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# Talent Development Manager

- **Company:** Adaptive Biotechnologies
- **Location:** Seattle, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $144,600.0 - $217,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Program Design Languages, Data Analytics
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-talent-development-manager-adaptive-biotechnologies-10563573

## About the Role

* BS degree or higher required
 * 12+ years of progressive experience in talent development, training/learning, human resources or similar. This experience must include:
 + Creating, implementing, and evolving talent development programs for teams at all levels including career pathing, talent reviews, and performance management
 + Managing multiple interdependent projects of high complexity and broad scope
 + Iterating and evolving programming using data.
 * Proven ability to translate business needs and strategies into relevant, timely Talent Development initiatives.
 * Experience translating data and analytics to develop insights, narratives, and decisions.
 * Experience using change management practices at the enterprise level.
 * Experience getting results with a high degree of autonomy.
 * Adept at moving fast, and having a bias for action.
 * An elite communicator possessing strong interpersonal skills, with strong boundary spanning capabilities and experience.
 * Advanced process and program design skills
 * Ability to successfully negotiate difficult situations, with a deep sensitivity.
 * Experience of being a cultural ambassador and role model of company values and principles
 * Managing third party vendor relationships and deliverables
 * Excellent written communication skills.

Preferred

 * Advanced degree in business administration, adult learning, psychology, or other related field
 * Ability to be a hands-on leader that can move from long term strategy to day-to-day tactical operations challenges
 * Experience with large scale, talent development programming
 * Proven track record of facilitating company-level initiatives with multiple stakeholders
 * Demonstrated track-record of building programs to advance corporate culture and lead change management initiatives
 * Track record of successfully partnering with C-suite (company executives)

## Description

The Senior Talent Development Manager will own and manage Adaptive's talent management and talent development initiatives, including leadership development programs, performance management practices, and org health/engagement diagnostics.

This role requires advanced expertise in end-to-end talent management programs and success partnering deeply with business leaders from frontline to C-suite. The ideal candidate is a respected thought partner, who can empathize with their end-users, and is able to make data-driven decisions while never losing sight of the people behind the numbers.

This is both a strategic and tactical role, reporting to the Director, Talent Acquisition and Development.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Functions

 * Develop and lead Adaptive's talent development strategy, partnering with business leaders and PaCT to address organizational needs and deliver high-impact, scalable programs.
 * Design, create, deliver, and sustain enterprise-wide leadership development programming.
 * In partnership with People Partners (HRBPs), evolve and execute our talent management and talent development initiatives.
 * Utilize evaluation data, industry data, trends, and external benchmarks to continuously improve the performance and engagement metrics of the programming and bottom-line results; identify key insights to identify skill and talent opportunities to inform future actions and decision making.
 * In partnership with business leaders and PaCT, inform and evolve our suite of employee engagement diagnostics.
 * Maintain and improve our enterprise-wide career pathing framework.
 * Monitor and evolve our agile performance management processes (goal setting, check-ins, coaching, and feedback); partner with People Partners to deliver on program outcomes.
 * Serve as a respected Talent Development subject matter expert and thought partner.
 * Manage the day-to-day tasks of multiple interdependent projects and programs of high complexity and broad.
 * Leverage change management best practices to ensure the successful adoption of programs and initiatives.
 * All other duties as assigned.