Director, Talent Management

Impact

- In this role, you will help NIQ create a more connected and effective approach to talent strategy, performance and growth.

- You will strengthen how managers and employees set goals, have meaningful development conversations, explore growth opportunities, and make informed talent decisions.

- You will create stronger alignment between performance, capability building, succession planning, career development, and workforce needs.

- You will help Talent & Development embrace more product-oriented, data-informed, and AI-enabled ways of working, creating experiences that are simpler, more valuable, and easier to adopt.

- Ultimately, you will help build a culture where performance and development work together to drive individual growth, organizational capability, and business results.

Drive Performance and Growth Transformation

- Lead the evolution of NIQ’s performance and growth approach, ensuring it advances both employee development and business performance.

- Experience with Workday Performance and Talent Management capabilities, using talent data and insights to inform decision-making.

- Connect performance, development, talent reviews, succession planning, and career growth into a more integrated talent ecosystem.

- Translate Talent & Development priorities into practical plans, adoption strategies, and measurable outcomes.

Strengthen Talent Development and Career Growth

- Align performance practices with leadership development, succession planning, internal mobility, and workforce capability priorities.

- Strengthen talent review and succession processes by improving how performance, potential, and development insights are captured and used.

- Enable scalable, digital talent experiences.

- Partner with Tech Delivery/Enterprise IT and Workday teams to optimize performance and talent management processes

- Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, self-service, and digital tools to improve performance, development, and talent experiences.

Build Manager Capability and Adoption

- Strengthen manager effectiveness by improving how managers lead performance, coaching, development, and talent conversations.

- Design practical enablement strategies, resources, and learning experiences that build confidence and consistency across the organization.

- 8+ years of progressive experience across Talent Management, Talent Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Management, Leadership Development, or related disciplines.

- Extensive experience with Workday Performance and Talent Management capabilities, using talent data and insights to inform decision-making.

- Meaningful experience designing and leading performance, talent or development initiatives in complex, matrixed organizations.

- Strong understanding of performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, career development, leadership development, and workforce capability building.

- Strong product mindset, with the ability to design for both employee needs and enterprise outcomes, make deliberate trade-offs and continuously improve solutions based on evidence and feedback.

- Experienced knowledge of AI-enabled ways of working, digital talent experiences, workforce analytics or employee-facing technologies.

- Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.

- Excellent execution discipline, adaptability and change leadership capabilities.

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of the following range: $130,000 - $150,000. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support and more. 
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