Head of Talent Development - Verda - Remote - Global

We are looking for a Head of Talent Development to build the strategy and systems that help our people and leaders grow at that pace. This is a build role, not a maintain role. You will design talent development from close to a blank page: the frameworks, programs, and rhythms that strengthen performance, leadership, career growth, and organizational effectiveness across a company heading from ~150 to multiple times that. It’s equally strategic and hands-on, you’ll set the direction and you’ll ship the work. You’ll partner directly with leaders across the business to make sure our people have the skills, support, and opportunities to do the best work of their careers, in an environment where the technology and the demands are moving faster than any playbook. You’ll own Verda’s talent development strategy end to end: building scalable, lightweight frameworks that support growth without adding bureaucracy. In a company that values speed and ownership, your programs have to strengthen performance, not slow it down. You’ll design performance management that fits how modern teams actually work: continuous feedback over annual rituals, clear goals, and honest conversations. You’ll coach managers and leaders to run better performance discussions, set sharper goals, and plan talent well. You’ll partner with leaders to spot capability gaps early and close them: leadership and manager development, onboarding that gets people productive fast, mentoring, and targeted learning for where the business is going, not just where it is. You’ll treat development as a product, instrumented with people data, engagement signals, and business feedback and iterate on what works. As Verda scales, you will help build succession planning, talent review, and workforce development processes that strengthen our long-term talent pipeline. You’ll also be a builder in how you work: using AI to design, personalize, and scale learning and development in ways that weren’t possible a year ago, and helping the whole company build the capabilities to thrive in an AI-first environment.