Director, Talent and Performance Enablement

Lucchese Bootmaker•Dallas, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Lucchese is hiring a Director, Talent and Performance Enablement to build and lead an integrated talent function across its corporate, retail, production, and distribution teams. This new role owns how the company attracts, develops, evaluates, and grows its people. It is a hands-on player-coach position: the director will design and run talent processes while building the capability of a small team and the broader HR organization. The director will establish enterprise talent systems and metrics; lead workforce and capability planning, learning and development, performance enablement, succession planning, and talent acquisition; and create career pathways and programs that develop employees and preserve specialized craft knowledge. The role will also ensure hiring and promotion practices are structured, documented, fair, and legally compliant, and advise HR leadership on talent strategy and risk. The position is based in Dallas, Texas, reports to the Vice President, Human Resources, and involves approximately 20–30% travel to retail, production, distribution, and corporate locations. The workweek is Monday through Friday, with evenings and weekends as business needs require. Working conditions include prolonged periods of walking, standing, and sitting, and occasional lifting of up to 30 pounds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive HR experience, including 5+ years leading talent management, organizational development, and/or talent acquisition.
A track record as a player-coach who builds talent processes and programs in a growing or scaling organization.
Experience supporting multi-site retail, production, distribution, and corporate populations.
Working knowledge of multi-state employment law.
Experience with talent analytics, HRIS, applicant tracking systems, and learning platforms.
Strong process design, facilitation, and coaching skills with leaders at every level.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification.
Luxury or heritage brand experience.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage end-to-end talent processes, including talent planning, performance, talent reviews, succession, promotions, and internal mobility.
Simplify and standardize talent processes across corporate, retail, production, and distribution teams.
Establish and report talent metrics, including key-talent retention, internal fill rate, and bench strength.
Lead workforce and capability planning, including skills-gap analysis, identification of critical roles, and build/buy/borrow options.
Develop and implement a Lucchese competency and leadership framework.
Create apprenticeship, mentoring, and certification programs to preserve and pass on specialized craft knowledge.
Implement a performance approach based on ongoing goal-setting, feedback, and coaching.
Equip leaders to conduct performance conversations, recognize excellence, and address underperformance fairly.
Partner with Total Rewards to connect performance outcomes to pay, recognition, and promotion.
Lead the Learning and Development plan, including leadership development, manager essentials, onboarding, craft skills, and luxury retail client experience.
Lead succession planning for critical roles and develop high-potential and emerging leaders.
Deliver the annual Crafting Lucchese Internship program with university partners.
Design career pathways that make growth visible across functions, locations, and job families.
Lead the Talent Acquisition team, processes, technology, vendors, and budget.
Build scalable recruiting models for corporate, retail, skilled craft production, and distribution roles.
Build and manage an employer brand and candidate experience that reflect Lucchese’s brand and values.
Track and report Talent Acquisition metrics, including time to fill, quality of hire, offer acceptance, source effectiveness, and early retention.
Ensure hiring and promotion practices meet legal and EEO requirements and applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Build structured, job-related selection and promotion processes with clear documentation.
Train hiring managers and interviewers on fair, unbiased hiring and promotion practices.
Lead, coach, and develop Talent Acquisition and talent development professionals.
Build the capability of HR Business Partners and HR Operations to run talent processes consistently.
Serve as a trusted advisor to HR leadership on talent strategy and risk.