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Assistant Director Talent Management

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

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Job overview

The Assistant Director, Talent Management Experience Design for Career & Talent Planning owns the design, execution, and improvement of enterprise career, talent review, and succession processes. The role creates employee-facing growth experiences, connects development data to talent reviews and succession planning, and uses talent data, skills insights, technology, and AI-enabled tools. It partners with HR Business Partners and stakeholders to align experiences with business priorities and talent strategy.

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Skills

Talent Process DesignCareer PlanningDevelopment PlanningTalent ReviewSuccession PlanningSkill DevelopmentTalent AnalyticsTalent TechnologyAI ToolsStakeholder PartnershipInfluencingPeople Data AnalysisExperience Design

Full job description

JOB REQUIREMENTS: About the Job: The Assistant Director, Talent Management Experience Design for Career & Talent Planning owns the end-to-end design, execution, and continuous improvement of enterprise processes and experiences that empower employees to invest in their growth and strengthen the talent pipeline required to sustain and accelerate business performance. This role is committed to the employee-facing experience, designing and curating an ecosystem that empowers individuals to explore career possibilities, set meaningful development goals, and track progress against a personalized growth plan that is integrated into the flow of work. The role also ensures these processes and experiences are effective, scalable, and aligned with business priorities, talent strategy, skills development, and the organization's culture and behaviors. By leveraging talent data, skills insights, fit-for-purpose technology, and AI-enabled tools, this role ensures career and development experiences do not live in isolation by connecting them to talent review and calibration processes and agile succession approaches. In doing so, it makes individual growth aspirations visible to the organization, continuously informs leadership pipelines with real-time development data, and enables talent readiness to be assessed and acted upon with consistency and rigor. Partnering closely with HR Business Partners and key stakeholders, the Assistant Director brings fresh perspectives to complex talent challenges, influences across functions and leadership levels, and translates people data and business insights into experience designs that reduce critical talent risk, strengthen organizational resilience, and create the conditions for both individual fulfillment and enterprise growth. What You'll Do: Enterprise Talent Process Ownership Own the end-to-end design of the enterprise career, talent review & succession philosophy and processes, including: career planning, development planning, continuous career & development conversations, talent review & calibration, succession planning, and skill development. Own the enabling technology experience and requirements for these processes (e.g., Development Plans, Talent Card, Talent Marketplace, Gigs, Career Hub, career navigation tools, etc.). Ensure talent processes are practical, leader and employee-friendly, and aligned with enterprise talent philosophy, business needs, and culture. Accountable for supporting delivery of these talent processes through developing clear guidance, materials, draft communications, and readiness support for HR Business Partners, leaders, and employees. Providing day-to-day support and management of processes, including escalated technical inquiries, issue coordination, and follow-through with HR stakeholders. Utilize talent analytics and relevant success metrics to assess the effectiveness of cycles, monitor... For full info follow application link. EEO/AA Employer/Vets/Disability ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/B615476715F84F53 Qualified females, minorities, and special disabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.

How this job compares

Set against the 432 open Talent Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$110–186K/yr295 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 432 open Talent Management jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
Talent Management postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (372 postings).
Education
226 of the 432 open Talent Management jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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