Our Team:
We are a global remote-first company with a bold vision, strong values, and an inclusive culture that obsesses over our customers! To achieve our north star, we need exceptionally talented people. We are searching for a dynamic, strategic leader passionate about talent management, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness. This leader will shape the company's talent strategy and build innovative talent and people practices, programs and initiatives to grow and develop our team members. We are looking for a professional who can earn trust, influence executives and leaders, diagnose problems, analyze trends and patterns, and develop solutions. We need a skilled talent leader and practitioner, solid communicator and facilitator, with experience driving strategic talent initiatives. This leader must balance managing and implementing programs while leading the strategy. You are a systems thinker with the skills to analyze data, define problem statements, innovate, and build talent solutions to meet the needs of the business and influence priorities with data-driven recommendations.
This role sits on the People and Culture team, supporting all team members across Vistaprint. The team will partner with our parent company, Cimpress, to scale talent programs and practices throughout other parts of the organization. Here at Vistaprint, we have an entrepreneurial and customer-centric mindset, where we are encouraged to be bold, take risks, build and innovate, and move fast. Our culture is inclusive, empowered, and learning-oriented, and our employee resource groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers diversity.
What You Will Do:
The Senior Director, Global Talent Management and Development is a strategic leader responsible for driving the company's talent strategy and fostering an impactful, engaged workforce. This role will be responsible for all aspects of talent management, leadership development, performance management, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness initiatives. You will work closely with HRBPs and other Centers of Excellence (DEI, Talent Acquisition, Comms) to ensure our talent management and development processes are delivered, scaled, and improved upon. This work includes leading the talent rhythms throughout the year, including annual reviews, talent reviews, and promotions, and guiding comprehensive succession planning, critical role mapping, talent movement, and leadership development across a global organization. The Talent team also partners with leaders to consistently inspect and assess their organizational design, the depth of their leadership pipeline, capacity needs, and mapping of critical talent and critical roles.
Talent Strategy
- Create and implement a comprehensive talent strategy aligned with Vistaprint's business goals and culture.
- Develop programs for high-potential employees, mid-level managers, and executives to prepare future leaders and enhance organizational capabilities.
- Design and shape the talent philosophy across the company that connects to our views on growth, development, evaluation, and compensation.
- Oversee succession planning processes and talent review strategy to identify gaps, promote internal mobility, and ensure leadership continuity.
Talent Management
- Develop and iterate on biannual and annual talent review processes to ensure equitable talent evaluation outcomes.
- Create promotion processes that are efficient and consistent and ensure we are setting a higher standard with every promotion.
- Build manager and leadership capability in managing, assessing, evaluating, and developing talent.
- Support executives with proactive talent management plans that ensure we have the right talent in the right roles.
- Build success profiles for specific levels and roles and support leadership in calibrating talent to a high standard.
- Establish success metrics and goals for top talent retention, attrition, promotion, and org health practices.
Leadership Development
- Create and deliver leadership development programs that scale across the organization and build a strong pipeline of future leaders.
- Establish metrics to measure the effectiveness of talent development and organizational initiatives, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with business outcomes.
- Present insights and recommendations to senior leadership, using data to tell the story of our talent's growth and organizational progress.
Organizational Effectiveness
- Partner with business leaders to assess organizational needs and implement solutions to improve effectiveness.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders for gap analysis in team performance, communication, and alignment, creating targeted development and restructuring initiatives that drive organizational productivity and cohesion.
- Create scalable solutions that optimize workflows, enhance decision-making processes, and strengthen team structures, ensuring the organization is agile, resilient, and prepared for future growth
Performance Management
- Design and implement performance management systems that drive accountability, development, and high performance.
- Develop a continuous learning and development framework that encourages skill-building, performance excellence, and professional growth at all levels.
- Develop manager proficiency in managing talent performance.
Team Leadership
- Hire, develop, and lead a high-performing Talent and Organizational Effectiveness team.
- Create a compelling, innovative vision and strategy for the team.
Your Qualifications:
At Vista, we are striving to hire individuals that add new ideas and perspectives to our teams and enhance our culture. No matter your background or work experience, we strongly encourage you to apply-even if you feel that you don't meet the exact requirements or have the same qualifications. You might be a great candidate for this or other opportunities!
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Talent Management, Organizational Development, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in talent management and organizational development.
- Demonstrates business and HR acumen, including problem-solving skills, critical thinking and analytical acuity
- Proven track record of developing and implementing successful talent strategies.
- Strong leadership and team-building skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strategic problem solver with a data-driven approach.
- Passion for developing people and building a high-performing culture.
Nice to Have:
- Master's Degree in Business, Organizational Psychology, Human Resources Management or related field
- Executive coaching certification or experience as an HR business partner to senior executives
- Experience leading organizational design efforts to accelerate business growth
- Demonstrated agility, growth mindset, and ability to navigate ambiguity and thrive in a fast-paced environment
Why You'll Love Working Here:
There is a lot to love about working at Vista. We are an award winning Remote-First company. We're an inclusive community. We're growing (which means you can too). And to help orient us all in the same direction, we have our Vista Behaviors which exemplify the behavioral attributes that make us a culturally strong and high-performing team.
About Us:
Vista is the design and marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world. For over 20 years we've been inspired by small businesses, and we work incessantly to deliver solutions to their evolving needs. VistaCreate, 99designs by Vista and VistaPrint, all under the parent brand Vista, represent a full-service design, digital and print solution, elevating small businesses' presence in physical and digital spaces and powering them to achieve success. Vista is focused on making great marketing and design accessible to every small business owner, allowing them to create a cohesive brand image for use in-store, online and on-the-go.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:
Vista exists to help our customers live their dreams. Each dream is unique - and the Vista team needs to be as well. We believe in the unique contributions of everyone within a diverse global organization. We are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. We strive to role model and live an inclusive culture of fairness, respect and belonging for all. And we work together to empower each other, creating a space in which each of us can spark our next great idea.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Vista, a Cimpress company, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires.
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What We Do
Vista is the design and marketing partner to millions of small businesses around the world. As a global, remote-first company, Vista has a growing footprint with team members working in more than 17 countries.
For over 20 years we’ve been inspired by small businesses and we work incessantly to deliver solutions to their evolving needs. Together, VistaCreate, 99designs by Vista and VistaPrint represent a full-service design, digital and print solution, elevating small businesses’ presence in physical and digital spaces and powering them to achieve success.
Vista is a Cimpress company (Nasdaq: CMPR). To learn more, visit vista.com.
Why Work With Us
We're not your typical global e-commerce company. Our dreamers, designers and doers are redefining how technology, manufacturing and marketing work together. To keep this talented team of over 7,000 happy, engaged and inspired, we offer technology enabled collaboration tool, plenty of professional development opportunities and a ton of flexibility!
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