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About the Role

Align is seeking a Director, Talent and Culture to lead and evolve our Talent and Culture function as we grow. This role connects business objectives, culture, and professional experience, partnering with executive leadership to design and implement talent, career development, and culture strategies. A core priority is building and administering a structured career management and coaching program to ensure every professional understands their options, has a development plan, and sees a path to grow at Align. The ideal candidate is a people-first leader with a strategic approach to systems, data, and technology, and the appetite to grow into broader People leadership as Align scales.

Responsibilities

Build and scale a high-performing Talent and Culture function in partnership with executive leadership.
Create and administer a structured career program that gives every professional a clear path to grow at Align.
Own Align’s company-wide training platform and career curricula, including the Analyst Program.
Champion Align’s values and strengthen the professional experience from onboarding through performance and recognition.
Shape recruiting strategy, hiring plans, and metrics to attract top talent across lines of business.
Use people systems and data to drive scalability and better decision-making.
Build and scale a modern Talent and Culture function that supports every stage of the professional lifecycle and direct a team to execute it.
Partner with senior executives and management on talent acquisition and retention, organizational structure, performance management, and corporate culture.
Serve as a corporate change agent, implementing and communicating organizational change initiatives and programs.
Manage special projects and ongoing corporate initiatives as assigned by the COO.
Create, iterate on, and administer a structured career management and coaching program for professionals across all lines of business.
Establish a regular cadence of career conversations and development plans for Align professionals.
Equip managers with the tools and training to coach effectively.
Build and oversee coaching resources, including trained managers, mentors, and career advisors, and personally advise professionals as needed.
Partner with line-of-business leaders to define career paths, skills expectations, and advancement criteria by role, connected to ALIGN PATH learning.
Promote internal mobility so professionals can grow across lines of business.
Track retention, internal mobility, promotion velocity, and engagement to identify retention risks early and intervene.
Own ALIGN PATH (Professional Advancement and Training Hub), Align’s company-wide training and education platform, including the Analyst Program.
Develop and maintain career-training curricula for all positions, from entry level through senior management.
Expand learning opportunities through internal and external training, development, and knowledge management initiatives.
Measure participation and learning outcomes, and keep content current with the skills our lines of business need.
Champion Align’s values and serve as steward of our culture across all lines of business.
Coach and consult directors and managers on morale, performance, and professional development.
Strengthen onboarding and orientation, including guide and mentoring programs for new professionals.
Evolve the performance review process to focus on continuous growth, alignment, and positive reinforcement.
Lead performance management, talent reviews, and succession planning.
Lead recognition programs and team-building events that strengthen engagement.
Own internal programs and communications, including event planning committees and home.align.com, in partnership with Marketing & Communications.
Partner with Align’s Recruiting Lead to shape recruiting strategy and employer branding.
Partner with business leaders to forecast talent needs and build proactive hiring plans.
Ensure recruiting processes are scalable, efficient, and aligned with Align’s standards for talent and values.
Develop recruiting KPIs such as time to hire, acceptance rates, and offer rejection details.
Create reports and dashboards that hiring managers and executives can use to plan hiring needs.
Improve recruiting and onboarding workflows, candidate experience, and hiring outcomes.
Drive effective use of people systems and tools to support business growth and the professional experience.
Lead continuous improvement and innovation across People processes and technology.
Use people data and analytics to inform decisions, including retention trends and career program effectiveness.

Requirements

10+ years of experience leading Talent Management, Learning & Development, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, People Operations, or Organizational Development functions.
Significant experience managing teams and business-critical initiatives.
Proven success building and scaling People programs, including onboarding, career management and coaching, and learning and development, in growing, fast-paced organizations.
Deep expertise across talent management, career development, performance management, leadership development, and talent acquisition.
Working knowledge of employee relations, compensation, and HR operations.
Experience designing and administering career management, coaching, or mentoring programs that improve retention and internal mobility.
Demonstrated ability to leverage systems and analytics to drive efficiency and business outcomes.
Track record of measurable business impact in a highly collaborative environment.
Ability to handle confidential information, including sensitive legal matters.
Excellent communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder-management skills.
Experience in management consulting, technology services, IT professional services, or VAR environment.
Experience owning a learning and development program or learning platform (LMS), ideally including early-career or analyst programs.
Aptitude and appetite to grow into broader People leadership, including HR operations, compensation, and benefits.

Skills

Talent Strategy
Career Development & Coaching
Learning & Development
Performance Management
Organizational Effectiveness
Talent Acquisition
Employee Engagement
Change Management
People Analytics
Executive Communication
Cross-Functional Leadership
Continuous Improvement

Location

Midtown Manhattan

Work Type

Full-time
Onsite

Experience Level

10+ years of experience

Salary/Compensations

$170,000–$200,000

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
401(k) plan with a dollar-for-dollar company match at 3% up to an annual maximum of $5k.
Complimentary ClassPass membership
Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
Company-paid holidays
Cellphone Reimbursement Program
Floating Holiday
Pre-tax commuter benefits
Employee wellness programs, events, and team-building activities
Employee referral program

About the Company

Align is a premier global provider of technology infrastructure solutions.
Align specializes in designing and deploying technology infrastructure solutions from the data center to the desktop as well as providing managed IT services for clients.
Our professional services team, which includes Data Center Solutions, provide strategic consulting, design, project management, engineering, implementation and support.
Our best-in-class Managed Services team provides IT services and cybersecurity advisory for clients within the Alternative Investment industry.
Align is a Microsoft Tier 1 Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) and Gold Partner.
Our client centric approach and passion for driving IT innovation has enabled us to provide tailored solutions and business transformations for over three decades.
Leading firms have relied on Align to provide forward-thinking technology strategies that support their current and future business needs.
Our teams have flawless track records of delivering technical solutions and have established long-standing relationships with an impressive client list of both Global 1000 and SMB clients.
We work across a diverse list of industries including financial services, life sciences (pharmaceutical and health care), retail, technology, media and telecommunications.

Equal Opportunity

To support a fair, consistent, and high-quality hiring experience, some interviews may be recorded. These recordings help our team focus fully on the conversation at hand, rather than note-taking, and allow us to better evaluate and improve our recruitment process. Recordings are used solely for internal purposes such as training, quality assurance, and process improvement. Candidates will be informed in advance and asked to provide consent before any recording takes place.