STS Technical Services is hiring a Talent Development Manager in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This role will lead talent development strategy, workforce development, leadership development, succession planning, career pathing, onboarding, training effectiveness and workforce capability initiatives for a growing manufacturing organization.
The Talent Development Manager will work closely with HR, Operations, Safety and executive leadership to build scalable programs and processes that strengthen retention, workforce readiness, leadership capability and long-term organizational growth.
Position Overview
The Talent Development Manager will build and lead the organization’s talent development strategy, programs and infrastructure.
This position will oversee the Workforce Academy function while developing scalable systems for employee development, leadership growth, succession planning, career mobility, learning and workforce capability.
The role requires a strong combination of strategic thinking, program development, analytics, change management and cross-functional leadership.
Talent Development Strategy
- Develop and execute talent development strategy aligned with organizational growth objectives
- Build scalable workforce development programs that support business expansion
- Strengthen workforce readiness and long-term organizational capability
- Establish and maintain a roadmap for learning and development initiatives
- Support onboarding and talent management strategy
- Partner with senior leaders to identify workforce capability gaps
- Identify organizational development opportunities
Workforce Academy Leadership
- Provide strategic oversight of the Workforce Academy
- Lead related workforce development programs
- Establish academy goals and performance measures
- Develop success metrics
- Evaluate program effectiveness
- Monitor program throughput and quality
- Track retention outcomes and workforce readiness
- Support expansion of academy programs as hiring and business needs evolve
Talent Management & Succession Planning
- Design and implement succession planning processes
- Partner with leaders to identify critical roles
- Identify potential successors and development needs
- Develop talent review processes
- Build workforce planning tools
- Establish career pathing frameworks
- Develop employee development frameworks
- Support internal mobility
- Support employee growth initiatives
Leadership Development
- Design and implement leadership development programs
- Support supervisors, managers and emerging leaders
- Create leadership development resources
- Develop learning programs and leadership tools
- Improve organizational leadership effectiveness
- Partner with business leaders to strengthen leadership capability
- Build leadership bench strength
- Support coaching and development initiatives
Learning & Development
- Establish enterprise learning strategies
- Develop scalable training frameworks
- Identify learning needs across departments
- Identify development needs across workforce populations
- Evaluate and implement employee development solutions
- Support leadership development effectiveness
- Develop competency models
- Build skills frameworks and learning pathways
- Align learning initiatives with operational priorities
- Align development programs with strategic objectives
Talent Analytics & Program Effectiveness
- Develop talent development metrics
- Build dashboards and reporting
- Track onboarding effectiveness
- Monitor retention metrics
- Track training completion
- Measure workforce readiness
- Monitor leadership development participation
- Track succession coverage
- Evaluate return on investment for development initiatives
- Assess program effectiveness
- Provide executive leadership with talent insights and recommendations
- Identify workforce capability trends
HR Technology & Process Ownership
- Serve as the primary business owner for talent development functionality within Workday
- Support talent management processes
- Support performance management processes
- Support learning and development processes
- Support succession planning processes
- Partner with HRIS and HR leadership
- Support data integrity
- Improve reporting effectiveness
- Use technology to improve employee development experiences
- Leverage HR technology to improve organizational insights
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Partner with HR, Operations, Safety, Quality and executive leadership
- Ensure development programs support organizational objectives
- Work with department leaders to identify workforce needs
- Identify development opportunities
- Support strategic workforce planning
- Support organizational growth initiatives
- Contribute to broader HR programs
- Support organizational effectiveness projects
Qualifications
- Seven or more years of progressive experience in talent development, learning and development, workforce development, organizational development, training leadership, manufacturing operations or a related field
- Experience building talent development programs and processes from the ground up
- Experience with succession planning
- Experience with career pathing
- Experience with talent management or leadership development initiatives
- Strong analytical and reporting skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Experience developing executive-level presentations
- Experience creating metrics and recommendations
- Strong project management skills
- Strong change management capabilities
- Ability to influence leaders across all organizational levels
- Ability to build effective cross-functional partnerships
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in manufacturing
- Experience supporting skilled trades or industrial workforces
- Experience in a high-growth environment
- Experience with Workday Talent
- Experience with Workday Learning
- Experience with Workday Performance
- Experience with related HR technology platforms
- Bilingual Spanish skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, Education, Industrial Psychology or a related field
- Equivalent combination of education, training and experience
About STS Technical Services
STS Technical Services is a Top 100 Staffing Firm that partners with leading aerospace, manufacturing, defense and industrial organizations across the United States. We connect skilled professionals with career opportunities where their experience can make an immediate impact.
Apply Today
If you have extensive talent development experience and are ready to build scalable workforce, leadership and succession programs for a growing manufacturing organization, apply today to join STS Technical Services as a Talent Development Manager in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Equal Opportunity Employer
STS Technical Services is an equal opportunity employer.