[Hiring] Director, Talent and Organizational Development @Minerals Technologies

Role Description

The Director, Talent and Organizational Development provides enterprise leadership for MTI’s global talent development strategy and the systems, programs, and governance that support workforce capability. The role translates business strategy and workforce needs into an integrated multi-year talent development roadmap encompassing:

• Strategic talent planning
• Leadership and employee development
• Mentoring and succession planning
• Compliance training
• Onboarding
• Learning technology
• Measurement

This position serves as a senior advisor to HR and business leaders, leads cross-functional and global initiatives, and has oversight for all primary responsibilities assigned to the Manager, Learning and Development role.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Talent Development Strategy: Develop and lead a multi-year global talent development strategy aligned with MTI’s business priorities, workforce plans, culture, and operational requirements. Establish annual objectives, governance, roadmaps, and success measures.
• Strategic Talent Planning: Partner with HR and business leaders to assess current and future capability needs, identify critical skill and leadership gaps, and prioritize enterprise talent initiatives.
• Leadership Development: Design and oversee development solutions for new managers, experienced people leaders, high-potential talent, and senior leaders.
• Mentoring and Sponsorship Programs: Create, launch, and continuously improve structured mentoring, peer learning, coaching, and sponsorship programs.
• Talent Management Programs: Provide strategic oversight for individual development plans, succession planning, talent reviews, potential assessments, and related leadership development actions.
• Global Learning Strategy and Portfolio: Oversee the design, delivery, and evaluation of global learning through various methods.
• Compliance Training Governance: Lead the enterprise compliance training strategy and governance process.
• Learning Management System and Digital Learning: Maintain executive ownership of MTI Academy and the Docebo learning management system.
• Program Design and Content Quality: Establish standards for instructional design, accessibility, localization, and content lifecycle management.
• Onboarding and Employee Development: Oversee the learning and development components of onboarding and early-career integration.
• Analytics and Impact Measurement: Create an enterprise measurement framework using various metrics.
• Stakeholder and Change Leadership: Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leaders and lead communications for major initiatives.
• Budget, Vendor, and Resource Management: Develop and manage the talent development budget and allocate resources.
• Team and Functional Leadership: Provide direction, coaching, prioritization, and performance oversight to learning and development employees.
• Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement: Apply MTI continuous improvement methods.
• Special Projects: Lead enterprise talent, organizational development, and learning projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Adult Learning, Education, Business Administration, or a closely related field is required.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
• 8-10+ years of progressively responsible experience in talent development, learning and development, organizational development, talent management, or a related Human Resources discipline.
• Experience leading enterprise or global initiatives and influencing senior leaders is required.
• Demonstrated proficiency with learning management systems and digital learning tools.
• Strong knowledge of adult learning, instructional design, leadership development, mentoring, succession planning, and learning analytics.
• Executive-level written, verbal, facilitation, consultation, and presentation skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, project and portfolio management, financial stewardship, data analysis, vendor management, and decision-making skills.
• High integrity and discretion; sound judgment; self-direction; organizational agility; cultural awareness; adaptability; collaboration; and the ability to manage multiple priorities and confidential information.

Requirements

• Experience in a global, matrixed, industrial, manufacturing, or similarly complex organization.
• Responsibility for compliance training governance.
• Direct or indirect leadership of teams, facilitators, vendors, or cross-functional project resources.

Benefits

• Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
• Health/Dental/Vision plans
• 401k company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Plan