Vice President, Talent Strategy

Job PurposeGreat Minds is seeking a visionary, execution-oriented leader to define, operationalize, and scale its approach to culture and talent strategy. A deliberate culture and values reset is underway and this role will be central to shaping how Great Minds attracts, develops, and retains the talent it needs to deliver on its mission. The leader will design and own the systems, frameworks, and programs that make up the enterprise talent architecture spanning workforce planning, job and career frameworks, performance management, learning and leadership development, succession planning, talent reviews, culture and ways of working. Anchored within HR and reporting to the Chief People Officer, the role operates in close partnership with the Chief Strategy Officer ensuring talent priorities are directly connected to Great Minds' strategic direction.ResponsibilitiesInternalize Great Minds' near- and long-term strategic direction and work closely across all functions to define the capability and skill requirements by function, level, and time horizon needed to meet growth objectives.Translate strategic direction into a rigorous workforce plan (buy, build, borrow) in close partnership with the leadership team; partner with executive leaders on pathways to address gaps and execute against the plan.Manage job architecture and career frameworks that create clarity, fairness, and growth pathways across the leaders on critical talent identification to provide clear visibility into bench strength, succession plans, and development priorities.Lead the Inclusion & Belonging agenda by reviewing the current state and building a sustainable approach integrated into the talent system.Develop and maintain an organization design framework that gives leaders a consistent approach to structuring teams as the organization evolves.Lead the activation and embedding of Great Minds' operating values into talent programs and processes (hiring, onboarding, performance, recognition, and leadership behavior).Design and drive the ways-of-working agenda for leaders, managers, and teams, with particular attention to Great Minds' fully virtual operating model e.g. geography strategy, focused in-person meetups, access to customers, etc.Design employee experience and engagement strategy to ensure Great Minds is a place where mission-driven people want to stay and grow.Design and lead cultural change initiatives to accelerate achievement of strategic priorities.Design recognition systems that celebrate high performance and alignment with operating values.Design the performance management philosophy, framework, and cadence (goal setting, mid-year and annual reviews, and continuous feedback loops).Equip executives, HRBPs, and managers to execute the performance process with consistency and quality across the business.Use qualitative and quantitative metrics to drive continuous feedback, growth, and accountability.Design and implement a 360-degree feedback program that provides structured, multi-source perspectives on performance and development.Assess Great Minds' current learning and development landscape and design a refreshed L&D strategy aligned to key priorities and employee segments.Develop and maintain a curriculum of core trainings spanning different levels and competencies; partner with functional leaders to build role specific training as needed.Build and manage a blended learning ecosystem that delivers training live and asynchronously to enable access across a fully virtual, geographically distributed workforce.Design the onboarding experience, including key training, cultural orientation, and practical guidance for hiring managers, ensuring new joiners are set up for success from day one.