Senior Talent Development Consultant

Transamerica•Cedar Rapids, IA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Talent Development Consultant serves as an embedded internal consultant who partners with leaders and HR Business Partners to diagnose organizational and team effectiveness needs and design targeted interventions that strengthen leadership capability, accelerate change adoption, and improve team performance across a large, distributed workforce.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
Five years of experience in talent development, organizational development, internal consulting, or related roles
Experience leading team effectiveness engagements and facilitating senior leader teams
Experience in change leadership and change enablement, including readiness, stakeholder management, communication, and reinforcement
Strong consulting skills including discovery, diagnosis, facilitation, synthesis, and recommendation design
Executive presence with the ability to build credibility and influence across all organizational levels
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments and prioritize across competing needs

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in business, organizational development, human resources, or related field
Experience supporting large, matrixed organizations or financial services environments
Formal training or certification in team effectiveness, change management, or facilitation
Certification and experience using Hogan Assessments and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to generate actionable insights
Experience designing performance support tools and leader toolkits to drive adoption and sustained behavior change

Responsibilities

Partner with leaders and Human Resources Business Partners to conduct intake, clarify desired outcomes, define success measures, and establish scope, roles, and decision points.
Conduct stakeholder interviews and listening sessions to diagnose root causes and synthesize insights into clear problem statements.
Design and facilitate high-impact leader and team effectiveness sessions that surface issues, drive commitments, and establish durable working agreements.
Assess change environments to identify impacts, risks, stakeholder needs, and readiness.
Recommend and design interventions beyond training when appropriate to support adoption, reinforce leader effectiveness, and sustain change.
Coach and equip leaders and managers to strengthen leadership capabilities through practical tools and performance support used in the flow of work.
Create leader-ready recommendations grounded in data, including tradeoffs, risks, target audiences, success measures, and implementation approaches.
Define outcome measures and checkpoints; track adoption and impact using qualitative and quantitative data.
Adjust interventions based on feedback and results to sustain behavior change and performance improvement.
Embed approved artificial intelligence tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, responsibly within learning and development delivery to accelerate research, synthesis, and scalable performance support.

Benefits

Competitive Pay
Bonus for Eligible Employees
Pension Plan
401k Match
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Tuition Reimbursement
Disability Insurance
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Employee Discounts
Career Training & Development Opportunities
Paid Time Off starting at 160 hours annually for employees in their first year of service.
Ten (10) paid holidays per year (typically mirroring the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) holidays).
Wellness Coaching and Reward Dollars
Parental Leave – fifteen (15) days of paid parental leave per calendar year to eligible employees with at least one year of service at the time of birth, placement of an adopted child, or placement of a foster care child.
Adoption Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Back-Up Care Program
PTO for Volunteer Hours
Employee Matching Gifts Program
Employee Resource Groups
Inclusion and Diversity Programs
Employee Recognition Program
Referral Bonus Programs