Talent Development Specialist (contract)

USTA National Tennis Center•Purchase, NY

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Contract Talent Development Specialist to translate leadership insights into robust, actionable development programming. The frameworks and competency grids already exist — your work starts where they leave off. Using the data, notes, and feedback our leadership team has gathered, you'll design tailored learning initiatives that give employees the exact skills, experiences, and coaching they need to grow in their current roles and prepare for what comes next.

Requirements

5+ years in Learning & Development, Talent Management, or Coaching, with a focus on creating development programs.
Proven experience translating leader input and assessment data into specific, measurable, realistic individual development goals.
The ability to interpret qualitative data from leaders, spot overarching development trends across a group, and build programming to address them.
Comfortable working from existing documentation with minimal hand-holding, and passionate about the "how" — turning high-level talent insights into practical, everyday growth actions.
Must be able to work onsite 3 days per week at our Corp HQ office (Purchase, NY) from August 10, 2026 through the end of the year

Responsibilities

Review and analyze data to identify specific skill gaps, themes, and development needs across the organization.
Map existing learning resources (or recommend targeted external solutions) to identified needs, focusing on core competencies, critical experiences, and skill gaps.
Create simple, structured guides or enablement tools so managers can effectively support and track their team members' development goals.