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Alumni Ventures is a venture capital platform with $1.4B+ in assets under management, 850,000+ members, and investments in 1,600+ companies. The company operates offices across Boston, New York, Chicago, Menlo Park, Manchester NH, London, and Tokyo, with a 5-day in-office culture emphasizing collaboration and mentorship.
The Director, Talent Development is a hands-on individual contributor responsible for building the firm's talent development capability. This role works through managers to create a culture of continuous development and high performance, rather than serving as a substitute manager or employee-relations channel.
Key responsibilities include:
**Individual Development Planning & Employee Growth:** Partner with managers to build meaningful Individual Development Plans for every employee. Coach managers on identifying capability gaps, setting development priorities, and selecting practical learning experiences. Meet directly with employees to support development planning while reinforcing manager ownership. Help identify and remove barriers limiting performance and capability. Develop practical tools and templates for ongoing development conversations.
**Manager Effectiveness & Leadership Development:** Design and deliver enterprise learning programs with emphasis on manager effectiveness and leadership development for mid-level managers. Strengthen manager capability through coaching and feedback. Build stronger managers who can develop their teams more effectively.
**Learning & Development Strategy:** Design practical learning experiences aligned with business priorities, with emphasis on AI-enabled ways of working. Create learning programs that can be immediately applied to improve execution. Advance the firm's belief that great teammates continuously learn, take ownership, simplify, and improve how work gets done.
**Performance & Capability Building:** Help employees build the capabilities, judgment, and operating effectiveness required to perform at higher levels and prepare for increasing responsibility. Provide candid and constructive coaching. Recommend practical development experiences that improve performance and create greater value for the firm.
Success in this role comes from building stronger managers, more capable employees, and a learning culture that raises the performance bar across Alumni Ventures.
