Director, Talent Development

Director, Talent Development

As Weisiger Group approaches its 100th anniversary in 2026, we are pleased to represent industry leading brands of Caterpillar, Hyster & Yale, SITECH, and others. We are seeking an impactful and driven Director, Talent Development, who will play a pivotal role in shaping the talent programs to support the growth and success of our organization.

Reporting to the SVP of HR, this role will lead the Talent Development team and be a strategic partner to division business leaders and HR directors while also being comfortable working directly with managers and employees. Taking a hands-on, process driven approach, they must have a desire to learn our business and use those learnings to grow our existing Talent Capability, Leadership Development, Organizational Learning and Employee Experience strategies / programs.

As a trusted leader, coach, and expert in organizational development, you will lead, develop, manage, and support strategies and programs designed to grow our people and create a top-notch employee experience. You will impact the employee lifecycle including talent development, organizational learning, succession planning, performance management and employee engagement. The keys to success in this role include leveraging a data driven enterprise mindset to develop and execute solutions to complex talent capability challenges, demonstrating strong stakeholder management, and inspiring your team to greatness.

Essential Functions

• Lead the talent development team in creating and maintaining a comprehensive talent development strategy and programmatic approach to support the business growth and professional development of employees.
• Partner collaboratively with Business Leaders, HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition and HR Operations to design and implement enterprise-wide talent development solutions in alignment with strategic business plans and overall talent needs.
• Regularly assess and update our organizational learning strategies to ensure that our programs align with company objectives and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Design, plan, implement and manage the end-to-end performance and talent review processes ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Oversee the enterprise approach to Individual Development Plans (IDPs). Ensure that these plans provide tangible value and effectively support employee development.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of our talent programs; Identify success measures, track, analyze and interpret outcomes.
• Enable division and function leaders to drive high performance through organizational assessments, learning solutions, performance management, engagement, culture, career planning, succession planning and internal mobility programs.
• Own the oversight, evaluation, and optimization of our LMS and performance management systems.
• Expand training through design and delivery of high-quality learning solutions that address functional, sales, and leadership training and development needs in the business.
• Provide direction and guidance for design and implementation of a comprehensive competency framework to determine, assess, and develop performance effectiveness.
• Provide group and one-on-one coaching with leaders and employees to support leadership development, business decision-making, change management, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory responsibilities for the Talent Development team. The Director, Talent Development will lead, manage, train, and develop a team of high-performing talent development professionals.

Qualifications

Workplace Requirements

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull and / or otherwise move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this Job, depending on site location, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and equipment. The employee may occasionally be exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee may occasionally be exposed to wet and / or humid conditions; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in some work environments is occasionally loud.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

We require all employees to treat all our employees and candidates as equals. All personnel actions are conducted in the spirit of equal employment. We're committed to recruit, train, promote and retain associates without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal laws.