goal-setting frameworks (e.g., OKRs/KPIs), and executive talent calibration processes to ensure consistency, rigor, and meritocracy. - Talent Data & Planning: Translating talent data and retention trends into targeted, executive-level action plans. Network & Strategic TA Collaboration - Talent Bar & Pipeline Strategy: Partner strategically with People Leadership & Talent Acquisition to share talent market intelligence, align on future workforce needs, and maintain executive and critical talent pipelines without managing day-to-day recruiting operations. - Network-Leveraged Sourcing: Enable business leaders to tap into their professional networks effec