Manager, Talent Development
Role Overview
Leads execution, administration, and continuous improvement of talent management, leadership development, succession planning, career development, and employee engagement programs.
Works with HR Business Partners, leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to build organizational capability and prepare for future business needs.
Reports to the Director of Talent Development.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role mission
Leads execution, administration, and continuous improvement of talent management, leadership development, succession planning, career development, and employee engagement programs.
Works with HR Business Partners, leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to build organizational capability and prepare for future business needs.
Reports to the Director of Talent Development.
Key responsibilities
- Manage enterprise performance enablement, talent reviews, succession planning, critical-role identification, high-potential development, and career development.
- Coordinate the annual talent cycle, including plans, timelines, communications, governance, and stakeholder accountabilities.
- Support leadership development programs aligned with Indigo’s leadership competency model.
- Analyze talent, succession, and engagement data; identify risks and capability gaps; and recommend actions.
- Maintain talent profiles, monitor development actions, and track successor readiness for critical roles.
- Develop leader tools and communications for talent assessment, feedback, and career conversations.
- Lead talent-practice implementation, adoption, and cross-functional projects; manage vendors, measures, budgets, milestones, and outcomes.
Qualifications
- 5–7 years of progressive experience in talent management, leadership development, organizational development, employee engagement, HR, or a related field.
- Experience supporting enterprise performance management, succession planning, talent reviews, leadership development, and career development.
- Experience managing complex projects and multiple stakeholders; able to turn data insights into measurable action.
- University degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, Education, or a related field.
- Coaching certification, facilitation certification, or related professional designation is an asset.
- Alignment with Indigo’s Guiding Principles and passion for its mission.
Success measures
Successful delivery, adoption, and improvement of performance enablement, talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and career development.
Improved employee sentiment on career growth, development opportunities, leadership effectiveness, and internal mobility.
Improved talent insights, succession plans, talent pipelines, and talent mobility.
Company and hiring information
Indigo describes its mission as inspiring reading and enriching the lives of booklovers.
The posting is for a current opportunity. Indigo uses AI tools to assist with some hiring steps while retaining human judgment.
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