Senior Manager, Career and Performance Development
About The Position
As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, Trane Technologies is committed to putting the planet first. Sustainability is not just how they do business, it is their business. This role sits at the center of the Talent & Organizational Capability COE's mission to build organizational strength that fuels outperformance. As Senior Manager, Career & Performance Development, you will own the enterprise strategy for how Trane Technologies develops talent across career stages and sustains a high-performance, development culture. You will architect scalable solutions across three interconnected domains: early career talent development, mid-career acceleration, and the continuous improvement of our enterprise Performance & Development Connections (PDC) framework. You bring external perspective, evidence-based practice, and the credibility to influence C-suite and regional leaders while developing a high-performing COE team. This is a role for a practitioner-strategist who sees career and performance development as a lever for business and culture outcomes.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in talent management, career development, and/or performance management within a complex, global organization — with a demonstrated track record of designing and measuring enterprise-scale talent development solutions.
- Deep knowledge of career development frameworks, performance management best practices, and adult learning principles, with the ability to translate research and external benchmarks into actionable strategies.
- 5+ people leader experience with a strong commitment to developing others.
- Executive presence and the credibility to influence senior leaders, HRBPs, and cross-functional partners across geographies and cultures.
- Experience working with Workday Talent & development modules translating business requirements into effective system design.
- Bachelor's degree required
Nice To Haves
- Experience with leadership assessment tools and assessment methodology; Hogan certification preferred.
- advanced degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, or a related field strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Evolve the design for the enterprise approach to career development, and implement a cohesive ecosystem, that is scalable, offers opportunity for all, and is anchored to business capability needs and succession priorities.
- Translate talent strategy into clear, practical and scalable accelerated talent frameworks to develop top talent, increase their readiness for their destination roles, and improves overall succession strength.
- Continuously improves Trane Technologies early-in-career cohort programs & mid-career acceleration pathways, partnering with business leaders and business talent councils.
- Partners with the Global Talent & Succession Lead, Region and Business HR Leaders, and Talent Councils to assess development gaps and translate them into scalable, differentiated solutions — knowing when to build, buy, borrow, or retire a program.
- Establish clear metrics and evaluation frameworks that demonstrate program impact on retention, readiness, and pipeline health — and present findings and recommendations to senior HR and business leadership.
- Position Trane Technologies as best-in-class company and point of reference for benchmarking for developing and implementing innovative and forward-looking talent development practices.
- Lead the enterprise PDC approach, owning the philosophy, process architecture, and annual calendar — ensuring it drives accountability, meaningful conversations, inclusive leadership and results.
- Own the assessment and evaluation techniques embedded in the PDC cycle, designing tools and approaches that generate valid, actionable insight into employee performance and development across the enterprise.
- Partner with Workday Talent product owner to optimize technology configuration, maximizing adoption, user experience, and data integrity across the performance and development cycle.
- Build capability in HRBPs and people managers through targeted enablement — developing facilitation guides, toolkits, and learning experiences that shift mindsets and elevate practice quality.
- Build and leverage data sets that measure short-, mid-, and long-term program effectiveness and impact, connecting talent development outcomes to business performance indicators.
- Define and track key metrics across career development programs and the PDC cycle, translating insights into clear narratives for senior stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement of the PDC approach by synthesizing data, stakeholder feedback, and external research into actionable recommendations for the global HR leadership team.
- Drive a market-informed talent strategy by integrating external research, benchmarking, market intelligence, and internal talent data to deliver strategic recommendations that enhance talent development programs, strengthen the PDC approach, and build high-performing teams and a robust succession pipeline—positioning Trane Technologies’ talent strategy ahead of the curve.
- Lead, develop, and inspire a team of talent professionals, modeling the coaching and development practices the function champions across Trane Technologies.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Holistic wellness programs with generous incentives
- Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
- 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
- 15 vacation days
- 9 paid holidays
- 3 floating holidays
- Sick leave
- Additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs
- Tuition assistance
- Student debt support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
