Learning and Development Director

DHI Group, Inc. • Des Moines, IA

13h • Hybrid

About The Position

DHI Group, Inc. is seeking a Director of Learning & Development to build the leadership and talent development engine that will power its next phase of growth. This is a senior, builder-mode role created as part of the People team’s 2026 strategy. The role operates with a lean budget and a broad mandate, requiring a leader who can prioritize and sequence work for the highest business impact. The Director will report to the Chief People Officer and will be responsible for designing and delivering the DHI leadership framework, building manager and employee development programs, and architecting the talent review and succession processes. They will also own the employee engagement strategy and performance process, acting as the connective tissue between development, culture, and performance. This is a rare opportunity to build a modern L&D function inside a public company at an inflection point.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive Learning & Development, Organization Development, or Talent Management experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role building programs at scale.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Demonstrated experience designing leadership frameworks, manager development programs, and talent review/succession processes from the ground up.
• Deep facilitation skills — you are credible and engaging in front of senior leaders, frontline managers, and everyone in between.
• Strong analytical orientation: comfortable with engagement data, performance data, and program metrics, and able to tell a clear story with them.
• Track record as a builder, not a maintainer — you have launched programs that didn’t exist before, in environments where the playbook wasn’t already written.
• Excellent business acumen and the ability to translate L&D investment into business outcomes.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in I/O Psychology, Organizational Development, HR, Education, or related field strongly preferred.
• Coaching certification (ICF, CTI, Hudson, or equivalent).
• Certifications in talent assessments (e.g., Hogan, DiSC, MBTI, Korn Ferry, CCL instruments).
• Experience in a public company, high-growth tech company, or HR/recruiting tech industry.
• Experience with LMS platforms, talent management technology, and AI-enabled learning tools.
• Background partnering with sales and engineering leadership populations.
• Experience owning an employee engagement survey lifecycle, from instrument design through executive readouts and action accountability.

Responsibilities

• Design and launch DHI’s leadership framework — the behavioral and capability expectations for people managers, senior leaders, and executives in partnership with the CPO and SLT.
• Build and deliver a tiered leadership development curriculum (new manager, experienced manager, senior leader) using a pragmatic mix of cohort programs, workshops, coaching, and on-the-job application.
• Build a manager training program that equips DHI managers to coach, give feedback, run check-ins, and develop their teams — raising the floor and ceiling of management quality.
• Design employee career development frameworks — career paths, growth conversations, and development planning tools — connected to DHI’s job architecture.
• Architect and facilitate the annual talent review and succession planning process, partnering with HRBP, the CPO, and the SLT to turn reviews into real development action.
• Own the performance check-in process — the cadence, tools, and manager enablement that ensure SMART goals, feedback, and development conversations are meaningful across DHI.
• Serve as a thought partner to the CPO and SLT on culture, capability, and talent strategy, and partner with Communications to activate culture and engagement programs.
• Measure what matters: define and track L&D and engagement KPIs, and report progress and ROI to executive stakeholders.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, disability, life, wellness & fitness programs
• 401(k) match, performance bonuses, education assistance, learning & development
• generous paid time off, parental leave, flexible summer hours, social & giving events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior