WORK OPTION: 4 days a week in the New York, NY office

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Position Summary

Group Summary:

The Talent Management group within the Human Resources team is responsible for leading the NBA’s enterprise talent management strategies and programs to drive employee engagement and retention, increase productivity and performance, and build a strong pipeline of talent for key roles and future business needs. The group is responsible for performance management, talent development, employee engagement, leadership development, coaching, as well as leading the organization’s competency development initiatives as it relates to key professional skills that help to build teams and advance the mission of the NBA on a global scale.

Essential Functions and Job Summary:

The Talent Development & Engagement Lead executes a range of individual, team and organization-wide initiatives designed to enhance employee engagement, development, and performance. This role is critical to fostering a high-performance and inclusive culture by delivering impactful learning, development, and engagement initiatives. The role is responsible for the design and implementation of curated talent development programs, employee engagement strategies, performance and change management training, and team effectiveness interventions.  
 
The ideal candidate is a self-sufficient professional with a consistent track record of developing and growing talent in a fast-paced environment. You have a strong grasp of modern approaches to talent management and employee engagement, and are grounded in core principles of adult learning. You have experience building programs that develop soft skills, management and leadership capability, and team effectiveness. You are as adept at building scalable programs as you are targeted, bespoke interventions. You’re willing to extend yourself to support your colleagues and are able to build strong, productive relationships with HR partners and a diverse range of organizational stakeholders. Ultimately, you are passionate about helping organizations develop talent and capabilities, and are ready to roll-up your sleeves to be involved in all aspects of the talent and learning ecosystem.    
 
You will be expected to work from our New York (645 5th Ave.) office 4 days/week with the option to work remotely 1 day/week. Occasional global travel may be required. 

Major Responsibilities

Talent Development: 
•    Lead the design and delivery of numerous development programs targeted at early/mid-career talent and people managers globally. These programs will leverage multiple modalities (e.g. e-learning, in-person, social, job-aids) and draw on external vendors and partnerships to support. 
•    Lead experiential and relationship-based learning programs including job rotations, mentorship and sponsorship.  
•    Support employees and people managers in building robust development plans in service of elevating performance and fostering career growth. 

Employee Engagement:
•    Manage our global employee engagement survey and follow-up pulse survey strategy, partnering with key groups across HR (including HR Communications, People Analytics, & HRBPs) to design and administer surveys and help the organization turn results into action.
•    Drive employee engagement initiatives for the organization, provide leading practice recommendations and overseeing new initiatives to enhance employee engagement. This includes playing a facilitation role with the League's global Engagement Advisory Groups.

Performance & Change Management: 
•    Design, create, and deliver training, tools and resources for our annual Performance processes, helping employees and managers develop clear goals, measure and monitor performance, collect and provide feedback, and fairly assess performance as part of the year-end review. 
•    Design and deliver training, tools and resources to help teams effectively navigate and lead through change. Support specific change initiatives as necessary. 

Team Effectiveness: 
•    Partner with HR Business Partners and department leads to proactively identify and design tailored programs that enhance team effectiveness. 
•    Lead team building and development sessions, leveraging tools and assessments to illuminate opportunity areas and build collective capacity to address them.  

Required Education/Professional Experience

•    8+ years of progressive HR, HR consulting, training and/or talent development experience. 
•    Bachelors degree or additional 2+ years of relevant professional experience. 
•    Advanced education in I/O Psychology, Adult Learning, Organization Development, Talent Development or a related field preferred.  
•    Extensive experience designing and facilitating high impact learning and development programs at scale to a global audience. 
•    Experience designing and executing employee listening strategies including full-scale employee surveys. 
•    Experience working with diverse stakeholder groups within an organization.
•    Certification in individual and team development tools and assessments (e.g. DISC, Hogan, Insights Discovery, MBTI) preferred.

Required Skills/Knowledge Attributes 

•    Excellent instructional design and facilitation skills. Ability to build content from scratch and adjust for different audience types. 
•    Excellent analytical, written, interpersonal communication skills. 
•    Experience managing multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously and autonomously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. 
•    Strong technology skills, including Microsoft Office (required), learning management systems, audiovisual and online meeting tools. Interested in the application of AI in HR and Talent Development. 
•    Demonstrated ability to quickly master new concepts and improve upon them with experience. 
•    Exceptional attention to detail. 
•    High Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Competence and commitment to building inclusive experiences.   
•    Strong global learning vendor network and knowledge of industry trends. 
•    Demonstrated ability to build relationships across all levels of an organization. 
 

Salary Range: $150,000 - $170,000 

Job Posting Title: Director 

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