Principal Talent Development Partner - Corporate Functions

Talent Development Partner

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun where everyone can succeed. Join us to transform the way the world works. This role will be based in San Francisco or Mountain View. At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

Why is working in Talent at LinkedIn so unique? We like to say working in Talent at LinkedIn is the most meta-Talent job there is - we hire and develop the people who envision the products that power and change the profession of recruiting and talent. Our Global Talent Organization's (GTO) vision is to "empower our people to do the best work of their careers" and help our customers do the same. Reporting to the Director Global Functional Talent Development Partner for Corporate Functions, this role will be responsible for providing the design, development and delivery of learning programs and experiences aligned to the talent development strategies for the Finance, Talent, Legal & Public Policy, and Communications functions. This role is responsible for the design and delivery of talent development initiatives in close collaboration with HR Business Partners, Functional Business Leaders, Regional Talent Development Partners, and Talent Development Centers of Excellence.

The Principal Talent Development Partner contributes to the activation of learning strategies that align with business goals and support skill development and organizational health. The ideal candidate will have experience in L&D, Leadership Development and Organizational Development. The individual should have demonstrated success in designing and implementing programs to meet priority learning and talent development needs across a fast-paced global organization.

Responsibilities :

• Develop trusted advisor relationships with HRBPs and senior leadership to understand functional business priorities, assess related talent development needs, and provide appropriate solutions.
• Create and execute strategic learning plans based on functional business needs.
• Influence and advise key stakeholders and partners to inform strategic decision-making.
• Create and execute communication plans to market and socialize talent development solutions to drive long-term strategic initiatives.
• Facilitate learning offerings including senior executive audiences and design and develop bespoke learning experiences where needed.
• Gather and analyze data to develop solutions to gaps in program success criteria, contribute to program strategy development, and establish goals and metrics to measure performance.
• Identify and communicate relevant data and insights to inform decision-making related to functional talent priorities.
• Collaborate with Regional Talent Development Partners to represent regional needs in functional talent development strategies and drive activation of talent development plans.
• Partner with Centers of Excellence (Manager and Executive Development, Performance Management, and others) to ensure functional needs shape enterprise-level development programs and performance management approaches.

Basic Qualifications :

BA / BS in L&D, HR or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

10+ years' work experience including at least 7+ years of experience in L&D.

Preferred Qualifications :

Significant experience in providing L&D expertise and consulting partnership, ideally within a global organization.

Proven expertise in leading L&D initiatives end-to-end within a fast-moving organization.

Excellent facilitation skills and proven delivery of training programs at executive level.

Expertise in designing, building and delivering learning offerings to sophisticated audience.

Demonstrated experience in leading L&D initiatives within a fast-moving organization.

Capability of working autonomously and forming strong networks and working relationships.

Strong Project Management experience.

Strong international or cross-cultural work experience.

Excellent communication and presentations and public speaking skills.

Suggested Skills :

AI Fluency

Strategic Consulting and Advisory Skills

Facilitation and Learning Design

Relationship Building and Influencing

Organizational Development & Systemic Thinker

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $144,000 to $234,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and / or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

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