The Role
Lead enterprise talent development strategy, including manager enablement, career development, succession planning, talent reviews, and leadership pipeline development. Build scalable frameworks and resources, advise senior stakeholders, use talent analytics to identify capability gaps, and deliver executive-ready insights. Partner cross-functionally to embed inclusion, improve development practices, manage complex initiatives, and measure organizational impact.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Shape, scale, and execute enterprise talent development priorities in partnership with the Head of Talent and Chief Inclusion Officer.
- Design, lead, and continuously improve core development practices, including talent development, manager enablement, career development, development planning, and talent review follow-through.
- Advance enterprise talent review and succession planning by turning talent insights into clear development actions, readiness plans, and follow-up that strengthen leadership pipelines and critical role coverage.
- Develop scalable frameworks, tools, resources, and leader enablement materials that make talent development easier to understand, apply, and execute consistently across the enterprise.
- Advise and partner with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Inclusion and Belonging, Learning & Development, People Analytics, senior leaders, business leaders, and other stakeholders to connect development priorities to business and workforce needs.
- Use talent data, performance trends, engagement insights, listening feedback, and workforce indicators to identify capability gaps, shape development solutions, and measure impact.
- Translate talent insights into executive-ready materials, program updates, dashboards, recommendations, and decision support that help leaders understand development priorities, outcomes, risks, and next steps.
- Embed inclusion, objectivity, and consistency into development programs, career experiences, coaching resources, and leadership practices.
- Lead complex development initiatives with strong project discipline, stakeholder engagement, change management, measurement, and continuous improvement.
Required Skills:
- A demonstrated track record of designing, leading, and improving development experiences such as, manager capability building, career development resources, mentoring, coaching, succession and development planning.
- The ability to build alignment across functions, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver results through partnership in a matrixed environment.
- Sound judgment, strong facilitation skills, and credibility advising leaders on development needs, program design, organizational capability, and practical solutions.
- Business acumen and the ability to connect development priorities to enterprise strategy, organizational capability, leadership effectiveness, and measurable outcomes.
- Strong analytical judgment, with experience using talent data and workforce insights to shape recommendations and measure progress.
- Exceptional consulting, facilitation, stakeholder management, executive communication, written communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional development initiatives with clear planning, disciplined execution, stakeholder accountability, change management, and measurable outcomes.
- Experience in financial services, regulated industries, professional services, or other complex enterprise environments.
- Experience supporting leadership development, career mobility, manager effectiveness, talent review follow-through, succession or development planning.
- Applied experience with assessment tools, coaching methodologies, instructional design, change management, organizational development, or talent analytics.
- Experience integrating inclusion and belonging principles into talent management systems and leadership practices.
- Familiarity with HR technology platforms, talent review tools, performance systems, employee listening platforms, or people analytics dashboards.
Required Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a related business field and a minimum of 12 years of progressive Human Resources, talent development, learning and development, organizational development, leadership development, or related experience, including experience designing and scaling enterprise-wide development solutions in complex organizations.
Preferred Experience:
- Master's degree or relevant certifications.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related business field
- At least 12 years of progressive experience in Human Resources, talent development, learning and development, organizational development, leadership development, or a related field
- Experience designing and scaling enterprise-wide development solutions in complex organizations
- Track record designing, leading, and improving manager capability building, career development, mentoring, coaching, succession, and development planning experiences
- Ability to build alignment across functions, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver results in a matrixed environment
- Strong facilitation skills and credibility advising leaders on development needs, program design, organizational capability, and practical solutions
- Business acumen connecting development priorities to enterprise strategy, organizational capability, leadership effectiveness, and measurable outcomes
- Experience using talent data and workforce insights to shape recommendations and measure progress
- Exceptional consulting, facilitation, stakeholder management, executive communication, written communication, and presentation skills
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional development initiatives with planning, execution, stakeholder accountability, change management, and measurable outcomes
- Experience in financial services, regulated industries, professional services, or other complex enterprise environments
- Experience supporting leadership development, career mobility, manager effectiveness, talent review follow-through, succession, or development planning
- Applied experience with assessment tools, coaching methodologies, instructional design, change management, organizational development, or talent analytics
- Experience integrating inclusion and belonging principles into talent management systems and leadership practices
- Familiarity with HR technology platforms, talent review tools, performance systems, employee listening platforms, or people analytics dashboards
- Master's degree or relevant certifications
Valley Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Valley Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Valley Bank.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage spans medical, dental, and vision with HSA/FSA options alongside life, AD&D, disability, and EAP support. The breadth presents as a comprehensive, modern package for a regional bank.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off offerings include vacation/PTO, sick leave, and volunteer PTO. Feedback suggests these elements contribute positively to work–life balance even when base pay feels light.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company match and, for eligible employees, a deferred compensation plan. The presence of these programs strengthens total compensation.
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