Director, Executive Talent Management Strategy

Salesforce

. Develop the strategy for modernizing performance and talent practices across the employee and manager lifecycle .

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeSeattle • Illinois, New York, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $164,000 - $261,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop the strategy for modernizing performance and talent practices across the employee and manager lifecycle
Define the outcomes, principles, and strategic choices behind the work using data, stakeholder input, and employee and manager pain points
Connect philosophy, process, technology, data, governance, and employee experience into a coherent system with clear decisions and measurable outcomes
Shape how AI and agents improve performance and talent workflows, including coaching, feedback quality, decision support, planning, and workflow simplification
Partner with product, technology, analytics, HR, and business stakeholders to define requirements for AI-enabled employee and manager experiences
Define the change approach needed for managers and employees to understand and adopt new performance and talent practices
Establish success metrics across adoption, manager effectiveness, feedback quality, decision quality, employee trust, productivity, retention, and talent outcomes
Use data and feedback loops to test assumptions, refine the strategy, and simplify processes so they are easier to use, trust, and connect to business impact

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in Talent Management, Performance Management, HR strategy, HR technology, organizational effectiveness, people analytics, or a related field
Strong strategy background in performance and talent practices, ideally including check-ins, feedback, year-end review, calibration, talent reviews, promotions, skills, or manager effectiveness
Experience shaping enterprise programs or transformation efforts in a large, complex, global organization
Ability to move from ambiguity to clear strategic choices, tradeoffs, requirements, and practical execution plans
Strong belief in the potential for AI and agents to reshape how talent strategy, planning, and execution are delivered
Product and systems mindset, with experience translating strategy into roadmaps, requirements, pilots, operating models, and measurable outcomes
Strong executive communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, data storytelling, and decision-framing skills
Proven ability to lead through influence, operate with ownership, and build alignment across matrixed teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

time off programs
medical, dental, vision
mental health support
paid parental leave
life and disability insurance
401(k)
employee stock purchasing program

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Hard Skills & Tools

Talent ManagementPerformance ManagementHR strategyHR technologyorganizational effectivenesspeople analyticsAI-enabled employee experiencesdata storytellingchange managementprogram transformation

Soft Skills

strategic thinkingexecutive communicationfacilitationstakeholder managementdecision framinginfluenceownershipalignment buildingambiguity resolutionfeedback quality