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Description
Position Title:
Director, Talent Management-HR Talent Development & Learning-Mount Sinai Health System-Hybrid-Full Time-Days
Position Summary:
The Director, Talent Management, provides strategic leadership for Mount Sinai Health System's enterprise performance management program and the development of related talent management practices. The Director establishes program direction, governance, standards, and the long-term roadmap for goal setting, performance reviews, continuous feedback, talent discussions, and development planning.
Working closely with Human Resources, Digital and Technology Partners, operational leaders, and other enterprise stakeholders, the Director ensures that performance and talent practices are practical, consistent, equitable, and aligned with organizational priorities. The Director oversees leader enablement, communications, change management, program evaluation, and the team responsible for implementing and continuously improving these practices.
The Director partners with the leaders and functions accountable for succession planning, leadership development, employee engagement, employee relations, HR technology, and workforce analytics to strengthen connections across the broader talent ecosystem without assuming ownership of those portfolios.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Establishes and advances the strategy, governance, standards, and multiyear roadmap for enterprise performance management and related talent management practices.
- Leads the design and continuous evolution of performance management practices, including goal setting, performance reviews, calibration, continuous feedback, talent discussions, and development planning.
- Translates organizational priorities and leadership expectations into practical performance and talent management approaches that can be implemented consistently across a large and complex health system.
- Provides strategic direction and oversight for annual performance management cycles, leader enablement, communications, change management, and program implementation.
- Chairs or supports appropriate governance and decision-making forums, clarifying roles, decision rights, standards, escalation paths, and accountability for program success.
- Advises HR and operational leaders on performance and talent management strategy, program design, adoption, and effectiveness, while referring individual employee relations matters to the appropriate HR function.
- Builds alignment among HR partners, DTP, People Analytics, Talent Development and Learning, operational leaders, and other stakeholders whose work affects or is affected by performance and talent practices.
- Partners with succession planning, leadership development, employee experience, and other talent functions to create appropriate connections while respecting established ownership and accountability.
- Defines program outcomes and measures of success and partners with HRIS and People Analytics to establish data, reporting, dashboard, and evaluation requirements.
- Uses program data, stakeholder feedback, workforce insights, and external practices to identify risks, recommend priorities, and guide program improvements.
- Oversees relevant vendor relationships, budgets, resources, and technology requirements in partnership with procurement, finance, DTP, HRIS, and other accountable functions.
- Leads, develops, and evaluates the talent management team, ensuring clear priorities, strong execution, effective collaboration, and continuous capability development.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Directly supervises the talent management team and may oversee vendors, consultants, and cross-functional project teams
Qualifications
Education Requirements:
Bachelors degree required. Masters degree preferred in Organizational Development, Industrial Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Business Administration, Education, or a related field.
Experience Requirements:
Eight or more years of progressive experience in performance management, talent management, organizational development, human resources, or a closely related discipline, including experience leading enterprise performance management or comparable large-scale talent programs. Prior people leadership and experience working in a complex, matrixed organization are required. Healthcare experience is preferred.
General Skills and Competencies:
- Deep expertise in enterprise performance management and strong knowledge of related talent management practices.
- Demonstrated ability to design governance, standards, programs, and implementation roadmaps for a large, complex organization.
- Strong strategic judgment and the ability to balance ambition, operational feasibility, stakeholder needs, and organizational readiness.
- Excellent executive communication, consultation, presentation, facilitation, and influence skills.
- Ability to build alignment and lead through influence across HR, technology, analytics, operations, and other stakeholder groups.
- Strong change and program leadership capabilities, including experience guiding enterprise adoption and continuous improvement.
- Ability to interpret workforce and program data, identify implications, and translate findings into decisions and recommendations.
- Strong people leadership skills, including setting direction, developing talent, managing performance, and building an accountable and collaborative team.
Compensation Statement:
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $140,000.00 - $230,000.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
Non-Bargaining Unit, 549 - HR Talent Development & Learning - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital
Employer Description
Strength through Unity and Inclusion
The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence. We share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care. When you join us, you become part of Mount Sinai’s unparalleled legacy of achievement, education, and innovation as we work together to transform healthcare. We encourage all team members to actively participate in creating a culture that ensures fair access to opportunities, promotes inclusive practices, and supports the success of every individual.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, fairness, and continuous learning drive positive change, improving the well-being of our staff, patients, and organization. Our leaders are expected to challenge outdated practices, promote a culture of respect, and work toward meaningful improvements that enhance patient care and workplace experiences. We are dedicated to building a supportive and welcoming environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and advance professionally. Explore this opportunity and be part of the next chapter in our history.
About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws. We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve feel respected and supported. Our goal is to create a healthcare and learning institution that actively works to remove barriers, address challenges, and promote fairness in all aspects of our organization.
Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $140000 - $230000 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
