Remember when you said you wanted to make a difference? Here is your chance.

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been named to the Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals 2024-2025” rankings. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and sophisticated medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career. 

We take pride in hiring the best, most passionate employees. Our talented staff reflects the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our commitment to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.

Why work here?

“World-class Human Resources" are more than just pretty words here; it is our singular goal. A goal we are making remarkable progress on, and one we hope to achieve with your help.

Beyond outstanding benefits, competitive salaries and health and dental insurance we offer tuition reimbursement and learning programs so you can achieve additional certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career. At Cedars-Sinai, you’ll work among our state-of-the-art biomedical research facilities with access to the best physicians and scientists in the Los Angeles area.

What will you be doing:

The Manager, Talent Programs is responsible for leading all aspects of and managing key talent practices, including performance management, onboarding, employee surveys, talent reviews, and talent planning. This role requires deep expertise in talent lifecycle management and close collaboration with HR and business leaders to ensure the seamless integration of talent initiatives across the employee lifecycle. The Manager leads a team dedicated to creating cohesive practices, processes, and tools sought at identifying and developing talent, encouraging a high-performance culture, supporting organizational growth, reinforcing organizational values, and strengthening the leadership pipeline, while aligning talent strategies with broader strategic objectives.

• Supervises the day-to-day work of employees, assigns work.
• Responsible for hiring, onboarding, managing schedules, personnel actions, performance reviews, and performance improvement plans.
• Plans, leads, and directs work of staff to ensure goals and objectives are completed within established budget and deadlines are met.
• Leads the design, implementation, and management of key talent programs, including onboarding, performance management, talent reviews, employee surveys, and succession planning, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Ensures the continuous integration and improvement of talent programs based on organizational needs, standard methodologies, and data-driven metrics, reinforcing the company’s culture and core values.
• Serves as a trusted advisor to HR and business leaders, providing consultative solutions on talent initiatives and ensuring the alignment of talent strategies with business needs.
• Audits and assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of talent programs, adjusting strategies where needed, and providing updates to HR and executive leadership on program outcomes and progress.
• Develops frameworks, tools, and processes to assess employee performance, identify high-potential talent, and implement strategies for talent retention and leadership development.
• Leads the talent assessment, review, and calibration process, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of performance, potential, and development needs across the organization.
• Collaborates with senior leadership to identify critical roles, create and assess succession plans, and ensure a pipeline of skilled leaders for key positions.
• Coordinates and improves the performance management process, working with managers to integrate performance reviews, mentor, and goal-setting practices that foster employee growth and engagement.
• Leads the development and implementation of employee engagement surveys, analyzing feedback data, and collaborating with leadership to drive action plans that improve employee engagement and retention.
• Leads the design and execution of onboarding and new leader integration programs, ensuring smooth transitions for new hires and promoting alignment with company culture. Collaborates with the learning operations team to align the new employee orientation experience with organizational onboarding programs.
• Manages a team and oversees processes, practices and technology functions for assigned area.

Experience Requirements:

Eight (8) plus years of experience in creating, leading and implementing organizational development and talent management strategies for large organizations, with a focus on performance management, talent reviews, employee surveys and onboarding practices.

Six (6) plus years of experience in managing a team, including leading cross-functional teams and large-scale organizational development projects involving multiple stakeholder groups.

Three (3) plus years of experience leading full lifecycle implementations of HCM platforms (e.g. Oracle HCM Cloud, Workday, SuccessFactors, or equivalent).

Experience in Organizational Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development or Learning & Development in a centralized Center of Expertise function; preferably with some experience in healthcare, large biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or health sciences organizations.

Solid grasp with designing, implementing and using innovative technology to manage core talent lifecycle practices such as onboarding, performance management, talent reviews, succession planning frameworks and employee surveys.

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Communication, Organization Development, Organization Effectiveness, Leadership, Business Management, Psychology, Industrial-Organizational Psychology or a related field.

Master’s degree preferred.

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